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CounterPoint: 'Sanjiv Handa's Pressroom' (Community Voices)

Blog entry by Jesse Douglas All....

Last updated at Mon, 9 Jan at 6:19am.

Folks tend to say things at people's funerals that they apparently never considered saying while the deceased person was walking the earth.

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Should Oakland residents be satisfied with bid process in selling part of Army Base to local recyclers? (Opinion)

Article by Susan Mernit.

Last updated at Fri, 23 Dec at 9:17am.

The Oakland City Council voted 7-0 ton Tuesday to have city staff work with California Waste Solutions and Custom Alloy Scrap Sales, two West Oakland recycling companies, to sell them part of the North Gateway area of the former Oakland Army base for $11. 2 million.

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OPD report to Council: Gang injunction has NOT reduced violent crime (Analysis)

Article by Susan Mernit.

Last updated at Thu, 10 Nov at 5:45am.

Even though a report just released to City Council shows that the North Oakland gang injunction has not reduced violent crime, police say they think it's worthwhile. Why?

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Port appointments snagged in Oakland City Hall battle

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.

Last updated at Tue, 11 Oct at 4:47am.

The drama around appointing commissioners to the Port of Oakland continues.

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City Council defers vote on gang injunction, installing youth curfew loitering law

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.

Last updated at Thu, 6 Oct at 3:38am.

In a tie vote that was broken by Mayor Jean Quan, the Oakland City Council Tuesday night deferred voting on measures dealing with youth curfew, loitering and the expansion of gang injunctions. These items will now go to the Council's public safety committee for additional vetting.

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