2018 Media Coverage:

• 11 Cat Cafes Around the U.S. That Should Be On Everyone’s Radar in 2019 (Bustle, 29 December 2018)

• Adopted pet stories raise $75,000 for their Oakland rescue groups (The Mercury News, 14 December 2018)

• Cabaret benefits Oakland’s ‘unadoptable’ cats (Oakland North, 14 December 2018)

• The Cat Cafes of California: Part 1 (The Neighbor’s Cat, 28 October 2018)

• 15 Places All Cat-Lovers Should Visit At Least Once In Their Lifetime (Bustle, 24 August 2018)

• Want cuddles with your coffee? Go to a cat cafe (Observer Reporter, 22 July 2018)

• SURVEILLANCE VIDEO: Break-in at beloved Cat Town Cafe in Oakland (KTVU2, 18 March 2018)

• Sunday Morning News Roundup (SFGate, 18 March 2018)

• Felines Flee After Burglary Attempt At Oakland Cat Town Café Animal Shelter (KPIX5 CBS Bay Area, 17 March 2018)

• Surveillance video: Break-in at Oakland's Cat Town Cafe (KRON4, 16 March 2018)

• Felines Flee Oakland Cat Cafe During Break-In (Eater SF, 16 March 2018)

• Hair-raising break-in at Oakland cat adoption center prompts security concerns (ABC7 News, 16 March 2018)

• Interview! Ann Dunn, Founder of Cat Town, Oakland, CA (Community Cats Podcast, 3 February 2018)

• Check It Out: A Date With Coffee and Cats in Oakland (NBC Bay Area, 24 January 2018)

• This Oakland nonprofit doubles as a cafe and an animal sanctuary (NBC Bay Area, 24 January 2018)

2018 Press Releases:

• 5th Graders Lend a Paw to Help Oakland’s Animals (12 December 2018)

• Cat Town to host Second Chance Soiree at Preservation Park in Oakland (19 September 2018)

• Bay Area Artist Ekke Creates Mural for Local Nonprofit (8 April 2018)

• Break-in at Cat Town (16 March 2018)

2017 Media Coverage:

• Cat Town debuts expanded adoption center to help save Oakland’s most vulnerable cats, Thanks To Maddie! (Chew on This - the Maddie's Fund blog, 27 September 2017)

• RAWR Oakland: Come For The Coffee, Stay For The Cats (SPRUDGE, 19 September 2017)

• East Bay Man Shows Dedication To Rescue Non Profit By Walking Around Lake Merritt For 24 Hours Straight. In A Catsuit (NBC Bay Area, 30 May 2017)

• Maddie's Fund Surprises Animal Welfare Superheroes With $150K In Grant Awards (Global News Wire, 26 April 2017)

• Oakland's Cat Café is Cute, Sure. It's Also Saving Hundreds of Cats' Lives (NBC Bay Area, 22 March 2017)

• Unique East Bay Cat Adoption Center Expands with $162K Grant (Pleasanton Patch, 26 February 2017)

• Something Else to Enjoy with Your Cat: Happy Hour (New York Times, 15 February 2017)

• Jay Som’s Hard-Working Dream-Pop (Pitchfork, 2 February 2017)

2016 Media Coverage:

• 7 purrfect cat cafés around the world (Orbitz.com, 28 October 2016)

• Shelter Me: Hearts & Paws (Episode 6) (Three Chatty Cats, 19 May 2016) 

• Kristen Bell on Her Pets: ‘They’re Just Kids I Didn’t Birth (People Magazine, 18 May 2016) 

• First Non-Profit Cat Café Is Really Making A Difference (IHeartCats, 19 May 2016) 

• More Cream With That? Café Lets You Bond With Adoptable Cats While You Snack(Hopeful Headlines, 17 May 2016)

2015 Media Coverage:

• Fur, Feathers, and Fins  (East Bay Express, 25 November 2015)

• 5 ways to celebrate National Cat Day (CNN, 29 October 2015)

