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Going green? Oakland fair shows you how

Melanie Mason — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:38:23 +0000

Solar power? Energy audits? The process of making a home more sustainable can be a confusing one. At last Saturday’s Greening Oakland Homes fair at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club, contractors were on hand to explain the options for going green. For more information on the Greening Oakland Homes group, check out their website at www.greeningoakhomes.com.

March Forth: The students take to the streets

Josh Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:41:10 +0000

From Berkeley to the 880 Freeway, students and other community members joined a march to fight for public education and against the state budget cuts. Read more about reporter Josh Wolf and Oakland North’s March 4 education budget crisis coverage.

In Sacramento, Democrats support protesters

Will Jason — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:27:45 +0000

With more than a thousand students, faculty members and other education advocates rallying outside the state capitol, Democrats seized on the opportunity to voice their support for revenue-raising measures, including the proposed oil extraction tax.

Video: Morning protests at UC Berkeley

Callie Shanafelt — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:41:34 +0000

On the morning of March 4, protesters gathered at the main entrances to the UC Berkeley campus. This footage was shot from 7-10 am at the campus’ West Gate, Sather Gate and North Gate.

Raw video: Oakland Tech disaster drill

Mary K. Flynn — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:20 +0000

Oakland North reporter Mary Flynn sends video updates from the Oakland Tech Disaster Drill. Students spill out onto the sidewalk in support of the March 4th protests.

He saw a dance party. She saw a riot. What happened at Durant Hall?

Josh Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:38:19 +0000

On Thursday, Feb. 25, about 200 people gathered at Sproul Plaza for a dance party that had been promoted on Facebook and through flyers distributed on campus. Shortly before midnight the party moved to Durant Hall, which is under construction, at which point the party became an occupation to promote the March 4 demonstrations. The dance party left Durant Hall around 2 a.m. and soon left campus via Telegraph Avenue. Before leaving Durant, several people inside the building sprayed paint on the walls and broke at least one window.

As the crowd headed onto Telegraph someone broke the window at the Subway sandwich shop, and the crowd quickly squared off against the arriving tide of police officers.

Oakland North correspondents Shannon Service and Josh Wolf were there to report on the event. The two reporters sat down to review their footage and discuss what they witnessed that night.

A similar dance party is scheduled at San Francisco State March 3.

Josh Wolf is embedded with the student protest movement; for more information on his involvement please click here.

Exclusive video: State Senate leader sits down with unannounced student protesters

Will Jason — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:28:22 +0000

More than a dozen students from several University of California campuses arrived unannounced at the office of California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) on Monday. They asked Steinberg to sign a statement that he would only support a budget that increases public university funding and allocates additional funding for multicultural student programs. Steinberg didn’t sign, but he sat down with the students for a discussion, and invited them to meet with his staff for a follow-up. The video posted here is exclusive tape shot of the students’ conversation with Steinberg.

The students fared better than a separate group that approached Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Yuba City) with the same statement, but were turned away. Five refused to leave and were arrested by police; all were released later Monday evening.

The two groups of students were in Sacramento as part of a larger education advocacy event organized by the University of California Student Association, but said they acted independently of the UCSA when they approached Steinberg and Nielsen. Throughout the day, hundreds of UC students held scheduled meetings with legislators, asking them to support increased education funding, and participated in a rally and march around the state capitol. The event precedes what is expected to be a major day of protests on March 4 when students and teachers will hold demonstrations throughout the state to support increased funding for education.

In the second video, posted above on the right, Gabi Kirk, one of the students arrested in Nielsen’s office, speaks about her experience. Nielsen was released Monday evening after being booked on misdemeanor charges of disrupting state business and demonstrating without a permit.

Spying on Seldon: Tibetan activist the subject of cyberattacks from China

Shannon Service — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:42:35 +0000

Last month, Stanford student and Tibetan activist Tenzin Seldon got a letter from Google explaining that someone in China was spying on her through her Gmail account. Now, because of cyberattacks like the one on Seldon, and China’s attempts to limit free speech, the Internet giant is considering pulling out of China.

The Loan Modification Mess

Will Jason — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:40:16 +0000

The federal government launched Making Home Affordable, a loan modification program, last year to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. But as one Glenview woman is finding out, getting lenders to participate isn’t easy.

Beer: The beverage of the people

Mary K. Flynn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:04:44 +0000

There are those who say that every beer has a story. A growing number of women in the Bay Area say that every story…should have a beer.