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AC Transit "57" Bus Crowded With Young Students - Video

AC Transit "57" Bus Crowded With Young Students - Video

This is a video of a typical day on the "57" Bus line ran by AC Transit and which runs through the heart of Oakland from the San L...
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"MUGGINGS ON ATHOL" IN OAKLAND - A LETTER CIRCULATING AROUND LAKE MERRITT

"MUGGINGS ON ATHOL" IN OAKLAND - A LETTER CIRCULATING AROUND LAKE MERRITT

I was presented with this letter below by a friend who works at a local establishment on E. 18th Street. I later saw this on the Adams Poin...
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RONALD V. DELLUMS - INAUGURATION AS MAYOR OF OAKLAND - JANUARY 2007 - CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

RONALD V. DELLUMS - INAUGURATION AS MAYOR OF OAKLAND - JANUARY 2007 - CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

City Council Fireworks Here This is a screen shot of the sponsorship matrix for the upcoming Mayoral Inauguration for Mayor Ron Dellums...
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Bay Area Sports and Events Tickets Exchange

Bay Area Sports and Events Tickets Exchange

A new tickets exchange just for Bay Area sports and events. Here's the current calendar below, but go to Bay Area Sports and Events ...
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Dellums Inauguration Causes Event Planners To Ask $50,000 Per Donor - Not A Good Start

Dellums Inauguration Causes Event Planners To Ask $50,000 Per Donor - Not A Good Start

Hey, even if I had $50K, I wouldn't spend it on a party for myself. The Dellums people are planning to spend that much money per donor,...
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Rockridge Albertsons Parking Lot to Close - Rockridge News

Rockridge Albertsons Parking Lot to Close - Rockridge News

by Hiroko Kurihara, Chair, RCPC Land Use Committee At press time, Albertsons was preparing to close their parking lot to the public because...
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John Russo's Oakland Law Corps Wins League Of Cities Award - Oakland Tribune

John Russo's Oakland Law Corps Wins League Of Cities Award - Oakland Tribune

Oakland's Law Corps wins 'profound honor' Organization has dealt with drug dealing cases, including crackdown on liquor stores ...
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"Fremont A"s - Express Article OK, But Misses The Point

"Fremont A"s - Express Article OK, But Misses The Point

"San Francisco Red Sox Fan" points to the East Bay Express article on how the Oakland A"s execs managed to work a deal to -- ...
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Bus Service From Oakland BART Station Terrible - She Walks

Bus Service From Oakland BART Station Terrible - She Walks

"Black Sheep Girl" complains of the terrible bus service and the "creepy dudes" that hang out at the "Oakland BA...
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"Guns And Roses" Tickets For A Gun Buy Back Program?

"Guns And Roses" Tickets For A Gun Buy Back Program?

Wow. I happened to catch this bit of news over at the blog called BiggAndyy, which you can go to with a click on the title of this post. H...
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THE OAKLANDISH MOBILE OPERATIONS UNIT

THE OAKLANDISH MOBILE OPERATIONS UNIT

This is Oaklandish's bus, or what they call a "Mobile Operations Unit." But I've got to ask what do they really do in...
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Oakland Ecovillage Group Meets Near Lake Merritt

Oakland Ecovillage Group Meets Near Lake Merritt

I found this link to an interesting group called Oakland Ecovillage and their calendar, which features Sunday walks around the Lake wit...
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Oakland Coliseum Wins Oakland Raiders Lawsuit; Raiders To Appeal

Oakland Coliseum Wins Oakland Raiders Lawsuit; Raiders To Appeal

Oakland Coliseum wins Raiders lawsuit By DAVID KRAVETS, AP Legal Affairs Writer Fri Nov 17, 8:18 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeals cour...
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5321 Telegraph Ave - North Oakland Thanksgiving Shooting

5321 Telegraph Ave - North Oakland Thanksgiving Shooting

OAKLAND A family dispute ends with 3 killed, 2 in custody Man dives from window to escape gunfire after holiday gathering turns violent Ste...
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Cisco Presents "Stadium Of The Future" - Video

Cisco Presents "Stadium Of The Future" - Video

This is not the press conference, but a presentation on the new technology that would be in what Cicso -- the developers of the router for t...
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Oakland Condo Conversion Proposal Response

Oakland Condo Conversion Proposal Response

I found this post on the Yahoo Message Board for Adams Point. It's a long response to the proposal to ease conversions of apartments to...
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Ignacio De La Fuente And Oakland Coliseum Authority Make Terrible Mistake - Lose Not Just A's, But Concerts Too

Ignacio De La Fuente And Oakland Coliseum Authority Make Terrible Mistake - Lose Not Just A's, But Concerts Too

Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente made a terrible mistake yesterday when he said this to the San Francisco Chronicle: &...
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De La Fuente Calls On SMG Instead Of Calling For Task Force On A's Matter

De La Fuente Calls On SMG Instead Of Calling For Task Force On A's Matter

Here's an example of failure in the making. Instead of forming a private sector task force on the A's matter, Oakland City Council ...
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No Bay Area Olympics; No Bay Area Super Bowl - Anatomy Of A Loser Region

