It’s All Happening on Lakeshore
Back in the Elihu Harris years’ Oakland’s marketing department came up with a bumper sticker to promote a good buzz for the Town. It stated,…
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Occupy Oakland, Winter’s Comin’ On…Questions for Next Stages
“This is what democracy looks like” is almost as good a slogan as “we are the 99%.” Those slogans represent the gist of the…
After the General Strike, Come Out to Support Small Business Day in Oakland
Oakland has some of the most successful ethnic-based small business districts in the country like a vibrant Chinatown (not a tourist mecca like SF), an…
Oakland Unified Saves Jobs for Adult ED Administrators and Consultants-Few Classes, Fewer Teachers
OEA Decries Union Busting-teachers offered part-time temporary work- two administrators rehired while a former administrator and retired Chevron exec gets top pay to “consult” and…
Gardenspots Sprout on Parking Day in Grand Lake
Until recent years most Americans had grown inured to the proposition that automobiles would take more and more of our community real estate. Not only…
Discovering Opportunity in West Oakland, the Alex Miller-Cole Story.
Alex Miller-Cole is a typical Oaklander and an exceptional person. He is typical because he arrived here from somewhere else and has remade his life…
Open Studios, & Art & Music in the Gardens
Last year I somehow missed the Pro Arts Open Studios. This hardly ever happens. According to the website, proartsgallery.org, they have been running their open…
How about a cat video-no politics included?
Why the Gang Injunctions Got Funded and What to Do about it.
Last night the City Council finally decided to vote on the gang injunctions, the original ones in North Oakland and the new ones proposed for…
The Mayor Talks Budget, “the Bad, the Really Bad, and the Really Ugly
You still have time to call your Council Member and demand your right to vote on the serious choices ahead of us. Can you spare…