Zeppelin takes flight over Bay Area
By CHRISTINA SALERNO Bay Area residents may have noticed something unusual in the skies since November. The giant, cigar-shaped air ship is the first Zeppelin...
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Kaplan wins at-large Oakland council seat
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By CHRISTINA SALERNO and MARTIN RICARD Nov. 5 – AC Transit board member Rebecca Kaplan won the race tonight for the at-large seat on the...
Voters approve $500 million for regional parks
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By BAGASSI KOURA Nov. 5 — Measure WW, which raises up to $500 million for East Bay Regional Parks through government bonds, passed overwhelmingly with...
Prop. 2 passes, farm animals get more room to stretch
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By MAGGIE FAZELI FARD Nov. 5 — After months of debate that shoe the spotlight of controversy on the incredible, edible egg for the first...
Anxiety, candor as black students anticipate results
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By MARTIN RICARD Nov. 4 — In their classrooms and offices, they might not have had the chance to say how they really felt about...
Obama gear a hot sell, local businesses say
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Business is actually brisk in one corner of American retail: Obama gear. McCain gear? In North Oakland, not so much. Click here for the story.
Rockridge street festival draws thousands
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On Sept. 28, the annual “Out and About” street fair turned central Rockridge into one giant fashion show, food fair, and babystrollers convention. Video by...
Council debates facelift for Oakland’s taxis
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Read a Twitter feed of the council meeting here By ISABEL ESTERMAN and MARTIN RICARD OCT. 8 — It’s hard to know what to expect...
Debate-watching parties draw jeers, applause
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By OAKLAND NORTH STAFF Sept. 27—They cheered, they jeered and they rolled their eyes. Some even slurped “Obama-Mama” cocktails—a special concoction of coconut rum and...
New cell phone service helps stranded drivers
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By CHRISTINA SALERNO audio slide show by HENRY JONES and CHRISTINA SALERNO Sept. 16 — With fewer than 200 people a month using the bright yellow...
