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Oakland City Auditor Wrong: Staff Asked Black Local Firm To Front For White Livermore Company

[Translate] A key part of the “non-interference” report issued by Courtney Ruby, the Oakland City Auditor, and that blamed Councilmember...

Oakland City Auditor’s Report A Racist Attack On Black Councilmembers

[Translate] Courtney Ruby The Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby has presided over the preparation of a report entitled “Non‐Interference in...

Erica Maskaleris: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Turns Blind Eye To Missing Woman

[Translate] Erica Maskaleris, the 31-year-old woman who founded the tech consulting company Geekosystems, has been missing for one solid week now,...

Oakland Mayor Quan, City Of Oakland’s Inept Social Media Approach

[Translate] The City Of Oakland has suddenly adopted a head-in-the-sand, protectionist, and just plain stupid social media strategy that results in...

Kroger’s Ground Breaking At East Oakland’s Foothill Square

[Translate] On November 2, 2012 excitement came to East Oakland! Foothill Square is in the midst of getting a whole new makeover thanks to the tireless...

Four Years From Now In Oakland – Mario Juarez

[Translate] Mario JuarezAt the end of my first term I ,Mario Juarez, running for Oakland District Five Councilmember,hope we have a safer city. I believe...

Occupy Oakland: 1,127 Complaints Against Oakland Police

[Translate] In a press release sent today, moments ago, the City of Oakland reports that there have been 1,127 total complaints related to the Oakland...

Oakland News: Alex Miller-Cole News; Lynette McElhaney Walks In D3 Race

[Translate] In this Oakland News, the Oakland City Council District Three Race is heating up. First, Alex Miller-Cole, considered an upstart by some, scored two key endorsements that have changed the face of the election, and helped to define the difference between himself and the other Oaklanders running for office. Alex got the backing of Margaret Gordon, who some...

Oakland Army Base Project: Oakland City Council Approves Plan

[Translate] The Oakland Army Base Project – the long-dreamed of plan to redevelop a long-dead 366-acre land assembly that was once the home...

Pat Kernighan: Occupy Oakland Targets Oakland Councilmember

[Translate] Pat Kernighan, the Oakland District Two Councilmember who has, in this blogger’s view, ably served the people of her area for three...

Oakland News: Wild Nightlife Scene, Gang-Rape Of Alley Patron?

[Translate] That has to be the most shocking title you’ve ever seen me post. Come to think of it, it’s shocking even if you’ve read...

The Occupy Oakland Port Action: ILWU Union Games The Movement

[Translate] The Occupy Oakland Movement certainly has its factions, so it’s hard to say ‘the movement as a whole thinks one way,’ but the bottom line is the current majority is taking actions that are driving people who were supporters away from it, and leaving it the pawns of those with their own political agendas. There’s every reason to...