OL Publisher/Co-founder Susan Mernit: Help us 'build a better, more equitable Oakland'
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 7 Jan at 12:28am.

Oakland Local is a labor of love and determination.

We started Oakland Local in 2009 because we love this city and believe Oakland deserves high quality reporting and thoughtful discussion. We’re committed to work that helps each of us make better decisions and make our city a better place.

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Space still available for training on growing your business, workplace re-entry!
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 6 Jan at 6:36am.

The team at Oakland Local Academy has been busy this month pulling together three months worth of terrific classes and training programs, all to be held at our co-working space, Tech Liminal.

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Oakland Local thanks YOU!

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 3 Jan at 3:05pm.

Two thousand-eleven was a very good year for Oakland Local. 

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Check out OL's streamlined look, thanks to Oakland-based TechScouts
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 8 Dec at 7:11am.

Hey, did you notice the streamlined, spiffed-up look of Oakland Local this week? 

The stunning lack of random white spaces between stories on the front page, the (much) neater row of ads down the side, the subtle realignment of the upper banner?

Yeah, we planned all that. Mic check. Mic check. Mic …

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Tomorrow! Come for chocolate & wine tasting, music, talk, raffles at OL annual holiday party
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Dec at 9:22am.

What a year! 

From last fall's election campaigns to this autumn's Occupy Oakland demonstrations, planned school closings and CEDA/Building Services investigations, Oakland Local's covered it all. 

We've been there with you - now come hang with us.

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It's Thanksgiving Day - What are your plans?
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 24 Nov at 12:02am.

It seems a little odd to have a holiday that focuses on one group taking another's land as the way we come together to celebrate community, prosperity, having food on the table, and, for some, the grand, arcane ritual of football.

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CA Grand Jurors’ Association gives award to Oakland Local for outstanding coverage

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 8 Nov at 5:50am.

Oakland Local is proud to receive a 2011 A Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Reporting – Media Award from the California Grand Jurors’ Association for our coverage of the CEDA/Building services issues and the Alameda County Grand Jury report.

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Editor's Note: Oakland Local wins Society of Professional Journalists' Prize for multimedia cultural coverage of Oakland
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 24 Oct at 6:46am.

We're thrilled to share that Oakland Local has won a 2011 Society of Professional Journalists Northern California award for multimedia arts & culture coverage of the city’s hip-hop scene. Contributors named in the award are: Eric Arnold, Stephan Allen, Susan Mernit and Kwan Booth; Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig was the editor for all these stories.

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