Time keeps on slipping into the future ... That’s what the Steve Miller band told us back in 1976, and it’s still true. Oakland is full of busy people working to get work and working to pay bills. Luckily, we’ve devised a way to put some traction on your time. Catch up on our top five stories of the week:

Cynthia Gaffney wrote about the presence of Oakland city government at a conference put on by CA-NORML, an organization dedicated to reforming the state’s marijuana laws … and OL readers responded, making this our top story of the week.

Aero Soul Art 2 is a show at the Joyce Gordon gallery, featuring aerosol artists from the African Diaspora. The work is breathtaking, and incorporates the hard edge of social change with the soft respite of visual wonder. Eric K. Arnold wrote an advance about the opening, and it was a hit with our OL audience. If you missed the opening, no worries, the show will be up until Feb. 27.

Gang injunction hearings continue forward amidst conflict and packed courtrooms. On Feb. 3, Judge Robert Freedman ruled against a conflict of interest charge by the City Attorney’s office. Eric K. Arnold’s article on the proceedings received considerable attention this week.

Oregon State University rescinded a keynote speech invitation to Tristan Taormino, a feminist sex-positive educator and pornographer. OL contributor Keiko Lane called them out, sharing an essay about why good porn matters. Her piece made our top five stories for the second week in a row.

Many of OL’s loyal followers are foodies, and Jess Watson’s stories are evidence of this! Again this week, her foraging reports make our top five. Read about her search for candy cap mushrooms.

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