Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 14 Mar at 9:09am.

Our world is fragile; last week's earthquakes in Japan is testament to that.

There are many ways to survive and thrive: we can eat and drink to make it all better, we can number crunch and separate ourselves into neat demographical packages in the name of fairness and we can resist.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Mar at 10:42am.

How much did Oakland and Alameda's population shift over the past 10 years? This week, we're about to (finally) find out. Yesterday, the Census Bureau shipped local 2010 Census data to the governor and leadership of the state legislature in California. Today, at 12:30 p.m.

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 14 Apr at 4:13am.

The struggle over the proposed North Oakland gang injunction continues. Yesterday the ACLU of Northern California, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Areafiled papers opposing the injunction with the Alameda County Superior Court. Among their complaints, the advocacy groups note: "There is no way out of the injunction. The injunction does not include an opt-out provision for people who are misidentified or who have turned their lives around. If community members are wrongfully labeled as gang members, they would be bound indefinitely by the restrictions of the injunction."

Blog entry by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Apr at 1:45pm.

Councilmember Jean Quan's e-newsletter observes this week that Oakland fell below the national average of a 56 percent participation rate of census questionaires. The city-wide rate is just 46 percent returned. (Wisconsin and Iowa, on the other hand, seem to be kicking butt!)

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 6 Apr at 7:19am.

As our friends at EBASE remind us, California is facing a $20 billion shortfall. Oakland is in a $15 million mid-year budget deficit, predicted to double in the new fiscal year.

Blog entry by Jessamyn Sabbag.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Mar at 6:24pm.

Oakland Rising has officially kicked off our “Yes We Count” Census program this month and we want you to be counted, too.

Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Fri, 12 Feb at 10:37am.

Will Asians and Pacific Islanders be appropriately counted in the 2010 census? How can  local community organizations work together to make sure Asians and Pacific Islanders are represented?