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Feb 12: Peralta Hacienda Chooses “Food From Our Gardens” as Annual Theme

Blog entry by Friends of Peralt....

Last updated at Thu, 10 Feb at 7:32am.

The Peralta Hacienda community is working to unite Oaklanders through sharing stories and discovering our common history. Nothing does the job quite like food.

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Workshops this June for Residents Concerned About Alcohol Sales in Oakland

Blog entry by Jennifer Courtney.

Last updated at Tue, 1 Jun at 1:00am.

The Alameda County Alcohol Policy Network (APN) will hold four workshops in June for Oakland residents who want to learn how both the City of Oakland and State of California enforce alcohol regulations and ways in which they can use the enforcement process to their benefit, perhaps in relation to a neighborhood liquor store or bar they are concerned about.

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Meeting This Week to Discuss Design of Bay Bridge Gateway Park

Blog entry by Jennifer Courtney.

Last updated at Sun, 30 May at 6:05pm.

This upcoming Wednesday, June 2, organizers will hold their second planning meeting for a new 50-acre waterfront park slated to be built in Oakland at the foot of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge.

At the workshop design concepts for the Bay Bridge Gateway Park will be presented for the public to comment on in small group discussions.

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Oakland police involve community, focus on the streets in new strategic plan, meeting tonight

Article by Emilie Raguso.

Last updated at Tue, 23 Mar at 3:15pm.

If Police Chief Anthony Batts has his way, Oakland will be one of the safest large cities in the state come 2015.

He released a strategic plan Feb. 19 that he said will become more specific as community members tell police their priorities in a series of public forums scheduled through March.

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