As usual, Oakland is the place to be this weekend. We’ve got it going on here–no need to look anywhere else! All this–and sunshine–and snow, too?

OaklandSeen went deep undercover last week, emerging at Brown Sugar Kitchen on Mandela Parkway in West Oakland. We found fabulous food, funny friends, and…funky fashion! We saw hella hotties, rockin’ hyphy hoodies… representin’ the ‘Town in “fits” concocted from vintage duds and accessories.

Here are some summer job opportunities with the Oakland Office of Parks & Recreation.

Prince! WWE Wrestling! Comedy! Bike Repair! Injunction Hearing! You can never tell what you will find in OaklandSeen’s weekend events calendar.

On Thursday, President Obama swung through the Bay Area to meet with Silicon Valley tech bigwigs. No one disputes that Silicon Valley is important, but a Presidential visit to Oakland would have been heartening.

Many are unaware that in the early 20th century, East Oakland became a center of US auto manufacturing, with Lake Merritt standing in for Lake Michigan while Oakland was known as “Detroit of the West”.

Social Media Junkie Jennifer Heller answers Nancy Brown’s questions about how to use social media to grow her business as Oakland’s only lady barber.

Readers may find a job for themselves or someone they know in this list of jobs available through the city of Oakland.

Tell Congress: “Have a Heart, Save Our Homes!” Housing Rally & March February 14 at San Francisco City Hall and Federal Building @ 1PM. Organized by Oakland’s Causa Justa/Just Cause.

Oakland’s Recreation and Parks Department supports a unique recreation/arts center in downtown Oakland. Formerly the Oakland Women’s Club, then the Alice Arts Center, the place is now known as the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts. Dance is the centerpiece of the program.