Golden Gate, Oakland, California

The Golden Gate neighborhood of Oakland, California is located in the northwest corner of the city, east of Emeryville and south of Berkeley. It includes the Golden Gate Shopping District, the stretch of San Pablo Avenue roughly between the Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Public Library at 56th Street on the south, and the Oakland-Berkeley border at 67th Street to the north. The neighborhood includes the area from a few blocks west of San Pablo Avenue (the Emeryville border) to Adeline Avenue on the east. [cite paper|title=Walk Oakland!|publisher=Rufus Graphics, San Francisco|author=City of Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project|date=2004|format=map] [ [http://collections.museumca.org/search_map.jsp Oakland Museum of California's Oakland Neighborhoods Map] ]

The Golden Gate Shopping District was the location of Your Black Muslim Bakery, which made national headlines in August 2007 when the bakery was raided by the Oakland police and shut down. [cite news
url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/12/MNQMRGR7U.DTL
title=Bean pies, power, sex and death at Oakland's Your Black Muslim Bakery
publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
date=August 12 2007]

External links

* [http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/oakland/community/jillphoto/jillphoto.html A photo essay on the neighborhood]
* [http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?archiveDate=03-15-05&storyID=20932 An opinion piece on the neighborhood schools]
* [http://www.fopl.org/ggbranch.htm Friends of the Oakland Public Library] (Golden Gate branch)
* [http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/Branches/GG/indexNEW.htm Golden Gate branch of the Oakland Library]
* [http://www.business2oakland.com/main/documents/GoldenGateprofilemerged.pdf A profile of the business district]
* [http://www.oaklandpolice.com/geninfo/AreaCommandStructureandBeatsMap.pdf Map of local police beat 10X]
* [http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/council/coun_mem/brunner/ngroups.html Jane Brunner] , Golden Gate's city council member

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