A gray sky, similar to the one that blankets Ireland, graced Semple Street at 2 p.m. this Saturday for Oakland’s second annual Ginger Run. Luck was in the air as swaths of redheads raced across the finish...

The brisk, breezy air in Oakland simmered in the seconds before a horde of redheads bolted down Semple Street. Varying shades of red hair, from natural redheads to bright orange wigs, flapped through the...