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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s re-election hinges on crime – San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco ChronicleLeah Harris, a retired preschool teacher, has lived in the heart of East Oakland for 37 years. In the 2010 mayoral el...

Friday, January 31, 2014

Oakland: Mayor Jean Quan still trails mayoral money race – Vallejo Times-Herald

Oakland: Mayor Jean Quan still trails mayoral money raceVallejo Times-HeraldHe was followed by San Francisco State Professor Joe Tuman, who ...

Friday, January 31, 2014

Drakes Bay Oyster Company Sues California Coastal Commission

The Drakes Bay Oyster Company, on the heels of winning a 90-day stay of Department Of Interior eviction action by The Ninth Circuit Court of...

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Police seek man who touched 6-year-old girl at Oakland school – KTVU San Francisco

Police seek man who touched 6-year-old girl at Oakland schoolKTVU San FranciscoOakland police on Wednesday said they are looking for a man w...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Joe Tuman: Dog Accident Should Not Dampen Run For Mayor Of Oakland

Joe Tuman, who’s a candidate for Mayor Of Oakland, is the focus of this KTVU video about the need for a camera at in Crocker Highlands becau...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Jean Quan’s car windshield smashed during neighborhood meeting – Vallejo Times-Herald

Jean Quan’s car windshield smashed during neighborhood meetingVallejo Times-HeraldIt was unclear whether the incident was an act of vandalis...

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Oakland’s Youth Uprising mourns violent attacks on its members – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Oakland’s Youth Uprising mourns violent attacks on its membersSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is crowing about a preci...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Drakes Bay Oyster Company To Remain Open Pending Supreme Court Petition

Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Inverness, California scores a court win, and at a much-needed time after a string of legal losses that seemed ...

Monday, January 27, 2014

2 Investigates: Neighbors catch speeders, stop-sign runners on video – KTVU San Francisco

2 Investigates: Neighbors catch speeders, stop-sign runners on videoKTVU San FranciscoThe driver of the car involved was one of Fenolio’s ne...

Monday, January 27, 2014

Pitt hosts Writer’s Series speaker, recital in Oakland – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh Post GazetteThe pair has performed in England and Scotland. Tonight in Oakland they will be presenting works by Jeremy Beck (a pr...

Monday, January 27, 2014

“Hot Or Not” Facebook Friend App Better Than Facemash; $1,000 Contest

The new “Hot Or Not” app for Facebook is really interesting, especially considering that Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly...

Monday, January 27, 2014

Supercross: Ryan Villopoto Fires The First Shot At Oakland – Cycle News

Cycle NewsOAKLAND, CA, JAN. 25 – Today at the Coliseum it was the two men who looked very much on a mission for some redemption who topped q...

Sunday, January 26, 2014

$10K Reward For Help Finding Oakland Teen Suspected Of Killing Sister – CBS Local

CBS LocalOAKLAND (CBS SF) — Police were asking for the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old boy suspected of killing his older sister in ...

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Anti-abortion group targets Oakland’s black community – Contra Costa Times

Anti-abortion group targets Oakland’s black communityContra Costa TimesOAKLAND — A small group of anti-abortion activists warmed up their ch...

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bryan Parker Close To $200K: Oakland Mayor’s Race Video Interview

Bryan Parker, the Port of Oakland Commissioner and tech executive who’s running for Mayor Of Oakland, met with me on Wednesday morning at Th...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Oakland: Authorities identify second man killed by CHP – Contra Costa Times

Oakland: Authorities identify second man killed by CHPContra Costa TimesOAKLAND — A man fatally shot Tuesday night by California Highway Pat...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Oakland’s ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ At Large In Honda, Grey, 6HDX632

Oakland, has so many robberies and burglaries, that it was just a matter of time before we had a white male and female team get into the act...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Joe Tuman Aims At Libby Schaaf, Jean Quan In Oakland Mayor’s Race Video

Joe Tuman has fired the first official shot in the unfolding 2014 Oakland Mayor’s Race. In a new YouTube video sent to supporters and called...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Swastika appears on flier in Oakland – Jweekly.com

Swastika appears on flier in OaklandJweekly.comFliers depicting a swastika drawn on the forehead of Oakland councilwoman Libby Schaaf were p...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Flora Bad Service, Dirty Bar, For Oakland Restaurant Week

Flora Restaurant in Oakland has been one of my favorite eateries in Oaktown for some time, but after last night, not anymore. As I write thi...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Oakland Raiders cheerleaders sue team – New York Daily News

New York Daily NewsThe Oakland Raiders losing ways could extend into the offseason. The woeful team, whose on field product mustered only a ...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson criticized for ‘Drop Dead Detroit … – Royal Oak Daily Tribune

Royal Oak Daily TribunePONTIAC (AP) — Oakland County Execuitve L. Brooks Patterson, long known for his blunt remarks about Detroit is being ...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Test train for BART Oakland airport connector unveiled – Contra Costa Times

