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		<title>3.15.10: Oakland residents, 100 years ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 13th U.S. census, taken a century ago, provided an interesting snapshot of the Bay Area, including that 415 of its residents were bartenders and 173 residents were employed as actors/actresses.  With 2010 census forms arriving in homes, it&#8217;s an opportunity to reflect back on what historical information can be gleaned from looking at past [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/15/3-15-10-oakland-residents-100-years-ago/</link>
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		<title>3.14.10:  Oakland man fatally shot, OPD supports cancer patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oakland Police Department said a man was shot and killed early this morning on the 800 block of Mead Avenue, an area that has been the site of several killings over the past few years.
Sixty members of the Oakland Police Department shaved their heads to support young cancer patients at a fundraiser for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/14/3-14-10-oakland-man-fatally-shot-opd-supports-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<title>As more Oakland youth join the sex trade, law enforcement explores alternatives to incarceration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For decades, the law enforcement and justice systems have treated juvenile sex workers as criminals, not victims, arresting and locking them up. Now the Oakland Police Department, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office and an Oakland nonprofit that works with sexually exploited youth are exploring alternatives to incarceration. But what's the best way to do it?]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/13/as-more-oakland-youth-join-the-sex-trade-law-enforcement-explores-alternatives-to-incarceration/</link>
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		<title>03.13.10:  UC ordered to pay, young mother charged with murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of California has been ordered to pay $38 million in refunds and interest to 2,900 former students whose fees were raised thousands of dollars despite UC&#8217;s promise to keep them level. This ruling of a San Francisco judge applies to students who accepted an offer of admission in one of several professional programs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/13/03-13-10-uc-ordered-to-pay-young-mother-charged-with-murder/</link>
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		<title>Summer program sends Oakland&#8217;s environmental science students to Costa Rica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer, Oakland High School environmental science students used to studying the ecology of Lake Merritt will travel to new turf — Costa Rica.]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/13/summer-program-sends-oaklands-environmental-science-students-to-costa-rica/</link>
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		<title>Student perspective: On March 4 during the freeway takeover, some reporters got the story. Four of them got arrested.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 4, hundreds of protesters marched from Berkeley to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to rally with students and educators from across the region. After the rally, a group of some 150 protesters marched onto the I-880 freeway, shut down traffic and were arrested by police.  Some reporters got the story — but four of them, including Oakland North correspondent Jake Schoneker, got arrested. Schoneker shares his account of the day, in pictures and words.   ]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/12/student-perspective-on-march-4-during-the-freeway-takeover-some-reporters-got-the-story-four-of-them-got-arrested/</link>
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		<title>3.12.10 Letters from NUMMI, $$ for voter education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Letters from the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) CEO to local autoworkders have only amplified uncertainty amongst workers regarding their future once the NUMMI auto factory closes. The auto factory is a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota Motor.
Oakland City Council members Ignacio De La Fuente and Rebecca Kaplan have proposed redirecting $225,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/12/3-12-10-letters-from-nummi-for-voter-education/</link>
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		<title>School board denies Cox Academy&#8217;s charter, hears from low-performing schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to the several hot issues on the agenda, each of which pulled in a crowd, representatives from four Oakland public schools that have just been listed on the state’s lowest-performing schools list came to the meeting to state their disagreement with the listing.]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/11/school-board-votes-on-charter-renewals-looks-at-low-performing-schools/</link>
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		<title>New Bay Bridge may open sooner than expected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, North Oaklanders,
It looks as though efforts to complete the new East span of the Bay Bridge are stepping up, as new sections of the bridge were put into place yesterday.
Police are searching for an Oakland man they believe responsible for three stabbings that occurred in Hayward yesterday over the price of a used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/11/new-bay-bridge-may-open-sooner-than-expected/</link>
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		<title>East Bay allez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Muddy chain rings, muddy cleats, muddy legs, muddy faces&#8211;basically muddy everything. That&#8217;s right, last Saturday was the East Bay&#8217;s annual mixed terrain alleycat. I went and checked out who was riding, the course and the prizes. It looked like a lot of tough competition. At one point, the guy who won King of the Mountain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/03/10/east-bay-allez/</link>
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