The team behind three thriving SF bars is getting ready to launch a cocktail-slinging rec room just blocks from 19th Street Station—and anyone can become an investor.

"Everyone who calls and walks through our door is a unique, kooky, artistic person," said a longtime employee.

High numbers of nonprofits are reportedly being driven from downtown due to high rent and increased competition.

"The environment here has really changed and it's a different culture," said co-owner and General Manager Ellen Sebastian Chang.

About 85 percent of the dispensary's staff are Oakland residents. "It's very much intentional," said the general manager.

The owners want their new venture to become a hub for community engagement and creative expression.

A longtime women's boutique shutters, another finds a new home, and a vintage furniture shop debuts.

Chinatown loses a boba tea shop, Montclair bids farewell to a wine bar, and an Adams Point coffee shop shutters after 12 years.

"We're going to move on as if it didn't happen," said Ba-Bite owner Robert Gott.

“I give second, third and fifth chances, because that’s what these people need," said owner Derreck Johnson.

Carnivorous Oaklanders who lunch in Uptown have something new to sink their teeth into.

A new coffee spot opens just in time for Sunday brunch.

The Raiders might be skipping off to Vegas, but football legend Marshawn Lynch's brand has deep roots in Oakland.