In 1973, Chile’s democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende was toppled by a right-wing military coup led by General Augusto... more

Tobie Gene Levingston left behind his life as a Louisiana sharecropper in the mid-1950s to work at an Oakland metal... more

There’s an area southeast of Lake Merritt that’s lined with abandoned buildings, boarded up storefronts, vacant lots, and decrepit warehouses.... more

From the gold rush to the tech boom, this region has been shaped by successive waves of business growth and... more

On March 25, I interviewed Alexis Madrigal and Noni Session in front of a sold out crowd at Spire in... more

On the western outskirts of Crockett, on the bluffs overlooking the Carquinez strait, there’s a small unincorporated neighborhood called Valona.... more

Anyone who has ever driven on 880 and noticed that there appears to be ancient brick walls closing in on... more

Since the dawn of the smartphone era, everybody has carried a camera with them at all times. If anything, there... more

Despite being one of Oakland’s most iconic buildings, the history of the Fox Theater is filled with unsolved mysteries. In... more

About 20 years ago, Joey Santore went from illegally riding freight trains across the country to working as a “train... more