Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Mon, 19 Dec at 3:11pm.

Before Monday's Port Closure, on Saturday, Dec.

Blog entry by maiki.
Last updated at Wed, 7 Dec at 11:41pm.

This post is written by Mike Linksvayer, and is licensed under CC0, dedicating it as part of the public domain. It was originally posted at http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2011/12/07/occupy-980/.

I’m in agreement with Timothy B. Lee’s posts a month ago that urban freeways are not needed and harmful, but whether any particular urban freeway ought be actively taken down depends. (Of course no more ought be built and nearly all existing ought not to have been built.)

Lee’s posts got me thinking about which of Oakland’s freeway’s ought be torn down first.

Blog entry by Pamela Drake.
Last updated at Thu, 14 Jul at 8:46am.

One local writer, journalist and chronicler of Oakland’s political scene and beyond, has written a novel set in South Carolina in the late 1930s.

Known to many of us simply as Jesse, J. Douglas Allen Taylor is a native Oaklander whose family has deep roots in the Bay Area. I asked him why the book was set in South Carolina.

Blog entry by Murray Powers.
Last updated at Fri, 24 Jun at 9:21am.

Image a job that receives over 120,000 applications each year competing for 900 placements. No, this is not at Apple or Google or clerking for a Supreme Court Justice. This is a job that only requires a High School diploma and takes a mere four months to train for, yet it pays a $60-$80k salary. What could this job of so many dreams be? Try prison guard in California.

Article by Irene.
Last updated at Tue, 22 Mar at 8:24am.

Holding back tears, Ana Romero listened intently as Bay Area elected leaders delivered their support for a legislative package to mitigate foreclosure impacts and wondered if there was anything else she could do to save her house. 

Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Mon, 10 Jan at 2:35am.

A hearing regarding possible conflict of interest allegations in the ongoing Oakland gang injunctions saga has resulted in the judge issuing a non-ruling, until more evidence is presented.

Article by Meg Bertoni.
Last updated at Thu, 21 Oct at 9:17am.

On Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, from 9 a.m.

Article by Patsy K. Eagan.
Last updated at Tue, 5 Oct at 5:20am.

The Grand Lake Neighbors invite you to a debate between Oakland City Council candidates Pat Kernighan and Jennifer Pae tonight, Oct. 6.