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…
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…
Now is the Time for Adult Education
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…
Librarian Talks Back to Oakland Trib Anti-Public Employee Rant
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…
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…
The Revolution will not be uploaded today.
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…
Thank an Oakland Public Worker Today
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,…