[Translate] Cal Football’s new Head Coach Sonny Dykes was officially introduced at this press conference held in the field club of Cal Memorial Stadium at 2 PM, Thursday. After being introduced by Cal Media Relations Director Herb Benenson, Cal Vice Chancellor John Witop and Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour opened the proceedings with their statements....
[Translate] Ok, let me get my bias out of the way before turning to College Football matters: I’m a Cal Alum who earned a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree and sat on The Cal Alumni Board and then the The Cal Alumni Awards Committee with Levi’s Chairman Bob Haas. I’m very pro-UC Berkeley, and could not be more totally pissed-off that the State of California has divested in Cal from 74 percent of total funding during the 80s, to something like 12 percent today, wrecking the Clark Kerr model in the process....
[Translate] More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! | Get my widget! On YouTube.com With BART’s deadline to reach a new union contract or face a worker strike extended to July 9th but still coming up on us fast, I took to the streets to learn what the public thinks about this possible event. What I found was that many claimed they didn’t even know of the possibility, but of those who did they all believed it would “severely cripple” transportation service in the Bay Area. I didn’t tell those...
[Translate] More at Oakland Focus Blog: “In a shocking turn of events, it was reported by KTVU that BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was the central focus as the cop who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back on New Year’s Day morning, was arrested in Nevada. This is a dramatically fast development, since it was reported that Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff wasn’t expect to take action until this Friday at the earliest and BART spokesperson Linton Johnson asked for everyone to let the process move...
[Translate] More at SF Gate.com: “(01-07) 19:14 PST OAKLAND — The BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on a station platform early on New Year’s Day quit the force Wednesday, avoiding an interview with police internal affairs investigators trying to get to the bottom of an incident that has prompted broad outrage. Officer Johannes Mehserle, 27, was supposed to make a statement Wednesday about why he shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant as the supermarket worker lay face-down at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland,...
[Translate] Regardless of my constant written requests for him to stop, NextArts’ Tony Imperial , the producer of the planned San Francisco Obama Inauguration Simulcast, continues to send threatening emails to me. I’ve sent a simple “please leave me alone” reply to his emails, five times as of this writing. NextArts’ Tony Imperial claims that I was using my blog to try to stop his planned program from taking place, when in point of fact I have written that it was a great thing to do, but Imperial...
[Translate] Jerry Brown orders scrapping Prop. 8 – Inside Bay Area: “SAN FRANCISCO—California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it deprives a minority group of a fundamental right. Earlier, Brown had said he would defend the...
[Translate] Mayor’s Office Treatment of Anne Campbell Washington Example of How Terrible City of Oakland Can Be – Chip Johnson, SF Chron: “Chip Johnson SF Chron: – Loyalty or else in King Dellums’ realm: “The city of Oakland no longer operates under a representative democracy – it’s now a monarchy. And within the confines of that form of government, any criticism or disloyalty directed at the king – whether real or imagined – is dealt with. Her crime: She gave an affectionate hug...
[Translate] Palo Alto Police Chief Resigns Amid Accusations of Racial Profiling : Indybay: “On November 20, the City of Palo Alto announced that its controversial police chief will retire on December 19. Chief Lynne Johnson sparked protests and a November 9 march on the city when she stated that she had instructed officers on her force to make “consensual contact” with African American men to counter a crime spike in Palo Alto. Her remarks were quoted in news reports worldwide and the topic of racial profiling became...
[Translate] There’s a blog called “Schmuck Alert” that got wind of our Oakland Focus Blog posts on the way Oakland Police Chief Art Michel treated Oakland Tribune photographer Jane Tyska a few weeks back. Schmuck Alert wrote that in Michel’s behavior, they’ve seen “calmer reactions at school bus collisions.” Today, the Alameda County, California DA elected not to file charges against Tyska. ...
[Translate] In what has to be the shocker news item of the day, Gawker reports the famous Rocker Prince has said he’s against homosexuality. He’s reported to have said this:When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ Funny, because a number of people thought Prince was Gay; not me. But I’m just saying....
[Translate] Well, for all of the good feeling you now have some crazies coming out and making themselves known. I saw this on the Obama listserv called “Loa Angeles For Obama”: Hi Everyone, I’m beyond upset to report that my neighbor who has been an active Obama supporter just had her house vandalized. She had put a “Yes, we did!” sign on her house and some assholes came and spray painted her car with swastikas and “88″ which is a symbol of neo-nazi groups apparently. We live in Torrance and...
