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Oakland liquor store facade a little tipsy
SfgateBay Area News Stories
Feb 07Part of the facade of a liquor store on International Boulevard crumbled and fell to the sidewalk Monday, authorities said. No one was hurt when the brick masonry at the Express Liquor and Market store on International... Presented By: Chicago Booth Bu... »
Sundance Diary, volume five: it's Mark Duplass' world, we just live in it
Pixel Vision
Feb 03Mark Duplass does not sleep. He waits. Courtesy www.imdb.com In a series of posts, Midnites for Maniacs curator-host and Academy of Art film-history teacher Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports on the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Check out his first, second, ... »
Candidates’ Final Schedules Before Voting is Over
Piedmont Civic Association
Feb 01With less than a week left before voting is completed on Tuesday, February 7, announcements submitted by candidates or their committees can be found here: Tim Rood, City Council Candidate: Sunday -Monday, February 5-6 The final Get-Out-The-Vote Drive ... »
Is Feb 7 Election a Referendum on Blair Park?
Piedmont Civic Association
Feb 01Writing in the February 1, 2012 edition of the East Bay Express, Nate Seltenrich calls Piedmont’s February 7 election “a referendum on Blair Park.” How many Piedmonters see the election this way? Seltenrich claims, “…the city has been fractured by the... »
Commentary: The Piedmont Sewer Fund: Simple Facts and Simple Questions
Piedmont Civic Association
Feb 01Sewer Fund money is allocated to City Maintenance workers – The full time equivalent of more than 5 maintenance employees is paid by using the Sewer Fund. (See chart below; see City sewer transfer charge detail.) City documentation for 2010-11 indic... »
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Oakland eight graders not high school ready
Examiner Oakland Edition
Feb 05The high school drop out crisis in the Oakland public schools is unlikely to end soon. The eight grade students enrolled in many of the Oakland Unified School District are not high schools ready.In 2010-2011, 27% of ... »
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... »
Wildwood Crab Feed – Last Chance!
Piedmont Neighborhood News
Feb 03Don’t Miss the Lost Raiders of the Wildwood Ark! Dinner and Music Show Benefiting the Wildwood Elementary School Saturday, February 4, 2012 Cocktails & Music 6:00pm Veterans Memorial Hall 401 Highland Avenue, Piedmont Flyer| Lost Wildwook Ark Poster Li... »
Oakland Teen Charged With Murdering Foster Parents
HuffPost San Francisco
Feb 01OAKLAND, Calif. -- A 15-year-old boy was charged as an adult Tuesday with two counts of murder in the strangling of his adoptive parents –... »
Gilberth’s Rotisserie & Grill Opens in Dogpatch; Nojo Launches Lunch; and More
Grub Street San Francisco
Feb 01Dogpatch: Gilberth's Rotisserie & Grill has just softly opened at 2427 3rd Street (at 20th), from the team behind The New Spot around the corner, serving pan-Latin fare, including rotisserie chicken, Cuban baby back ribs with a guava glaze, Argentinian... »
