Were you so busy keeping up with Charlie Sheen’s antics that you forgot to read local news?

No worries, it’s easy to get drunk with celebrity-silliness. We forgive you. In fact, OL has the very thing to keep you from getting a #winning hangover.

For your viewing convenience, we have compiled a re-cap of our most popular news. From budget woes to ongoing OPD screw-ups, Oakland Local caught it all.

OL reporter Jennifer Inez Ward, wrote three of our top five stories. Almost 2,000 readers were curious about why OPD raided Men of Valor Academy - a nonprofit program for ex-offenders re-entering society. “Operation Sunrise” executed 70 arrest warrants and probation/parole searches during a sweep of 50 different East Oakland locations. Sounds curious, doesn’t it?

Writer Ward must believe in tough love because she sure didn’t sugar coat the truth about federal budget cuts to Oakland's social programs, including Head Start, Workforce Investment Act programs and homeless and hunger services. Our second most popular story this week outlines this grim reality; we’d best deal with it before it deals with us.

OL editor/publisher Susan Mernit sparked reader interest with her article on Mayor Jean Quan’s call for 2,000 volunteers. Get helpful tips on how to volunteer - with Quan’s youth mentoring program or with other Oakland community organizations.

Quan spoke at a Black History Month celebration at Oakland African American Museum and Library, in order to boost support for her volunteer initiative. OL's Ward covered the event and let us in on the conversation between Quan and other guest speakers.

City Auditor Courtney Ruby’s Op-Ed on our city’s budget was our fifth most-viewed story of the week. She stressed the importance of “results-based budgeting and an accountability structure for top management who can’t deliver.” Can anyone guess what she meant when she referenced the “800 pound gorilla in the room?'