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For the third year in a row, 19 Bay Area Kaiser Foundation hospitals were ranked amongst the nation’s leaders in healthcare equality for their lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender patients, according to a report released last month by a national LGBT civil rights organization.

The Oakland City Council debated a change to a proposed municipal ID card system and signed off on previously tentative deals with city unions at its final session of the summer Tuesday night.

An Alameda County Superior Court judge today denied the request to issue a temporary restraining order to halt the Oakland Zoo’s expansion project. The request, filed jointly by Friends of Knowland Park and the California Native Plants Society (CNPS), called for a three-week suspension of the zoo’s project, which the groups say will damage the natural habitat for endangered native species living in the city-owned Knowland Park.

There are many legends at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, which opened in 1883 and is the oldest bar in Oakland. Some are easier to prove than others.

About a hundred people came to view photographs, drawings, sculptures, paintings, video, and audio that document everyday life at the North Oakland auto shop, Enthusiast Automative.

A Wednesday evening planning commission drew a big crowd eager to argue the pros and cons of allowing Safeway to develop a 62,000 square-foot project at the corner of College and Claremont Avenues.

James and the Giant Cupcake opened last week, near the corner of San Pablo and Alcatraz. Owner Eurydice Manning had to shut the store down for a two hours the third day the shop was open because they were sold out, and frantically bake more.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and a group of East Bay mayors gave their support to a lawsuit that seeks to overturn a bill by Governor Jerry Brown that axes the agencies.

There are a number of incentive programs for Oakland residents who go solar—such as California Solar Initiative, Energy Upgrade California, or Sungevity.org—but they only work if you own your rooftop. But what if you don’t?