Well-known Local Columnist Pens First Novel
Local writer, journalist, and chronicler of Oakland’s political scene and beyond, J. Douglas Allen Taylor, has written a novel set in South Carolina in the…
Local writer, journalist, and chronicler of Oakland’s political scene and beyond, J. Douglas Allen Taylor, has written a novel set in South Carolina in the…
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…
This week is the first anniversary of the last graduation of the Edward Shands Adult School. I had written last year that, “Thursday night may…
Jane Courant has been a full time Oakland librarian since 1998. She’s worked as a children’s librarian and is now the Adult Services Librarian at…
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…
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…
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…
Today I’m writing what a real blog, I mean the kind of narrative on life and its discontents (or contents) that blogs were originally created…
I know it’s not fashionable these days to praise public workers, but I just have to do it anyway. Given layoffs, attrition, and furlough days,…