Labor Secretary Solis visits Jamba Juice in Oakland, talks jobs
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 25 Jul at 1:01am.

On July 21, U.S. Secretaty of Labor Hilda Solis visited the corporate headquarters of Jamba Juice in Oakland to talk about the company's commitment of 2,500 summer jobs as part of the Secretary’s Summer Jobs USA: Make the Commitment initiative.

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Oakland Local's top stories - Week of July 10-16
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 18 Jul at 12:09am.

I can’t help feeling relieved.

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Making sense of a shaky market (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Irene.
Last updated at Thu, 14 Jul at 8:46am.

Jobs, wages and national debt have a way of burrowing into news headlines. The urgency is in the way the uncertainty of the future can dominate our psyches.

Did you read about the recent jobs report? Were you shocked?

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MTC votes to support Oakland Airport Connector 11-5, despite FTA hurdles--but with contingency plan
Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Thu, 28 Jan at 10:19am.

The most recent hurdle for the contested $492 million Oakland Airport Connector (OAC ) was addressed at a Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meeting Wednesday morning.  The decision before the commission was whether the $70 million (from federal ARRA stimulus funding) will still be used to help fund the OAC or if it will be div

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