E’ville Digest: Plans for Urban Farm stirs NOBE debate, Two new cafe options for E’villains
Cafe’s have been called the new urban social hubs and regardless if you partake in the daily ritual, I think most will agree that
A Conversation with the Center for Investigative Reporting Chairman Phil Bronstein
It’s not always obvious, but there are some pretty important things happening behind the scenes in Emeryville. Groundbreaking Biofuels (Amyris), lifesaving vaccines (Novartis), Oscar-winning
E’ville Biz Digest: LeapFrog has tough quarter, Counter Culture Coffee moving in, CA Hotel Grand reopening
LeapFrog loses $11.5 million in ‘exceptionally tough’ quarter Emeryville based educational toy-maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. lost $11.5 million in this first fiscal quarter as
School board names John Rubio new superintendent
Santa Cruz county assistant superintendent Dr. John J. Rubio was named Emeryville School Superintendent on Wednesday by the Emeryville school board beating out 60 other
“Horrific” car crash near Mills college claims Emeryville man’s life
An early Sunday morning crash claimed the lives of two people including an Emeryville resident. 21-year-old Duwan Palmer of Emeryville was pronounced dead shortly after
E’ville Digest: Aquatic Park getting love, Neighbors home in Dwell, American Steel “greening up” W. Oakland
A selection of Emeryville-centric articles from around the web that residents might find of interest: Aquatic Park getting some much-needed attention Our friends at
East Bay Bridge Mall seeking update, Addition of Nordstrom Rack
Considering the massive yearly turnover in Emeryville residents (75% every 8 years is what I’ve been told), not too many of us current residents
E’ville to receive a sliver of approved East Bay Bike Share expansion
On April 9th, The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Programming and Allocations Commission unanimously approved funding for the continuation and expansion of the Bay Area Bike share program.
E’ville Biz Digest: AAA gets revamp, Oxgut creates with hoses & resident makes music with bike components
Our compact city features quite a range of big, medium and small business establishments. Here are three that have made the news recently: New
City’s forecast on Capital Improvements narrowing down
On the 1st of March, Emeryville’s Public Works and Economic Development team invited the community to a meeting on the Capital Improvement Program for
Parkside developer at center of tenant protection battle
If Emeryville is ever going to reel in skyrocketing rents that are displacing not only low-income, but middle-class residents, they may want to keep
Tcho Chocolates moving to E’ville/Berkeley Border
I still regret never having taken the Scharffen Berger chocolate tour at their 7th & Heinz Ave West Berkeley factory (I get teary reminiscing about
CarShare options expanding in E’ville. MTC exploring Bike Share expansion to East Bay.
Spiking gas prices, traffic, pollution, parking, insurance, tickets, down-payments, monthly payments, maintenance … it’s no wonder that America’s love affair with the car is dying
Murder charge for Emeryville resident in crash that claimed Marine’s life
Prosecutors March 27 charged an Emeryville man with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run in connection with a fatal motorcycle crash that claimed
Emeryville Man shot, killed in North Oakland
By Harry Harris Oakland Tribune – A man killed in a drive-by shooting Friday evening outside a North Oakland liquor store was identified by
E’ville Voices: Maria Climaco’s open letter to Oakland’s City Council & privacy advocates
The “E’ville Voices” guest blogger series was created to net a broader range of voices about our city in flux and initiate dialogue through
OP-ED: The 800-Pound Gorilla in the City is Housing
Let’s get this out of the way. This is not an attack on renters but on policies that encourage rentals and discourage ownership. Policies
Wild vehicle chase along Powell damages police cars, injures tourists
By Harry Harris, Oakland Tribune — An 18-year-old suspected car thief was arrested Tuesday night after a wild mile-long chase when he rammed two
Conviction in 2012 murder of Former Emeryville Mayor’s grandson
A small measure of justice for MiAndrew Rachel and his family was delivered on Friday when Godfrey Jamal Jackson (below) was sentenced to 60 years to
Emeryville startup Revolights makes pitch on ABC’s “Shark Tank”
Emeryville-based LED Bicycle light startup Revolights made a spirited appearance on the Entrepreneur panel reality show “Shark Tank” Friday March 7th on ABC. Their product
Chiron Bombing Suspect still at large 10 years later
I’ll never forget it because it was literally the week I moved to Emeryville (My tenure here literally “started with a BANG” 😉 On Aug.
E’ville Biz Digest: Healthcare providers honing in on Emeryville
As I’m finding out as a free agent in our complex Healthcare system, Emeryville and the surrounding areas have relatively few options outside of
Oakland/Emeryville Police on the hunt for suspects in string of armed Robberies
The EPD has issued a Nixle advisory that one of the suspects in a string of armed robberies in North Oakland has been spotted
KQED spotlight on redevelopment loss mirrors Emeryville’s challenges
Emeryville rode the wave of redevelopment money for decades and it looked like this wave may never break. 3 years ago, instead of gently coasting
