Politics

On Sunday evening in Oakland, approximately 3,700 miles away from devastated Haiti, more than 180 Bay Area musicians got together to deliver the sound of hope to the Haitian people.

In the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti 12 days ago, Oakland’s Haitian community is organizing relief efforts, trying to protect Haitian immigrants from deportation, and praying for loved ones back home.

By September, the Oakland Food Policy Council hopes to tell city government officials how Oakland can produce more of its own food and help citizens eat healthier.

Controversy erupted last night over a city effort to guide waterfront redevelopment, with property owners, residents and planning officials squaring off over the future of Oakland’s dwindling industrial land base.

A string of robberies in the Golden Gate neighborhood raises questions about the effectiveness of community policing five years after the passage of Oakland’s Measure Y.

More than $17 million of the Bay Area’s stimulus money has ended up in Oakland’s public school classrooms, lessening the impact of the California budget crisis. But what happens as the money runs out?

Cox Academy, World Academy, North Oakland Community Charter and Lighthouse Academy presented their cases to the Oakland Board of Education.

The Oakland School Board is considering supporting a ballot initiative that would raise taxes to pay higher teacher salaries. But the proposal has encountered an obstacle on the question of charter schools.

While the Board of Supervisors were preparing for cutbacks at Tuesday’s meeting, their most spirited debate focused on a department that actually has more money this year—the Health Care Services Agency.