• Oakland Animal Services Euthanasia Rates Plummet, Shelter Saves Record-High Number of Animals (East Bay Express, 27 October 2015)

• 5 U.S. cat cafes you HAVE to visit (The Herald News, 19 October 2015)

• Dine and Dish: Cat Town Café (Kron4, 19 August 2015)

• Cat Town Cafe stretching out in Oakland (SF Chronicle, 19 May 2015)

• Oakland Cat Town Cafe Lowers Feline Euthanasia Rate (NBC Bay Area, 19 May 2015)

• Audiograph's Sound of the Week: Cat Town Cafe (KALW, 22 January 2015)

2014 Media Coverage:

• To Spur Adoptions, an Oakland Cafe Puts Cats Among the Patrons (New York Times, 15 December 2014)

• Friday sweet read: Scenes from America’s first cat cafe (Dot 429, 7 November 2014)

• We Visit Oakland’s Cat Town Cafe, the First Cat Cafe in the U.S. (Catster, 6 November 2014 — great photos!)

• Coffee With Cats: America’s First Cat Cafe Opens In Oakland (Inquisitr, 4 November 2014)

• America’s First Cat Cafe Is Open. Here’s What It’s Like Inside. (The Huffington Post, 3 November 2014 — photos!)

• The country’s first cat cafe is here, and it’s just the beginning (Mashable, 3 November 2014)

• Cat Town Cafe, America’s First Cat Cafe, Now Open In Oakland (SF Eater, 27 October 2014 — lots of photos!)

• America’s First Cat Cafe Now Open In Oakland (SF Weekly, 27 October 2014)

• America’s First Cat Cafe Is Open for Business (First To Know, 27 October 2014)

• Nation’s First Cat Cafe Opens in Oakland (Time, 25 October 2014)

• Inside America’s First Cat Café (Fast Company, 24 October 2014 — great photos!)

• Oakland cat café comes closer to reality, set to open in September (Oakland Local, 14 July 2014)

• Cat Town Cafe Set to Open in Oakland in September (NBC Bay Area, 4 July 2014)

• The Race For America’s First Cat Cafe Heats Up As Oakland’s Cat Town Cafe Signs Lease(SFist, 2 July 2014)

• Oakland’s Cat Cafe, Cat Town Cafe, Snags a Location (Eater San Francisco, 1 July 2014)

• Cat Town Cafe Finds Home in Oakland, Set to Open in September (East Bay Express, 1 July 2014)

• Felines + Coffee = Cat Town Café (Best Friends Animal Society news, 14 March 2014)

• Want a Kitten With Your Latte? Cat Cafes Coming to Oakland, San Francisco (KQED, 11 March 2014)

• Interview: Adam Myatt and Ann Dunn (Cult Meow, 8 March 2014)

• Cat Town Cafe: Taking cats off the street and into cafes in Oakland (Daily Californian, 21 February 2014)

• Oakland’s Cat Town Café: The race is on for North America’s first cat café (Oakland Local, 20 February 2014)

• Homeless cats could be coming to a cafe near you (Today.com, 10 February 2014)

• New cafes let you drink tea… and pet cats? (Money.MSN.com, 7 February 2014)

• Cat Race: Oakland, San Francisco Vie for America’s First Cat Cafe (NBC Bay Area, 5 February 2014)

• America Is Finally Getting Its First Cat Cafes (The Huffington Post, 3 February 2014)

• We Can Haz Kittez Cafes in SF and Oakland? (The Bold Italic, 30 January 2014)

• Now Oakland Is Getting a Cat Cafe, Too: Cat Town (Eater San Francisco, 29 January 2014)

• First of Its Kind in the United States—Cat Town Cafe Now Open in Oakland (Modern Cat, 13 November 2014) 

• Not to Be Outdone By S.F., Oakland Gets Its Own Cat Cafe (SF Weekly, 29 January 2014)

• Cat Café to Open in Oakland (East Bay Express, 29 January 2014)