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Seven shot Sunday afternoon in West Oakland and North Oakland
Contra Costa Times Crime
Feb 06OAKLAND -- Seven people were shot in Oakland on Sunday afternoon, including a woman holding a baby who was injured in a West Oakland shootout, police said. »
Coach Boyett Is Remembered
NBC Bay Area Local
Feb 03Doug Boyett, football coach at Foothill College passed away in his sleep. Players and friends pay tribute. »
Oakland city council votes to lay off 81 workers
KTVU Oakland, San Francisco
Feb 01The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday night to lay off dozens of city workers as it struggles to make up for the loss of $28 million in redevelopment funds. Hundreds of people packed into Tuesday night's meeting to hear what city leaders had to say. I... »
People's Grocery Goes Solar
East Bay Express
Feb 01Plus Kitchens on Fire succeeds on a wacky business model. by Jesse Hirsch While People's Grocery in West Oakland fights to attain economic sustainability, the food justice nonprofit made a different type of sustainable leap last week: Solar panels were... »
How I Got Arrested at Occupy Oakland
East Bay Express
Feb 01Our own John C. Osborn offers a first-person account of being taken into custody by police during the latest Occupy Oakland protest. by John C. Osborn As I sat on a wooden chair in the lobby of the Oakland YMCA on Broadway, my wrists wrapped with tight... »
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Seven shot Sunday afternoon in West Oakland and North Oakland
Contra Costa Times Crime
Feb 06OAKLAND -- Seven people were shot in Oakland on Sunday afternoon, including a woman holding a baby who was injured in a West Oakland shootout, police said. »
Maximum Consumption: Bay Area bands choose their favorite eateries
SFBG Noise Blog
Feb 03Q's tots at Outside Lands, the ultimate band-watching finger food. PHOTO BY EMILY SAVAGE I know, it's so close to the weekend that you can taste it. But before you sign off for the day, your peepers sore and fingers trembling, here's a comprehensive li... »
After Oakland Street Battle, Occupy Movement Split Over Confrontational Tactics
HuffPost San Francisco
Feb 01By Laird Harrison OAKLAND, Calif., Feb 1 (Reuters) - When anti-Wall Street protesters set out to take over Oakland's shuttered convention center on Saturday, they... »
Home of Peace Cemetery
Our Oakland
Feb 01Reminded by Oakland Daily Photo of Home of Peace Cemetery in a recent Taphophile Tragics entry, I went and checked it out on Monday. I've ridden past it many times on my way to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, but had never stopped before.It's much... »
Judge: Oakland Police in "serious violation" of court order
Contra Costa Times Local Breaking News
Feb 01U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson ruled late last week that Officer John Hargraves and his supervisor Lt. Clifford Wong were in serious violation of a negotiated settlement agreement created in 2003 after the city was forced to pay millions o... »