Protests against budget cuts to education are attracting student activists from around the globe. Ten Japanese students were among those that attended the March 4 protests.
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UC Berkeley students decide: Attend class or protest
March 4, 2010 – 2:01 pm
On March 4, protesters gathered at Sather Gate as students pondered whether to join the demonstration or go to class.
Student perspective: Change is in our hands
March 3, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Ayako Mie, a journalism graduate student from Japan, reflects on the differences in college activism between her home country and the United States.
$70 million for airport connector project to be diverted to regional transit agencies
February 21, 2010 – 12:39 pm
$70 million in federal stimulus funding denied to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency for the Oakland Airport Connecter project will be reallocated for regional rail and bus improvements instead.
Oakland City Council approves ammunition ordinance
February 19, 2010 – 6:22 pm
On Tuesday, Oakland city council members unanimously voted for an ordinance to enhance the city’s existing gun control regulations.
Oakland seeks help from churches in youth crime prevention
February 10, 2010 – 6:06 pm
Mayor Ron Dellums held a peace conference on Tuesday to discuss how faith-based communities can help prevent crime among youth and called for more collaboration among religious communities.
Campaign for publicly-funded elections kicks off in Oakland
February 9, 2010 – 12:10 pm
While corporations, lobbyists and special interest groups may have gloated over the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that decreed that the government has no power to ban corporate spending in political campaigns, if Californian voters pass Proposition 15 in the June 8th election, they may have another chance to set limits on corporate election spending.
Oakland to be a model city for stimulus spending
February 6, 2010 – 9:42 am
On Thursday, Mayor Ron Dellums said that federal government officials will visit three cities, including Oakland, to learn about how the cities have used stimulus money. Dellums said that federal officials are planning to visit Oakland on March 1.
Oakland resident Laura Wells kicks off gubernatorial bid
February 3, 2010 – 12:39 pm
Laura Wells, a candidate for the Green Party’s nomination in California’s gubernatorial race, kicked off her election campaign in Oakland on Monday
Bridge tolls to rise, airport connector has another shot at federal funds
January 29, 2010 – 6:58 pm
On the day President Barack Obama was delivering the State of Union speech emphasizing jobs and the economy, 2,800 miles away from the Capitol carpenters and union members gathered in front of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission building in Oakland to try to save the $70 million in stimulus money that could put them back to work.
Oakland seeks feedback on Bus Rapid Transit line
January 27, 2010 – 1:18 pm
This week, the City of Oakland is holding a series of public meetings on a proposed Bus Rapid Transit line that would run through Berkeley, San Leandro and Oakland.
Oakland sends sound of hope to Haiti
January 26, 2010 – 1:48 pm
On Sunday evening in Oakland, approximately 3,700 miles away from devastated Haiti, more than 180 Bay Area musicians got together to deliver the sound of hope to the Haitian people.
City Council May Call Emergency Meeting Over Fees
August 7, 2009 – 11:16 am
By AYAKO MIE
Only nine of 50 local businesses participated in Thursday’s General Strike to protest the hike in parking fees, but some 100 local business owners and residents attended the meeting Thursday night at the Grand Lake Theater and District 2 Council member Pat Kernighan said the City Council should meet soon to reconsider the [...]
General Strike for Lakeshore on Thursday
August 5, 2009 – 4:33 pm
By AYAKO MIE
The merchants on Lakeshore plan to hold a General Strike Thursday to protest the city’s parking fee hikes, which they said, are chasing away customers.
“If we do not act now, many business will fail and our city will be much worse off,” wrote Allen Michaan, the owner of the Grand Lake Theater in [...]
Lakeshore Businesses Protest Parking Hikes and Talk of A General Strike
August 1, 2009 – 11:27 am
By AYAKO MIE
Cyprus Pishdad was excited two months ago when his new T-shirt business, Pure510 on busy Lakeshore appeared to be doing well despite the economy.
Then in July, his business started decline.
“The sales were worse than the first week I opened the business. I realized that it coincide with the raise in parking meter,” said [...]
Oakland North Now 07.24.09
July 24, 2009 – 10:25 am
Thank God, it is Friday. But the sky is gloomy for the residents in the sunshine state. California State Senate passed bills to close a $25.3 billion gap after grueling session that ended at 6:27 a.m. this morning.
Here are some pain we will feel soon.
・$5.7 billion cut from elementary and high schools and community colleges
・$2.8 [...]