One last month of summer before school starts... again.
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August 2013
- 1 - After the Crisis: the thought of Ivan Illich Today (Day 1: Education) - Oakland School for the Arts
- 2 - After the Crisis: the thought of Ivan Illich Today (Day 2: Economy and Ecology) - Oakland School for the Arts
- 3 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Butters Canyon
- 3 - Art + Soul Oakland Festival
- 3 - After the Crisis: the thought of Ivan Illich Today (Day 3: Politics and Religion) - Oakland School for the Arts
- 4 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Fruitvale, The Second Downtown
- 4 - Art + Soul Oakland Festival
- 9 - Covered California Town Hall: Laney College, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland
- 10 -Laurel Street Fair
- 10 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Fernwood
- 11 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: From Lake Merritt To The Estuary
- 17 - Faith Fancher 5k
- 17 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Frederick Law Olmsted's Trees of Mountain View
- 18 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Redevelopment And Revitalization Of Downtown
- 24 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Oakland's Airport/North Field
- 24 - Fixit Clinic at Sudoroom Oakland: Bring your broken stuff, see what's inside, maybe fix it
- 25 - Oakland Heritage Alliance Walking Tour: Historic Downtown Churches
- 25 Xicana Moratorium Day event San Antonio Park Festival
August 2012
- 17-20 - Fukuoka and Oakland celebrate 50th anniversary of being sister cities at Torrii Gate
- 25 & 26 - Oakland Chinatown StreetFest
August 2010
- 8 - A Taste of Denmark opens as a collective in the former Neldam's
August 2007
- 2 - Death of journalist Chauncey Bailey
August 2002
- 13 - A's 20 Game Winning Streak begins
August 1986
- 6 - Piedmont Avenue Branch Library celebrates 75th Anniversary at then current location
August 1982
- sometime in August - City of Oakland turns over management of the Oakland Zoo to the East Bay Zoological Society
August 1976
- 7 & 8- Space Con 2
August 1973
- 5 - First Day on the Green
August 1967
- sometime in August - The Oakland Economic Development Council votes to separate itself from the city
August 1948
- 10 - Camp Dimond closes
August 1930
- 9 - Broadway Theatre reopens
August 1929
- 5 - H. C. Capwell Company opens
August 1927
- sometime in August - Claremont Annex School renamed Chabot Elementary School in honor of Anthony Chabot
August 1921
- sometime in August - Opening of Saint Elizabeth High School
- sometime in August - Opening of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge
August 1913
- sometime in August - Claremont Middle School opens
- 5 - Trial of Maury Diggs begins
August 1910
- 22 - First passenger train arrives at the Western Pacific Depot at 4:15 PM
August 1901
- 29 - City Council members Bernard Cuvellier and JS Wixon come to blows in chambers
August 1899
- 25 - One of the earliest documented uses of excessive force by an Oakland Police Department officer.
August 1893
- 14 - Tubbs Hotel fire
August 1877
- 25 - Oakland City Hall (1869) destroyed by fire
August 1853
- 16 - Oakland's first school named "The Free School"
August 1820
- 3 - Luis María Peralta receives a chunk of land that later becomes Jingletown
Pages tagged “August events”
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