Test train for BART Oakland airport connector unveiledContra Costa TimesOAKLAND – BART officials today excitedly unveiled a test train for t...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Mysterious Anti-Semitic Fliers Emerge in Oakland – TheBlaze.com

TheBlaze.comAnti-Semitic fliers showing a swastika drawn on a Jewish councilwoman’s forehead were found plastered in Oakland, Calif., over t...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Oakland woman keeps homeless cats fixed and well-fed – Contra Costa Times

Oakland woman keeps homeless cats fixed and well-fedContra Costa TimesOver time — and occasionally against her better judgment — she also ha...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Miami police looking for a rape suspect – MiamiHerald.com

Miami police looking for a rape suspectMiamiHerald.comMiami police on Wednesday will hand out fliers near the area where a man sexually assa...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Dan Siegel Gets National Union of Healthcare Workers Endorsement For Oakland Mayor

The National Union of Healthcare Workers endorsed its lawyer, Dan Siegel, who’s running for Mayor of Oakland. Here’s my interview with Dan S...

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

At Oakland’s Endgame, players build connections in person – San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco ChronicleFor all its advancements, there’s something cold and distant about today’s gaming world. People bury their heads in t...

Monday, January 20, 2014

Healthcare union endorses Dan Siegel for Oakland mayor – Vallejo Times-Herald

Healthcare union endorses Dan Siegel for Oakland mayorVallejo Times-HeraldOAKLAND — Oakland mayoral candidate Dan Siegel has received the en...

Monday, January 20, 2014

Live Rat Came Up In Toilet In Oakland At 400 Block Of Haddon

A live rat came up through the toilet of a woman who lives on the 400 block of Haddon in Oakland. She shared her story on one of the listser...

Monday, January 20, 2014

Oakland: Police probe Schaaf swastika fliers – Contra Costa Times

Oakland: Police probe Schaaf swastika fliersContra Costa TimesOAKLAND — Fliers depicting a swastika on Libby Schaaf’s forehead were plastere...

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Oakland police seek information on suspects in three shootings – KTVU San Francisco

Oakland police seek information on suspects in three shootingsKTVU San FranciscoPolice are asking for the public’s assistance in gathering i...

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Investing in libraries is an investment in public safety – Oakland Local

By oaklandlac I want to use this month’s column to talk about investing. What does a Library Commissioner know about investing? Well, to inv...

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Teen Pleads Guilty To Fatally Shooting Oakland Toddler – CBS Local

Teen Pleads Guilty To Fatally Shooting Oakland ToddlerCBS Local… Fatal shooting, Frederick Coleman, Hiram Lawrence, Homicide, Murder, Oaklan...

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Suspicious package found near Oakland courthouse deemed harmless – KTVU San Francisco

Suspicious package found near Oakland courthouse deemed harmlessKTVU San FranciscoThe Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a sus...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Teen accused of Oakland bus fire attack will be tried as adult – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles TimesA high school student who allegedly set fire to another teenager’s skirt on a bus in Oakland will be tried as an adult. An ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Celebrate Oakland Restaurant Week’s Fourth Year – Oakland Local

Oakland LocalNow in its fourth year, Oakland Restaurant Week is a 10-day celebration of Oakland’s booming food scene that runs from January ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Case against Oakland boy accused of arson attack against agender teen stays … – Contra Costa Times

Case against Oakland boy accused of arson attack against agender teen stays …Contra Costa TimesOAKLAND — The criminal case against a 16-year...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Case against Oakland boy accused of arson attack aganst agender teeen stays … – Oakland Tribune

Case against Oakland boy accused of arson attack aganst agender teeen stays …Oakland TribuneOAKLAND — The criminal case against a 16-year-ol...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Oakland A’s and catcher John Jaso agree to one-year deal – San Jose Mercury News

Oakland A’s and catcher John Jaso agree to one-year dealSan Jose Mercury NewsOAKLAND — Catcher John Jaso, who lost the last two months of th...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Greater Pontiac Community Coalition and McLaren Oakland to Host MLK Day … – Michronicleonline

Greater Pontiac Community Coalition and McLaren Oakland to Host MLK Day …MichronicleonlineMcLaren Oakland will proudly host a special ceremo...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Latham Square set to reopen two-way traffic

By Jake Nicol Latham Square opened in August as a pilot project of the city of Oakland to create a pedestrian plaza at the intersection wher...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Oakland prosecutor says Novi District Judge Brian MacKenzie continues to … – Detroit Free Press

Oakland prosecutor says Novi District Judge Brian MacKenzie continues to …Detroit Free PressIn November, Cooper asked Oakland County Circuit...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Oakland roots created Marshawn Lynch’s ‘Beast Mode’ – USA TODAY

