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With more than 125 languages spoken throughout its 56+ commercial districts, it’s no surprise that Oakland, California is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse cities in the country. That diversity includes the largest African American population in the Bay Area.

So, we’re paying attention. #oaklandloveit

Population: 400,740 • Size: 55.79 sq miles

African American	White	Hispanic/Latino	Asian/Pacific Islander
28%	25.9%	25.4%	17.4%
Source: Visit Oakland
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LATEST NEWS
Art + Culture, Eat + Drink, Housing, Lifestyle, Real Estate, Retail, Tech
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APRIL
Apr 10	Tech	Oakland Drawing More Tech Startups	the Mercury News
Apr 7	Real Estate	New Proposed Oakland Hotel Could Sate Some Downtown Visitor Demand	SF Business Times
Apr 1	Education	Oakland Schools Get $2.1 million in Grants for Tech-Supported Personalized Learning	The Mercury News
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MARCH
Mar 29	Real Estate	Oakland Office Rents Make Eye-Popping Jump to New All-Time High	SF Business Times
Mar 28	Eat+Drink	People’s Community Market Will Bring Fresh Food to West Oakland	Eater SF
Mar 14	Housing	Bay Area Hosts Three of Nation’s Top Five Most Pricey Rental Markets	SF Gate
Mar 11	Real Estate	Oakland’s Jack London Square Sold To Los Angeles Real Estate Company	KPIX/CBS 5
Mar 10	Real Estate	Oakland Negotiates with Developers and Community Members to Sell Public Land	KALW
Mar 9	Housing	Oakland Housing Crunch Seizes Center Stage	Contra Costa Times
Mar 9	Lifestyle	Celebs You Didn’t Know Were From Oakland	7×7
Mar 9	Eat+Drink	Eating Internationally on International Boulevard in Oakland	The Bold Italic
Mar 7	Real Estate	SUDA, OliverMcMillan Picked For Oakland Uptown Project	BisNow
Mar 7	Housing	In Oakland, Libby Schaaf has bold plan for affordable housing	SF Chronicle
Mar 7	Eat + Drink	11 Tasty Vegan Eateries in the East Bay	7×7
Mar 4	Education	Oakland District at Heart of Drive to Transform Urban Schools	New York Times
Mar 3	Housing	Oakland Plan Would Add 17,000 Housing Units	SF Gate
Mar 3	Housing	Mayor Schaaf Releases Housing Blueprint	Contra Costra Times
Mar 1	Media	Oakland Loses Tribune, with Paper Folded into New East Bay Times	SF Gate
Mar 1	Real Estate	High-Rise Apartment Complex, Hotel Coming Near Fox Theater	San Jose Mercury
Mar 1	Real Estate	It’s Now Better to Invest in Homes in Oakland Than in San Francisco	SF Business Times

