E’ville Good: A Digest of local feel-good Emeryville News stories

March 16, 2015
1 min read

Some good Emeryville News from around the web to start your week off. A local Berkeley transitional house was recently awarded an Emeryville IKEA Makeover worth $10,000. The Peet’s Headquarters on Park Avenue is involved in a program to provide internships to local low-income youths and community efforts to bring fresh groceries to the “food desert” of West Oakland are underway and gaining momentum.


Genesys Works matches high school students with tech internships

QIN2_Chin-1024x682-600x399

Unlike most of his classmates at Skyline High School in Oakland, Allan Qin, a shy 18-year-old, finishes class at noon and goes straight to work at the Emeryville headquarters of Peet’s Coffee & Tea. His day is just getting started.

A high school senior, Qin has been working at Peet’s in technological support for more than five months. Opportunities for low-income students to find work are hard to find, and meaningful work is even more rare.

Read More on SF Gate →


Local homeless shelter awarded IKEA makeover

mckinleyhouse_cliu-900x580

By Logan Goldberg

The McKinley Family Transitional House in Berkeley was awarded a comprehensive makeover this month after winning a contest run by IKEA.

The McKinley facility — which is operated by East Bay nonprofit group Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency — provides up to two years of temporary housing for homeless families with children. The IKEA store in Emeryville will furnish the facility with approximately $10,000 of furniture and offer design expertise to renovate the aging building, according to BOSS individual and corporate giving manager Christine Lias.

Read More on Dailycal.org →


3 efforts aim to build West Oakland’s healthy future

Peoples-Grocery-staff-720x540

by Piper Wheeler
It is well-known that fresh produce and alternatives to fast-food are both sorely lacking in West Oakland, an area sometimes referred to as a “food desert.” With perhaps one exception, efforts to date to rectify the situation have either not been forthcoming, or failed to get off the ground. However, three initiatives close to the hearts of food-justice activists are picking up steam and promise to bring real and lasting change for the neighborhood.

Read More on Berkeleyside →

Never Miss a Story!

Subscribe to Emeryville’s only dedicated news source.

Rob Arias

is a third generation Californian and East Bay native who lived in Emeryville from 2003 to 2021. Rob founded The E'ville Eye in 2011 after being robbed at gunpoint and lamenting the lack of local news coverage. Rob's "day job" is as a creative professional.

Leave a Reply

Help support Local News for the Emeryville Community!

Receive a free item from our E'ville Threads Shop with your support (min. $5/mo. or $50/yr. one year commitment).

Prefer to subscribe via Apple Pay or Google Pay?


Subscribe by Email for Free

Never Miss a Story!

Subscribe to Emeryville’s only dedicated news source.


Tips, Ideas or Guest Posts?


Support Local News for the Emeryville Community and get free Merch!

Become a recurring E’ville Eye supporter for as little as $5 per month and get a FREE custom tee or cap (minimum one year commitment).

Support Hyperlocal News →

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Don't Miss