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Posts Tagged ‘gun buyback’

After week of violence, Oakland event forges guns into garden tools

By Yusuf Akinpelu | November 21, 2025 | 1
Two police officers label rifles on a wooden table.

Last week, a 15-year-old boy was shot at Skyline High School. The next day, Laney College athletic director and longtime Oakland football coach John Beam was killed in a targeted attack on campus. When Cynthia Davis, an 84-year-old Berkeley resident, heard this news, she decided it was time to turn in her late husband’s gun,…

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Schaaf, Oakland’s “Girl Scout Barracuda,” to run for mayor

By Becca Andrews | December 5, 2013 | 5
Incumbent Mayor Jean Quan looks on as Councilmember Libby Schaaf speaks at Youth Uprising before Schaaf had announced her own candidacy. Photo by Becca Andrews.

On a rainy Wednesday, Oakland City Councilmember Libby Schaaf rushed into Laurel Elementary School, staving off any signs of exhaustion from the previous night’s late council meeting. There, potential student council members waited to hear her advice regarding their campaigns.

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