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Hasanni Campbell: missing Fremont boy

A timeline of the case: Hasanni Campbell goes missing Hasanni Campbell, a five-year-old Fremont boy with cerebral palsy, goes missing around 4 p.m. on August 10, 2009, according to his foster father, Louis Ross. Ross says he briefly left Hasanni in a car parked near Shuz of Rockridge, 6012 College Avenue, where his fiancee, Jennifer Campbell, works. Campbell is also Hasanni’s biological aunt. Police close down a two-block area near College and Claremont, and a helicopter and six search-and-rescue dogs…

For four Oakland Tech players, Signing Day a big sigh of relief

Four Bulldogs football players—Fred Thompson (Oregon State), and defensive back/running back Ryan Murphy (Oregon State), defensive back/wide receiver DiAndre Campbell (Washington) and wide receiver Eddie Gillies (Sacramento State) each officially signed letters of intent to attend schools that play at the NCAA Division-I level, the highest level of college sports.

Robert Biasotti

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Louis Alberti sits with his back against the wall,…

Social clubs

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Louis Alberti sits with his back against the wall,…

Oakland’s scavengers

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Trash to Treasure: The History of the Oakland Scavenger…

Louis Alberti

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Louis Alberti sits with his back against the wall,…

John Cosso

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John…

Joe Brignole

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Louis Alberti sits with his back against the wall,…

Dominic De Vincenzi

Garbage service in Oakland started 100 years ago when scrappy Italian immigrants began collecting trash from backyards. This business bloomed into a multi-million dollar industry with roots at the intersection of 51st and Telegraph Avenue. Find out more below and listen to oral histories of the men who were part of this community. By Sierra Filucci Oakland Scavengers Louis Alberti Robert Biasotti Joseph Brignole John Cosso Dominic De Vincenzi Social Clubs Louis Alberti sits with his back against the wall,…

At police workshop, a warning primer on gangs

Neighbors and parents, some wearing headphones for language interpretation, listened to an Oakland officer explain certain colors, signs, and tattoos–like the numbers 13 and 14–that may be markers of gang activity.

11/11/09

Today the country celebrates Veterans Day to recognize people who have served in the arm forces. Ceremonies will take place across the Bay Area this morning from Pittsburg to San Rafael. This afternoon, Shannon Service will bring us an interactive piece on a Veterans Day program that begins at 11 a.m. aboard the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier in Alameda. Keep in mind that meters are not free in Oakland today, but they are in Berkeley. Banks, post offices, and city…

California Roll world record broken at Cal

Over 350 lively people made up of fraternities, sororities, campus clubs, individual students, and community members registered for the event at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Sunday afternoon. Each was hopeful that they would beat the Maui, Hawaii contingent that set the last record with a 300 foot-long California Roll in 2001.

11/9/09 Monday coffee, Jake’s haircut

Good Afternoon North Oakland, Are you surprised at the outcome of last night’s Cowboys-Eagles game? Our own Jake Shonecker surely is. The young reporter and Philadelphia native will have to cut his long and curly locks after losing a friendly bet to fellow O.N. staffer Lauren Callahan. His Eagles fell to the Dallas team, 20-16. Check out our twitter page for a photo of Jake (in the top-left corner) in his un-shorn state. That’s a lot of hair! Help Jake…