Safety
After a recent move to the area and a less-than-relaxing experience biking from Berkeley to downtown Oakland along Telegraph, I did what it seemed like any wannabe commuter (and novice biker) would: try to find a better route. I contacted the city last week to learn about some good North Oakland/ Downtown alternatives. Jennifer Stanley, the bicycle and pedestrian facilities coordinator for Oakland, suggested the Webster-Shafter route, which runs from Rockridge to Downtown Oakland. It’s “one of the most popular routes,”…
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE Undercover work by the Oakland police has cleared the streets of many of the gang leaders,
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE Oakland Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan opened the doors of his monthly senior management meeting to reporters.
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE The spike in burglaries without forced entry was one of the topics discussed at yesterday’s Neighborhood Council Prevention Meeting.
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE Rockridge residents met at the monthly neighborhood crime prevention council meeting last night to solve problems, and hope more neighbors will join them.
by SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE The Citizen’s Police Review Board earned permission to move forward with their plans at the Public Safety Comission Meeting; but not without some consternation from City Council Member Larry Reid.
The BART boardroom opened its doors Tuesday night and community leaders and members said they feared the “top to bottom” assessment by an outside consulting group was nothing more than a public relations ploy by BART. “You don’t know the facts as we know the facts,” Dr. Ramona Tascoe, an ordained minister and medical doctor practicing in Oakland, told the consultants, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, known as NOBLE The NOBLE assessment team of eight began their…
President Obama’s stimulus package meant little to Linda Russell until she went to borrow money at OneCalifornia Bank in Oakland for her school photography business, Mugshot. But when her $300,000 loan was quickly approved she discovered what the stimulus is all about. “I think the Recovery Act is working,” said the San Rafael based photographer and business entrepreneur who plans to expand with an online presence and possibly franchise the idea to other parts of the country. Russell is not…
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE Nuisance parking—cars left, abandoned or parked indefinitely—was most on the minds of the dozen or so residents at the West Oakland Senior Center Tuesday night for the joint Neighborhood Crime Prevention meeting.