Why is this Jack London Square restaurant called The Fat Lady? The name was inspired by a nude painting the original owner acquired just before openin ... Read More

Who wouldn’t want to listen to free live music during their lunch break? That’s the idea behind Lunchtime Live! at Jack London Square, which features ... Read More

There’s no snow in California, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any ice. Oakland Ice Center in downtown Oakland contains both a National Hockey Leagu ... Read More

Named after a great American author who spent his boyhood on the Oakland waterfront, Jack London Square is an Oakland landmark. A working waterfront t ... Read More

At the edge of the Oakland waterfront in Jack London Square, a rickety wooden saloon seems to have washed up from some other place in time. The saloon ... Read More

Jack London Square is on the forefront of the restaurant scene. Steps away from Bocanova, Scott’s Seafood, Il Pescatore, and Yoshi’s Oakland, there’s ... Read More

When the glamorous world of film and motion pictures captivated the American imagination in the 1920s, movie houses around the country were built like ... Read More

Save your $4 and skip the Bay Bridge commute. East Bay residents are finally getting the chance to party in their own 'hood. The Oakland nightlife sce ... Read More

Happy hour at Ozumo is no small occasion. Walk in after 5 p.m. and you’ll see where the downtown Oakland business crowd has flocked – to the restauran ... Read More

Even disguised among the former warehouses on Mandela Parkway, Brown Sugar Kitchen can’t escape attention. Its nondescript façade has a simple, wholes ... Read More