A green parakeet clutching a bottle of Corona greets you upon entering the strategically placed Tiki Tom’s, a sports-bar-meets-family-restaurant that turns into a steamy dance party one night a week.

OAKLAND — All that remains of Tiki Tom’s waterfront restaurant and bar Friday morning is a burned-out shell, destroyed by a spectacular three-alarm fire that began late Thursday. Flames were reported ...

You’ll recall the burning downof rowdy, inflatable-frog-topped tiki bar Tiki Tom’s, on the estuary in Oakland last month. Well, now Oakland North has done an in-depth piece on the role Oakland played ...