No Bay Area Olympics; No Bay Area Super Bowl - Anatomy Of A Loser Region

Yesterday, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to San Francisco was over. As the head o...
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West Oakland Citizens Fight "Jerry Brown" Gentrification

West Oakland Citizens Fight "Jerry Brown" Gentrification

In their blog of the same name, Brooke and Lian point to a growing movement in West Oakland to reduce the tide of social change driven by ...
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Adams Point - Burglary on Bellevue and Van Buren Avenues

Adams Point - Burglary on Bellevue and Van Buren Avenues

This was posted on the "local" Yahoo! Message Board Earlier this evening [Thursday night], one of the ground-floor apartments in...
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Councilmember Pat Kernighan Says She's Ready To Keep The A's

Councilmember Pat Kernighan Says She's Ready To Keep The A's

I just found this video while looking for other content, and wondered why Councilmember Pat Kernighan's staff didn't place it on her...
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SF Mayor Newsom Fights To Keep Niners; Oakland Mayor Dellums Doesn't Fight At All For A's

SF Mayor Newsom Fights To Keep Niners; Oakland Mayor Dellums Doesn't Fight At All For A's

The San Francisco 49ers annouce they're going to move -- or try to move -- to Santa Clara (and to a parking lot and an area rife with ...
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Aimee Allison, Talk To The Press!

Aimee Allison, Talk To The Press!

Aimee, according to this Tribune article below, your not talking to the press in the wake of your District Two loss. This is a big mistake...
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Courtney Ruby - Our New Auditor

Courtney Ruby - Our New Auditor

Congratulations, Courtney ..Nuff said..For now. I'll be back.
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John Russo Video Interview - Phil Tagami Discovers VideoBlogging

John Russo Video Interview - Phil Tagami Discovers VideoBlogging

Last weekend, I ran into Ted Tagami, whom I've known since Skyline High School -- he class of 81; me 80 -- at "The Vloggies" w...
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Aimee Allison, Don't Feel Bad, Try Again - 827 Vote Difference

Aimee Allison, Don't Feel Bad, Try Again - 827 Vote Difference

Aimee, you ran a great and sprited campaign. Look, you only lost to Councilmember Pat Kernighan by 827 votes. To put this in perspective...
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Phil Angelides Wins! - Alameda County Registrar Of Voters Reports He Wins Governors Race

Phil Angelides Wins! - Alameda County Registrar Of Voters Reports He Wins Governors Race

Check this out: DEM - Phil Angelides 166636 55.68 REP - Arnold Schwarzenegger 112305 37.52 GRN - Peter Miguel Camejo 12525 4.19...
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JERRY BROWN LOST THE OAKLAND A'S; LEAVES TOWN FOR SAN FRANCISCO

JERRY BROWN LOST THE OAKLAND A'S; LEAVES TOWN FOR SAN FRANCISCO

If and when ground is broken to build an A's baseball stadium in Fremont, it will the fault of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. It was Brow...
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A's To Annouce Their Leaving Oakland For Fremont - ESPN

A's To Annouce Their Leaving Oakland For Fremont - ESPN

As I've reported here, the A's had already worked out a financing plan to build a stadium in Fremont. But the real story is the alm...
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A Walk With Aimee Allison - Oakland City Council District Two Candidate Video

A Walk With Aimee Allison - Oakland City Council District Two Candidate Video

On the Monday before Election Day, I met Oakland City Council District Two Candidate Aimee Allison at her campaign headquarters to really ju...
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Kernighan: Dellums To Be More "Engaged And Present" Than Jerry Brown

Kernighan: Dellums To Be More "Engaged And Present" Than Jerry Brown

Well that's what she said. I had to pick this off from my other post on the District Two race: The blogger -- NovoMetro (why don&...
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Courtney Ruby - Video On Her Run For Oakland Auditor

Courtney Ruby - Video On Her Run For Oakland Auditor

I ran over this video totally by accident. It's of Oakland City Auditor Candidate Courtney Ruby. Yes, the video codec is screwed up, b...
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Oakland City Council District Two - African American Money To Allison

Oakland City Council District Two - African American Money To Allison

This co-co-times report is interesting if one knows what to look for. Councilmember Pat Kernighan's financial aide has in part come f...
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Oakland City Council District Two - More Contrasts In Blog Posts

Oakland City Council District Two - More Contrasts In Blog Posts

I could not help but post these two blogs I found concerning volunteers for Aimee Alison and Pat Kernighan. One post from an Allison supp...
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Oakland City Council District Two - Aimee Allison and Pat Kernighan - A Campaign Race In Black and White

Oakland City Council District Two - Aimee Allison and Pat Kernighan - A Campaign Race In Black and White

Contrasting Styles In District Two Aside from all of the complaining and the Oakland Tribune article below which reports some overzealou...
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Inclusionary Zoning Vote Tonight At Oakland City Council - Tribune

Inclusionary Zoning Vote Tonight At Oakland City Council - Tribune

Brown's vote may break tie on zoning Mayor's usual position on controversial plan bodes ill for commission By Heather MacDonald, STA...
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