# The Oaklandside The Oaklandside. Journalism for Oakland. Page: Feed: --- ## [Life after prison: This Oakland program offers a place to start over](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/crop-oakland-ready-4-life-reentry-program/) _2026-08-19 · Roselyn Romero_ Life after prison: This Oakland program offers a place to start over CROP’s residential fellowship gives formerly incarcerated people housing, job training, and peer support as they rebuild their lives and pursue careers. ## [Green bags don’t cut it. Here’s how to compost in Oakland instead](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/how-to-compost-oakland-green-bags-waste-management/) _2026-08-19 · Natalie Orenstein_ Green bags don’t cut it. Here’s how to compost in Oakland instead After we reported on the bioplastics ban, we asked for your tips and tricks on keeping compost clean. ## [Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/studio-estepan-west-oakland-bread-pastries/) _2026-08-19 · Skylla Mumana_ Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery At Studio Estepan, owner Estevan Silva brings Michelin technique and global flavors to his part-time West Oakland bakery. ## [Potholes are the worst. Learn how to report them](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/19/oakland-pothole-reporting-party-west-oakland-san-pablo/) _2026-08-19 · Jose Fermoso_ Potholes are the worst. Learn how to report them This Sunday, the advocacy group Bike East Bay hosts a Pothole Reporting training event, where newbies to Oak311 can learn how to flag road damage — and spark repairs. ## [This week in Oakland: Kamaiyah at Latham Square, and the Afrobeats festival at Snow Park](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/oakland-events-things-to-do-from-august-20-to-the-23/) _2026-08-18 · Azucena Rasilla_ This week in Oakland: Kamaiyah at Latham Square, and the Afrobeats festival at Snow Park Other events include honky tonk karaoke in Old Oakland, and a literary celebration at Eli’s Mile High Club. ## [Meta trial claiming platforms addicted teens begins in Oakland](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/meta-trial-claiming-platforms-addicted-children-begins-oakland/) _2026-08-18 · Esther Kaplan_ Meta trial claiming platforms addicted teens begins in Oakland California’s attorney general argues the social media giant misled the public about the mental health impacts of Instagram and Facebook on its youngest users. ## [A popular SF Salvadoran restaurant, a Swiss chocolate shop and a new Mediterranean spot open in the East Bay](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/balompie-pupusas-amor-grill-antojitos-cuscatlan-burger-spot-open/) _2026-08-18 · Momo Chang_ A popular SF Salvadoran restaurant, a Swiss chocolate shop and a new Mediterranean spot open in the East Bay A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond. ## [Trailer trucks on I-580? Lifting the ban would open the floodgates, study finds](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/18/trailer-trucks-on-i-580-lifting-the-ban-would-open-the-floodgates-on-it-study-finds/) _2026-08-18 · Jose Fermoso_ Trailer trucks on I-580? Lifting the ban would open the floodgates, study finds A new Caltrans study estimates that traffic on I-880 would decline by a third, shifting 3,800 heavy trucks to I-580 each day, exposing schools, hospitals and senior centers to emissions. ## [Is a data center coming to downtown Oakland?](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/17/oakland-data-center-ai-tesla-bezos/) _2026-08-17 · Eli Wolfe and Natalie Orenstein_ Is a data center coming to downtown Oakland? Here’s what to know about recent AI industry moves, including a Jeff Bezos startup and Tesla in West Oakland. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cVgmTHpVVX6v) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [A sexy, joyful Oakland Pride](https://oaklandside.org/2026/08/17/sexy-joyful-oakland-pride/) _2026-08-17 · Estefany Gonzalez_ A sexy, joyful Oakland Pride With a twerking contest, dyke arm wrestling, a hopping Latin stage, and a new zone called Sexy Town, queer Oakland turned out to celebrate on Sunday.