11.19.09 Shooting in West Oakland, UC protest resumes, food donation is down
on November 19, 2009
A 19-year-old man was shot to death in West Oakland last night. Police have identified the man as Elray Jones Jr.
A judge will consider relocation of the Mesherle trial today. Mesherle is charged with the Jan. 1 murder of Hayward resident Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station. Oakland North will have the story later today.
UC students will resume their protest today after the Board of Regents passed a 32 percent tuition increase in Los Angeles yesterday.
The Salvation Army urges you to ‘buy your turkey a twin’ this weekend when shopping for your Thanksgiving meal. The number of food donations is frighteningly low this year.
Oakland North welcomes comments from our readers, but we ask users to keep all discussion civil and on-topic. Comments post automatically without review from our staff, but we reserve the right to delete material that is libelous, a personal attack, or spam. We request that commenters consistently use the same login name. Comments from the same user posted under multiple aliases may be deleted. Oakland North assumes no liability for comments posted to the site and no endorsement is implied; commenters are solely responsible for their own content.
Oakland North
Oakland North is an online news service produced by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and covering Oakland, California. Our goals are to improve local coverage, innovate with digital media, and listen to you–about the issues that concern you and the reporting you’d like to see in your community. Please send news tips to: oaklandnorthstaff@gmail.com.
