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Search Articles3 interesting new restaurants in Oakland — and what they mean
I sat down with Nosh editor Tovin Lapan and Nosh reporter Skylla Mumana to talk through three restaurants that recently opened in Oakland — and what each one tells us about the state of the city’s dining scene right now. You can read about all three below, listen to the full conversation above, or find it on Apple, YouTube, or anywhere you get podcasts. Bar Skula just opened on Grand Avenue, not far from the Lake Merritt pergola, in the space that used to house Sidebar.
Travel is down at Oakland airport
Oakland changed its airport’s name last year to entice more people to use its services, but that hasn’t stopped passenger travel from declining. According to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport spokesperson Kaley Skantz, the airport saw a 17% drop in passengers when comparing May 2025 to May 2026. Over the past 12 months, airport passenger traffic declined by a monthly average of 14.8%. According to airport data, there were a total of 693,356 passengers in May, down from 842,792 a year ago.
‘It’s not a soccer stadium’: Oakland Roots to leave Coliseum after this season
By 2024, the Oakland Roots’ fan base had been on a meteoric rise. Their ranks had overflowed the bleachers at Laney College and then sold out the stands at Cal State East Bay. That August, the team announced its move to Oakland’s biggest sporting stage. When the Roots claimed the Oakland Coliseum last spring, 27,000 fans showed up for the home opener, a loving celebration of the stadium’s history and of Oakland itself.
Oakland June openings highlighted by Guatemalan hot dogs, Korean noodle soup, 2 sports bars, and the return of Reem’s and Millennium
Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. The openings and closings for each month are then compiled into a round-up. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.
San Antonio BART station is still a fantasy, but here’s what design students think is possible
It’s three miles between the Lake Merritt BART stop and the next stop to the east, in Fruitvale. For a decade, residents have been advocating for a stop in between, in the neighborhood of San Antonio. As that process inches forward, slowly gaining the support of regional planners, a group of young design students took it upon themselves to envision that future. That work, by students in a studio design class at San Francisco’s California College of the Arts, required more than imagination alone.
The Unicorns bring world class cricket to Oakland Coliseum
With the World Cup dominating headlines, American attention is on fútbol, the world’s most popular sport. U.S. soccer fandom has come a long way, building slowly since the country hosted the pivotal 1994 World Cup. But what about the world’s second most popular sport? When will it be time for the U.S. — or at least Oakland — to get into cricket?
Foreclosure tax will appear on Oakland’s November ballot
Taxing foreclosures could bring in an estimated $4 million to $13 million, depending on market conditions. Voters will decide in November whether to tax big banks and investors that foreclose on Oakland properties. The annual revenue would vary depending on market conditions. The city estimates it would bring in roughly $4 million to $13 million a year. This is not a new tax, exactly. Oakland’s real estate transfer tax already applies to buyers and sellers of homes and buildings in the city.
$30 minimum wage qualifies for November election ballot, coalition says
A coalition fighting for a higher minimum wage announced this week that it has submitted enough signatures to get its proposal on the ballot for the November general election. In a press release, organizers for the Living Wage For All Coalition said they submitted to election officials 106% of the petition signatures required to qualify the proposal for the ballot. The measure would increase the hourly minimum wage in Alameda County to $30.
Forget the World Cup, ‘Love Island USA’ is the television event packing this Oakland bar
It is unmistakably summer at 51 & Tel. Strung up on the ceiling are watermelon-patterned pool floats, beach balls and blue balloons. Turquoise streamers glitter on the pillars in the bar. Strangers stand side-by-side looking toward the screens above the bar and a line forms all the way to the back wall, making a sharp corner toward the patio door. It’s a Thursday night and everyone is here for the same reason.
James Beere is Oakland’s new permanent police chief
After eight months without a permanent police chief, Oakland’s new top cop is James Beere. Mayor Barbara Lee, who has the final say on who leads the Oakland Police Department, made the announcement Thursday, saying the nearly three-decade veteran will lead the East Bay’s biggest police force, with 618 officers, 226 professional staff, and a $376 million annual budget.