USA TODAYRENTON, Wash. — Before “Beast Mode” began, Marshawn Lynch was a 180-pound scatback who drove his coaches crazy at Oakland Technical...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Oakland’s Travis Bader is the sharpest of sharpshooters – USA TODAY

Oakland’s Travis Bader is the sharpest of sharpshootersUSA TODAYROCHESTER, Mich. — On a frigid morning in early January, Jeff Tungate, a for...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Drakes Bay Oyster Company To Seek Day In U.S. Supreme Court

Drakes Bay Oyster Company lost its request for an en banc rehearing on Tuesday. In October, lawyers for Kevin Lunny, the owner of Drakes Bay...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Blackball Universe strives to create “New Age Motown” in Downtown Oakland

By Max Levenson Xavier Dphrepaulezz can’t sit still. He strums a cherry-red Telecaster guitar. He pounds on a drum, leaning over it and croo...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Community Meeting: SF Transbay Transit Center On Jan 14th 2013

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority is holding a community meeting Wednesday, January 15, 2014, and you're invited to attend! The Tra...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Transbay Transit Center SF Construction Update: 1-13 To 1-19-2014

The Transbay Transit Center construction process has seen a number of important milestones over its life to final buildout coming in 2017, a...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Oakland: 17-year-old boy charged with New Year’s Eve killing – Contra Costa Times

Oakland: 17-year-old boy charged with New Year’s Eve killingContra Costa TimesOAKLAND — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and w...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Restoring Oakland’s Biff’s diner may be tall order – San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco ChronicleGone are the green Naugahyde seats. Gone is the coleslaw with peanuts. Gone, too, is the flashing neon dotted “I,” vi...

Monday, January 13, 2014

East Oakland Foothill Square opening and job fair: End of the food desert? – Oakland Local

East Oakland Foothill Square opening and job fair: End of the food desert?Oakland LocalA mall in a notoriously economically depressed part o...

Monday, January 13, 2014

2 men plead guilty to robbing Citibank branch in Oakland – San Francisco Chronicle

2 men plead guilty to robbing Citibank branch in OaklandSan Francisco ChroniclePage 1 of 1. (01-13) 15:47 PST OAKLAND — Two East Bay men hav...

Monday, January 13, 2014

Springfield church preserves Oakland Presbyterian history – Springfield News Sun

Springfield church preserves Oakland Presbyterian historySpringfield News SunKathleen Lauri-Lewis, (right in pink), the church historian at ...

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Search On For Driver In Deadly Oakland I-580 Motorcycle Crash – CBS Local

CBS LocalOAKLAND (CBS SF) – A motorcyclist was killed Friday morning in a possible hit-and-run collision on westbound Interstate Highway 580...

Friday, January 10, 2014

Thomas capped Hall of Fame career with A’s – MLB.com

MLB.comOAKLAND — It was a classic incentive-laden, make-good contract. Frank Thomas just wanted a chance. Having been cast adrift by the Whi...

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Public adds its muscle to keep Oakland storm drains clear – San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco ChronicleOnce a week or so, Oakland resident Veronica Tril puts on gloves, a yellow reflective vest, sturdy shoes and starts d...

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Alameda, Oakland in fresh fight over traffic – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)AP More than a decade ago, Oakland’s city attorney sued Alameda over plans to redevelop Alameda Point. In the ...

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Moves Raiders Should Make in Free Agency – Bleacher Report

Bleacher ReportThe Oakland Raiders have plenty of work to do this offseason, but the significant amount of salary cap space at their disposa...

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Oakland News: Mayor Quan Reelection Mistruths; Tuman, Siegel Videos

This Oakland News comes from Las Vegas, where I am for the New Media Expo and International CES, or CES 2014, or the Consumer Electronics Sh...

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Oakland A’s Continue to See Baseball’s Big Picture – Bleacher Report

Oakland A’s Continue to See Baseball’s Big PictureBleacher ReportOn the one hand, the moves made by Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane ...

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Jahi McMath’s family, Oakland hospital discussing girl’s transfer – CNN

CNN(CNN) — A California court hearing concluded Friday with the family of Jahi McMath — a 13-year-old girl on a ventilator who has been decl...

Friday, January 03, 2014

Jahi McMath family, Children’s Hospital Oakland agree she can be moved – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles TimesThe family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath and Children’s Hospital Oakland have reached an agreement that will allow a team to t...

Friday, January 03, 2014

Nancy Sidebotham Running For Mayor Of Oakland: Blasts Joe Tuman, Libby Schaaf

Nancy Sidebotham is a name known only to Oakland political junkies and Oakland City Council District Six dwellers who voted over the last 12...

Friday, January 03, 2014

Breakbeats set to snap at Oakland’s new Faultline – San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco ExaminerStarting this week, Oakland resident Riggsbee and veteran Bay Area breakbeat DJs Sean Infinitee, 138 and Justin Johnso...

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

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