There were concerns about how Wednesday's violence would affect attendance at Saturday's fifth annual Lakefest in Oakland.
OAKLAND -- Oakland is still reeling after gunfire at a Juneteenth celebration at Lake Merritt left 15 people injured Wednesday night. So, on Saturday, security was ramped up for the annual 'Lakefest Oakland' in the same area. The family-friendly event went off without a hitch.There were concerns about how Wednesday's violence would affect attendance at Saturday's fifth annual celebration.'It was just disheartening because I know how hard it is to put this event together.
'If anything made the event feel safe, it was the presence of parents and small children as they enjoyed bounce houses, rode mechanical animals and got their faces painted. It was also true in the vendor booths. The Bala family was selling a line of self-published children's books that father Omar began creating on a whim during the pandemic.'It just came one day,' he said. 'During COVID, everyone had their minds going so I was, like, 'let's just make a book together.
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