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Blog entry by Michael Ferro.
Last updated at Sun, 13 Jan at 2:08pm.

The arguments pro and con about Bratton are essentially irrelevant.

Article by Libby Schaaf.
Last updated at Sat, 12 Jan at 11:33am.

The most painful part of being a councilmember is receiving an "executive notification" every time someone is shot in Oakland, along with the constant, justifiably agonized and angry emails from residents victimized by crime.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 30 Oct at 11:10pm.

By Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor

If you’re a registered voter anywhere in the country, your mailbox has been swamped the past few weeks with stacks of campaign mailers. It’s hard for any one of them to get your attention, but last week one got mine, for all the wrong reasons.

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Thu, 27 Sep at 3:47pm.

This is Part 3 of an eight-part, four-day Oakland Local investigative series on youth sex trafficking. Continued from Part 1 and Part 2.

By Barbara Grady

Recession slices with a double-edged sword into efforts to rescue young victims of sex trafficking from the streets. On the one hand, joblessness and foreclosures at levels higher than have been seen in a generation are pounding families, bringing out stresses and conflicts that cause youth to run away.

On the other hand, the recession has taken away resources to help troubled and homeless youth – as well as reduced resources for arresting traffickers.

Article by Libby Schaaf.
Last updated at Fri, 24 Aug at 7:20am.

This fall, Police Chief Jordan’s Crime Reduction Plan will certainly include the Ceasefire Group Violence Reduction Strategy developed by David Kennedy.

Blog entry by Paula Hawthorn.
Last updated at Tue, 24 Apr at 8:10am.

I can’t abide meetings where everyone just wants to get together and complain: although it is certainly good for people to be able to vent, what I wanted to do when helping to organize the April 26 community meeting at my church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, is to find out what is being done, what can be done, and how we can help stop the violence in Oakland. 

Article by Micky Duxbury.
Last updated at Tue, 27 Mar at 7:04am.

“After decades of ‘tough on crime’ policies and draconian sentencing practices, the state correctional system - one of the largest incarcerators in the largest incarcerating country in the world – finally buckled under its own weight, ” is the opening line of the just-released ACLU report

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Feb at 1:29am.

First it was jewelry, then it was cell phones. Now, it's being preoccupied leaving your car - or just leaving your car, period. 

Oakland Police are issuing warnings that the time between exiting your vehicle and getting in the door in Oakland now has increased the threat of robbery. The latest missive reads: