Owner of Oakland's Otaez Restaurant killed in robbery attempt
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sun, 10 Apr at 9:15am.

On Friday morning at 5:36 a.m.,  Jesus "Chuy" Campos was shot outside the 39th Avenue service entrance to Otaez Mexicatessen - a restaurant on International Boulevard that he and his wife opened 25 years ago.

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Ella Baker Center Reacts to Oscar Grant Verdict (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Abel Habtegeorgis.
Last updated at Wed, 14 Jul at 6:46am.

Following last week's verdict - when a jury in Los Angeles found former BART Policeman Johannes Mehserle guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in the murder of 22-year old Oscar Grant - the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights recognized the importance of holding Mehserle, as a representative of police systems and police

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When will it stop? RIP Dewey Tucker

Blog entry by Stephen Allen.
Last updated at Fri, 15 Jan at 12:23pm.

I wrote earlier this weekend about Oakland's first homicide of the year. Soon after we experienced our second, followed by the freeway shooting on Interstate 80.

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