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Good Morning, North Oakland. The Housing Authority is set to receive $10.6 million from the Obama administration’s stimulus package for improvements on roofs, windows, gutters, and plumbing. The Housing Authority already receives about $8 million from the federal government every year, but officials say it’s not enough to maintain their roughly 3000 properties. Officials expect improvements to begin in April and continue through the summer. Stock is on the rise for Bay Area biotech companies after President Obama lifted the…
Some Bay Area college students are saying goodbye to their burgers. In an effort to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, the food service company that runs USF’s cafeteria is trying to reduce their use meat and cheese by 25 percent. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, this means that the USF caf and 400 additional food service cafes are losing cheese from their turkey burgers and their pizza. Hospital service providers are also cutting foods to reduce their carbon footprint. When…
Hey you! Welcome to The Job Blog. My name is Brittney and I am a 23-year-old television student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. As I inch toward graduation, I find myself trying to avoid all of the negative news about the economic crisis, as it will decide whether I live in my own 250 square foot apartment or work as a live-in maid in my parents’ basement. Although times are rough and the chances that I’ll get a…
Good morning, North Oakland. Today, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Oakland City Councilwomen Desley Brooks and Jean Quan have taken their fight over a parking spot all the way to the city attorney, who has so far declared the clash a tie. In the Bay Area, older job seekers are facing tough employment odds. At UCSF, doctors are trying to restore limited sight to the blind.
Signs are up all over town announcing a series of open houses AC Transit is holding to try and sort out problems with the 51 bus. As someone who’s watched in amazement as not one, not two or three, but five 51 buses pass by within one or two minutes, I think this discussion seems long overdue. If you want to head to the meetings, the schedule is below. If you want to dive yet deeper into the mysteries of…
Did anybody hear about this strange incident in Fremont? “Bee swarm causes bicyclist to crash into truck” FREMONT — Those weren’t killer bees in Fremont’s Irvington area on Friday afternoon, but the swarming insects did help send a woman to a hospital, police said. The woman, whom police would not identify, crashed her bicycle into the back of a truck whose driver had stopped along Eugene Street after the bees surrounded the vehicle, police said… The entire Oakland Tribune article…
Welcome to daylight-saving time. Oakland’s nepotism ordinance is drawing ire from the police and fire departments. The police union has filed a lawsuit charging that it could violate privacy laws–and could possibly out same-sex relationships. If the city doesn’t meet with the union, it will be back in court on May 12. This morning’s Trib reports on the latest news from Washington about earmarks for the Bay Area. In Oakland, a declining African-American population has lead to a change in…