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Congressman Leads Charge to Fund Planned Parenthood
NBC Bay Area
Feb 03NBC Bay Area's Brent Cannon talks to South Bay Rep Mike Honda. He's circulating a letter in the House urging the head of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to reconsider cutting funds to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. »
Congressman Leads Charge to Fund Planned Parenthood
NBC Bay AreaPolitics
Feb 03NBC Bay Area's Brent Cannon talks to South Bay Rep Mike Honda. He's circulating a letter in the House urging the head of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to reconsider cutting funds to Planned Parenthood... »
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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Home from afar
Oakland Geology
Feb 06A few weeks ago I paid a visit to distant Mount Vaca, north of Fairfield on the Solano-Napa County line. It’s almost 3000 feet up and commands a wide view. Naturally I looked back at the Oakland Hills. There they were, immediately recognizable. Click t... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