FEBRUARY
Feb 29	Real Estate	Development of City-Owned Property Back in Spotlight	San Jose Mercury
Feb 25	Real Estate	Slow Process, Proposed Impact Fees Raise Concerns In Oakland	BisNow
Feb 25	Real Estate	Oakland is the New Urban Hot Spot as San Francisco Homes Get Too Pricey	Market Watch
Feb 24	Real Estate	Exclusive: Last Downtown Oakland Public Parcel Could Hold Up to 500 Units Two Blocks From Uber	SF Business Times
Feb 16	Culture	The Power of the Panthers	CNN
Feb 16	Real Estate	Investor Buys 8,000-Square-Foot, Historic Oakland Mansion	SF Business Times
Feb 15	Tourism	Introducing Oakland, The Wild Side of San Francisco	AWOL
Feb 12	Real Estate	Map: The Oakland Highrise Boom Could Add Over 3,000 Units Downtown	SF Business Times
Feb 11	Tourism	[VIDEO] Oakland’s Rebound, Cities Rising: Rebuilding America	Yahoo! News
Feb 9	Eat+Drink	Oakland Aims to Allow Food Trucks to Operate All Over the City	East Bay Express
Feb 9	Education	President Obama’s computer education plan is launched in Oakland	San Jose Mercury
Feb 4	Housing	Oakland Rent Comparison: What $3,000 Gets You	Curbed SF
Feb 3	Real Estate	Oakland’s American Steel Arts Hub May be Razed for Offices	SF Chronicle
Feb 2	Housing	Lennar Doubles Down on Oakland, Plans a Second Large Project	SF Business Times
Feb 2	Retail	Marshawn Lynch to open ‘Beast Mode’ store in Oakland	SF Gate
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JANUARY
Jan 28	Tourism	Katie Couric in Oakland	KTVU Fox
Jan 28	Real Estate	As Oakland Gets Hot, Fewer Opportunities for Smaller Developers	SF Business Times
Jan 25	Real Estate	Largest Bay Area Construction Projects Finishing in 2016	SF Business Times
Jan 21	Housing	Calming the Waters in Oakland’s Tenant-Landlord Tiffs	SF Chronicle
Jan 21	Commerce	Port of Oakland Loses Tenant, Will Close Second-Largest Terminal	SF Business Times
Jan 21	Eat+Drink	Exclusive: Team behind popular Oakland bar plot sequel in Uptown	SF Business Times
Jan 19	Tech	Oakland Tech Hub Fights for Diversity	USA Today
Jan 13	Real Estate, Retail	Grocery Store’s Opening Shows How Oakland’s Old Auto Row is Beginning to Change	SF Business Times
Jan 11	Real Estate	Big Downtown Oakland Project Faces Engineering Challenge With BART Line	The Registry
Jan 8	Retail	Oakland historic church to be women’s clothing store	Contra Costa Times
Jan 7	Real Estate	SF Rents go Down Again, Oakland’s Go Up	SFGATE
Jan 6	Real Estate	Exclusive: Uber office developer’s team is Oakland’s favorite to build on massive public site	SF Business Times
Jan 5	Lifestyle	The Rainy Day Guide to Oakland	7×7
Jan 5	Retail	Longtime Market Street Arts Supply Store Flax Moving to Oakland	SFGATE
Jan 4	Real Estate	Oakland Plans Big Retail, Housing Project Near 19th Street BART	SFGATE
Jan 1	Tourism	Why the Bay Area’s Tourism Boom Will Continue in 2016	SF Business Times
Jan 1	Diversity	New Oakland agency to focus on racial, social equity	SF Chronicle
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DECEMBER
Dec 22	Real Estate	After Heavy Migration, Oakland’s Office Market is Now Fuller than San Francisco’s	SF Business Times
Dec 21	Business	Sunset Settles into Oakland, Test Kitchen on the Way	Berkeleyside
Dec 16	Real Estate	[Video] Oakland on the verge of change: A walking tour of the city’s transformative projects	SF Business Times
Dec 16	Real Estate	Rare ’boutique independent’ hotel could land on Oakland waterfront	SF Business Times
Dec 14	Eat + Drink	Oakland School District Approves New Kitchen to Create Fresher Meals	Oakland North
Dec 11	Art + Culture	Essence of Oakland: Preserving Local Art in the Face of Change	The Daily Californian
Dec 11	Eat + Drink	Slideshow: Historic Claremont hotel unveils its multimillion-dollar renovation	SF Business Times
Dec 10	Tech	Oakland’s Tech Boom Will Be Very Different from San Francisco’s	Bold Italic
Dec 10	Real Estate	15 Stories That Show Oakland’s Development Rise This Year	SF Business Times
Dec 9	Tech	Experts: Oakland is Growing Technology Hub	San Jose Mercury News
Dec 4	Living	The 13 Hottest American Cities for 2016	Business Insider
Dec 1	Real Estate	Iconic Northern California Property Celebrate 100th Anniversary with Rebrand and Completion of Multi-Million Dollar Restoration	Fairmont Hotels

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Eat + Drink: Oakland, a beer lover’s paradise
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RESOURCES
	Travel	Travel Guides: Oakland	NY Times
	General	Oakland Fact Sheet	Visit Oakland
	General	Invented in Oakland	Visit Oakland
	General	101 Things To Do	Visit Oakland
	Press	Recent Press	Visit Oakland

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