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Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 8 May at 1:06pm.

The plaza in front of Oakland City Hall became an Occupy site again on Wednesday night when an interfaith group of Occupy leaders held a service for Trayvon Martin, the African-American youth killed in Florida, and said they would not be leaving the plaza

Blog entry by Alisen Boada.
Last updated at Wed, 1 May at 8:14am.

May 1 is International Workers’ Day, and Oakland is celebrating the working class with events throughout the city.

Article by Joshua Cain.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Apr at 3:51pm.

Both opponents and supporters of controversial police-chief-for-hire William Bratton are gearing up for a fight Tuesday as the Oakland City Council considers a $250,000 consulting contract for Bratton and his allies at Strategic Policy Partnerships LLC.

Article by J. Douglas Allen-....
Last updated at Wed, 27 Mar at 11:31pm.

Occupy Oakland is an easy target for criticism.

Article by J. Douglas Allen-....
Last updated at Thu, 21 Mar at 7:27am.

Our old friends from Occupy Oakland were out in the streets tearing up stuff again last weekend - or maybe it wasn’t Occupy Oakland, but somebody else.

The folks at the Bay Area News Group and the Oakland Tribune can’t seem to make up their minds. Oddly enough, that’s a little understandable.

Article by J. Douglas Allen-....
Last updated at Fri, 22 Feb at 8:56am.

It only has been a few months, really, since the tents and lean-to’s and daily general assemblies and demonstrations disappeared from Oakland City Hall’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. Only a few months since Occupy Oakland held the attention of the central portion of the city with "Fu-- The Police" marches or attempts at building or property takeovers.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 16 Jan at 12:31pm.

Attorneys Dan Siegel and Anne Weill from Oakland law firm Siegel and Yee filed a suit in U.S.

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 4 Dec at 8:49am.

The Port of Oakland never had a chance.

The recent SEIU 1020 strike campaign against the Port of Oakland was so effective that the labor organization didn't even need to hold its last protest action scheduled for that night.