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Wednesday’s Top Five Stories: Oakland Saves Funding for Fairyland and Zoo; Judge Issues Stay Away Orders to 12 Oakland Occupiers
East Bay Express
Feb 01The top five stories of the day: 1. The Oakland City Council spared Fairyland and the Oakland Zoo from budget cuts last night, but went ahead with layoffs, eliminating 105 jobs and letting 80 workers go, the Chron and Trib report.… [ Read more ] [ Subs... »
Oakland Budget Cuts Impacts Jobs, Zoo
NBC Bay Area Local
Jan 24Oakland unveiled painful budget cuts this week that preserves police services at the cost of popular children's attractions. Mayor Jean Quan announced that more than $28 million would be cut from the city's budget. The majority of the cuts will come fr... »
Oakland budget cuts hit zoo, Children's Fairyland
SFGate Top News
Jan 24Oakland unveiled an austere budget Monday that calls for sweeping cuts to community favorites like Children's Fairyland and the Oakland Zoo but keeps police services intact. In all, more than $28 million will be sliced... »
Slideshow: Christmas lights shine at Oakland Zoo
Contra Costa Times Piedmont
Dec 17These whimsical giraffes and trees shine in a display of hundreds of thousands of LED lights that brighten the Oakland Zoo as part of ZooLights 2011. Visitors can enjoy viewing the holiday tradition, including a candy cane lane theme rides area, nightt... »
Oakland Zoo Expansion Opponents File New Legal Appeal
East Bay Express
Dec 14If you thought the Oakland Zoo had cleared the legal and environmental hurdles impeding its controversial expansion, you were mistaken. As you may remember from our first story on the conflict, opponents (including both neighbors and members of regiona... »
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upcoming Oakland events
Our Oakland
Jan 25T his week's events are brought to you by the letter B. There are birds, bikes and beer, along with some civic engagement about the budget. And Oakland Restaurant Week is still going until Sunday—lots of great deals at great restaurants around Oakland.... »
My Top 10 Reasons For Why I Lo...
Monteskewed
Jan 05My Top 10 Reasons For Why I Love Oakland Oakland is the infamous ugly step-sister city to the Cinderella post-card perfection of San Francisco. Novella Carpeter, [her blog] one of the most recently famous Oaklanders because of her urban foodie efforts... »