Governor Brown wants to be Mayor again
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Sun, 1 Apr at 12:19am.

At an impromptu press conference at Oakland's City hall on Friday, Governor Jerry Brown confided his new interest in returning to Oakland. Brown listed his reasons for wanting Oakland's top job and mentioned that his staff and Mayor Quan's staff were discussing how to do a job swap.

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Community plan to help prevent future Oakland hills fires nears finalization (Community Voices)
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Wed, 28 Mar at 1:05am.

The Oakland wildfire was a traumatic event that will not be forgotten by those who lost their homes and family histories.

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Little league tryouts in Oakland still available for 2012 season
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Sat, 21 Jan at 2:20pm.

Despite having fewer sponsors and competition from other leagues, kids are still encouraged to sign-up for little league baseball in Oakland.

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Post-holiday gala at Chabot Space Center a success (Community Voices)
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Sun, 15 Jan at 9:35am.

On Saturday, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held another great community holiday party at Chabot Space & Science Center - with more than 400 friends and community leaders in attendance.

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Young Oakland athletic phenom - turning heads, gaining respect as she cycles past her competition
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Mon, 10 Oct at 2:23am.
Three years of competition, practices and crashes, have helped 16-year-old Page Bisenieks-Robertson to become a nationally ranked bike racer. 
 
“I finished dead last in my first race,” Page said. “It was a big event and I wanted to try it for a long time. My bike broke a little.
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The Foraging Report: Preparing for a Greek feast
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Thu, 26 May at 12:57am.

A scheduled execution gave me my foraging target this week.

I found out last week that a neighbor's house would have to be fumigated for beetles, and a thriving grapevine along the back stairs would likely not survive.  My friend Rebecca and I asked to harvest the leaves, and they had no objections to us picking as many as we wanted - more than 100 in the end.

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Mayor Quan, City Council retreat to hills to discuss city budget
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 12 Apr at 3:58pm.

In a remote Oakland location surrounded by large trees on hilly terrain, Oakland's City Council sat down with the Mayor Jean Quan to begin publicly discussing one of the worst financial budget in the city's history.

At a budget retreat on Monday, city officials said out loud what many concluded long ago: Oakland is broke.

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A Night of Celebration for Mayor Quan at Chabot
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 4 Jan at 9:39am.

\It was a night of celebration as more than 700 residents, supporters, and musicians joined Mayor Jean Quan on Sunday evening at the Chabot Space & Science Center.

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