Oakland Brown Baggers: Dinner for 4, lunch for 50! (Community Voices)
Article by Angela Shelby.
Last updated at Mon, 13 Feb at 12:34am.

Once a month, four women get together for a girls’ night dinner.

This is no ordinary dinner, the women dine with a purpose. - they prepare 50 lunches for the homeless via the Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church in Oakland.

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As a possible raid looms, Occupy Oakland grapples with tragedy, deeper issues (Analysis)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Sat, 12 Nov at 5:54am.

On a rainy Veteran’s Day in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza, precipitation fell like tears from the sky.

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Surprise donation helps local homeless shelter continue its work
Article by Niema Jordan.
Last updated at Sat, 23 Apr at 3:12am.

When Gertude “Trude” Bloomingfield Campe moved to San Francisco in 1955, one day leaving an estate worth close to $400,000 may not have been in her initial thoughts.

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Alameda County Should Reverse Decision to Cut General Assistance
Blog entry by Steven Weiss.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Feb at 4:10pm.

Alameda County Board of Supervisors Should Reverse Decision to Cut General Assistance

The Tuesday morning Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting may be their last opportunity to reverse a decision made last year, on a 3-2 vote, to make extensive cuts to the county’s General Assistance program. 

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