Street DUI checks will hit North Oakland next
by HENRY JONES Nov. 16–International Boulevard and 68th Street was a big spectacle Friday night. Orange cones, squad cars, and floodlights took over the southbound...
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Safeway and Rockridge butt heads once again
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by HENRY JONES Nov. 13–Rockridge residents met for the fifth time in three months last night to discuss with Safeway representatives the supermarket’s planned reconstruction...
Veterans Day tribute amid hillside protest crosses
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by HENRY JONES Nov. 12–The white crosses of Lafayette have been assaulting the consciousnesses of commuters along westbound Highway 24 for some years now. What...
Local hearing addresses imperiled retirement plans
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By SAMSON REINY Oct. 22– Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) were back home this morning, listening to Bay Area citizens and...
Farmer’s market both hurt & helped by money crisis
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By BAGASSI KOURA At first it looked like a great Sunday for Samuel Lunes. Just after 9am, when the Temescal Farmers Market opened, customers lined...
Grim city budget faces City Council approval tonight
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By MAGGIE FAZELI FARD OCT. 21 — Three months after discovering that Oakland is facing a $42.5 million shortfall, the city council is slated to vote...
Bus corridor plan would pull traffic lanes from Telegraph
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By HENRY JONES As AC Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit plan grinds through the bureaucracies of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro, North Oakland residents and merchants...
Educators against teachers’ salary measure
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By HENRY JONES OCT. 9 — Oakland education leaders are joining in what some would consider a surprising fight: one against raising teacher salaries. They joined...
Pumpkin patch helps Oakland get into Halloween spirit
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story, photos and video by KRISTINE WONG At the Piedmont Pumpkin Patch, Halloween is serious business. Patch owner Jon Goldstein has stocked his grounds, near...
