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Dear friends,

The Bay Area music community suffered a huge loss in January when 24 year old Dewey Tucker was killed driving along Highway 80. Tucker, a well known and respected bass player known for his both his musical skills and his easygoing ways, was on his way to Oakland for band practice.

We're a week away from a big budget discussion in Oakland, so Ol has numbers on the brain.Here are some numbers that made us pay attention:

The AC Transit BRT project is going to get $15MM in federal funding

The city of Oakland spent more than $48 MM to help renovate the Fox Theatre, $50MM if you count the recent loan request.

Game security at Oakland high school sporting events costs the city about $175,000 a year, including $65,000 to have police officers at basketball and football games, according to estimates from Sarna and the Oakland Athletic League commissioner.

Have you ever been to an AC Transit Board of Directors meeting? 

The OUSD Jazz Festival will be held at Tech on Thursday, February 11, at 6:30 p.m.

Instrumental jazz programs from OUSD middle schools perform individually and then, at the end of the program, play a piece together. P