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After announcing that it has halted the application process for large-scale cannabis production and sales, at a meeting Tuesday night Oakland’s City Council moved closer to planning a new stadium for the Athletics by approving funds for a study on the project.
This chili recipe comes to us from one of the chilliest states in the union: Minnesota. Transportation reporter Ted Trautman tells us it serves five for one dinner or one hungry (and broke) graduate student for a whole week. Got a great bread recipe to go with it? Email it to lillian.mongeau@oaklandnorth.net; Subject: RECIPE.
On Sunday, December 5, Oakland North reporters sat down with mayor-elect Jean Quan at World Ground Café in the Laurel district. We asked Quan about her transition into the city’s executive office, and what she’ll do at the start of her term. Click through to see the video and a transcript.
This recipe comes from one of reporter Abby Baird’s favorite chefs. Abby writes, “It is from good family friends of mine who live in Kensington and have a chicken coop with 10 chickens. They also raise bees and they give me the best honey ever! Her name is Kate Weese.”
Ever since then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle fatally shot Oscar Grant on the platform of its Fruitvale station nearly two years ago, BART—and particularly its police force—has struggled to rebuild its relationship with the communities it serves. New BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey says he’s the man for the job.
In January, Jerry Brown will return to Sacramento as California’s governor. How did his eight years in Oakland influence his thinking about housing, arts, education and leadership, and can the criticism, praise and ambivalence he drew from Oakland residents shed light on what’s store for California?
Mayor-elect Jean Quan announced at a City Hall press conference Thursday afternoon that she has selected longtime Bay Area government administrator Henry Gardner to chair her transitional committee. Quan also revealed a list of 24 people she has tapped for the transition committee, which included names of other longtime politicians, as well as members of local businesses and non-profit organizations.
Thanksgiving may be over, but our Community Cookbook has been such a success, we’re going to keep it running! Today we’d like to add this little gem of a recipe to our growing community cookbook. It comes from G. P. Skratz, a local performer, who writes: I’m a poet/performance artist who has been living and working in the underrated urban paradise of Oakland for the past 35 years, from 1984 to 1998. I would send ‘Nixon’s Birthday’ cards to one…
Jody London, the school board member for North Oakland’s district one, has shared her recipes on OaklandNorth.net before. Her constituents are often treated to her cookies at meetings she hosts and today she’s sent out three of her favorite holiday recipes. Think your recipes are good enough to make you an elected official? Send them to us! Email: lillian.mongeau@oaklandnorth.net Subject: RECIPE Here’s Jody: When Thanksgiving is at my house I make this Apple Cider-braised turkey from Cooking Light Magazine. I…