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Neighbor Spotlight

December 24, 2019
Community Voices/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

Pixar Employee Feels Fortunate to Celebrate another Holiday with Family after Horrific Pedestrian Collision

It was just another day of commuting home after his job as a building engineer at Pixar this past Aug. 21 — except that

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July 15, 2019
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

‘NoETA’: Family Life as an Emeryville Marina Liveaboard

The Emeryville Marina Liveboard community is an eclectic mix of travelers, enthusiasts, the frugal-minded — and the occasional family. One of those families are

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September 14, 2018
In the Neighborhood/Interviews/Local Business/Local Businesses/Neighbor Spotlight

Q&A with East Bay Therapeutics Founder Nasser Azimi: Emeryville’s First Cannabis Dispensary

East Bay Therapeutics soft-opened our city’s first cannabis dispensary last month across from The Broken Rack Pool Hall on Peladeau Street. EBT beat out

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August 3, 2018
Education & School Board/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Q&A with School Board Member, District Parent and Proud Immigrant – Cruz Vargas

The E’ville Eye sat down with School Board Trustee Cruz Vargas to check the pulse of our school district and provide some reliable information

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July 19, 2018
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Emeryville Liveaboard Profile: Emery Cove’s Abe & Kelsey preparing for adventure!

The benefits of living on our Emeryville Marina include stunning sunsets, relatively reasonable rents and a community of folks from all walks of life

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July 17, 2018
History & Archive/Local Businesses/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

Vintage Porsche Salvage Yard and Meetup spot ‘EASY’ moves on after 40 years in Emeryville

If you’ve lived in Emeryville long enough, you’ve probably stumbled upon the monthly Porsche meetups on Harlan Street near the Pixar gate and wandered

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June 29, 2018
History & Archive/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Pride Month Special: Ken Bukowski – Emeryville’s First Gay Mayor

When all is said and done, Ken Bukowski will go down as one of the most colorful characters our city has ever seen. A

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May 26, 2018
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight/Obituaries

West Oakland icon ‘Tall Paul’ succumbs to Cancer

Paul Brown, better known as “Tall Paul” to neighbors, has passed. The 62-year-old West Oakland resident had been battling stage 4 lung cancer for

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December 25, 2017
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

An E’ville Christmas Story: Joey Enos & family come ‘home’ for the Holidays

Christmas was looking pretty bleak for E’ville Eye historical contributor Joey Enos and his family this season. Joey, his wife Anna and son Sammy

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November 10, 2017
In the Neighborhood/Interviews/Neighbor Spotlight

Interview: Berkeley Native, Iraq War Vet & Alameda County Fire Division Chief Dave Winnacker

We caught up with Alameda County Fire Division Chief David Winnacker, fresh off a recent deployment to help battle the Sonoma wildfires, for an exclusive

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June 26, 2017
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Emeryville Police Chief Jennifer Tejada’s efforts to bring ‘mindful policing’ to the EPD profiled

When Jennifer Tejada took the helm as Chief of the Emeryville Police Department in 2015, the EPD was in the wake of an officer-involved shooting that

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June 12, 2017
History & Archive/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

‘East Bay Yesterday’ Podcast capturing and stoking interest in Local History

East Bay Yesterday, a podcast “about history, but it’s not stuck in the past,” emerged last year and has gained the curiosity and admiration of local history

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May 12, 2017
History & Archive/In the Neighborhood/Interviews/Neighbor Spotlight

The Last Emeryville Historians: A conversation with Emeryville Historical Society Co-founder Don Hausler

For a city so rich in history, I’m often perplexed why Emeryville’s History is so buried. We have no museum, historical places are often unmarked and

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February 1, 2017
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Emeryville Architect Eugene Tssui profiled as ‘East Bay’s Most Interesting Man’ by EBX

Emeryville Watergate resident and Architect Eugene Tssui is the subject of this week’s East Bay Express cover story. The article details Tssui’s flamboyant lifestyle and his “refusal

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May 13, 2016
Arts & Culture/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Happy Ending for Former Emeryville Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky

One year ago, Emeryville Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky begrudgingly left Emeryville after having her rent raised nearly 40% by a former Emeryville Planning Commissioner.

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November 27, 2015
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight/News/News & Commentary

LA Times article details the life and death of recently slain homeless woman Hayok “Miss Kay”

Back in September after hearing of the death of homeless fixture Hayok Kay from a savage beating, we pieced together this post of what was known

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November 6, 2015
Crime & Public Safety/In the Neighborhood/Interviews/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

Exclusive Interview: EPD Chief Tejada talks Community Outreach, “Militarization” & the future of policing

Jennifer Tejada officially took the reigns as Emeryville Chief of Police on September 16th after sixteen year Chief Ken James retired last June. Tejada was

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June 28, 2015
Arts & Culture/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Life on the Emery Cove Yacht Harbor detailed in recent CC Times article

A recent Contra Costa Times article details something many of us are curious about; living on the picturesque Emeryville Marina. The article details “dock living”

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June 11, 2015
In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Emeryville’s Broken Rack Pool Hall spotlighted on KQED’s “My Spot” Series

The Broken Rack pool hall will celebrate its one year Anniversary of reopening in Emeryville on July 17th. It was a long process for owners Marilyn

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May 28, 2015
Arts & Culture/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight

Warriors Power Forward & Emeryville resident Draymond Green heading to NBA Finals

E’ville is no stranger to fame and we provided a fairly comprehensive list back in August. One we failed to mention that has come into

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May 1, 2015
In the Neighborhood/Local Business/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

Dogtown Athletic brings Boxing, Fitness options to Emeryville/West Oakland Border

Oakland Police officers dubbed the gritty but rapidly changing area of West Oakland “Dogtown” apparently because of a large population of stray dogs in the early 80’s. Dogtown

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April 21, 2015
Commentary/Community Voices/In the Neighborhood/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

Emeryville’s Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky victim of Planning Commissioner owned property rental hike

The month of April will be declared National Poetry Month in Emeryville at tonight’s April 21st City Council meeting. Emeryville’s Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky will kick

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February 3, 2015
Crime & Public Safety/In the Neighborhood/Interviews/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

An Exclusive Conversation with Emeryville Police Department Chief Ken James

You may have read some recent regional news about Emeryville being labeled “a dangerous city” but if you sift through the data and actually talk

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September 12, 2014
In the Neighborhood/Local Business/Neighbor Spotlight/News & Commentary

E’ville Digest: Local Filmmaker debuts PBS show, Community Garden profiled, Bayside Park Hosts Cultural Exchange

A selection of Emeryville-centric articles from around the web that residents might find of interest: Emeryville Resident, travel photographer and filmmaker Greg Roden directs

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