Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Local distilleries toast new law allowing charging for spirit tastings
This holiday season, local high-end spirit makers are rejoicing over the end of a Prohibition-era law. Starting in January, California distilleries will be able to charge for tastings like wineries and breweries currently can.
Read MoreOccupy Oakland celebrates its two-year anniversary
Occupy Oakland marked its two-year anniversary Thursday with a celebratory gathering at Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland.
Read MoreNew work group to probe city council’s ethics, accountability
Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb is attempting to put the spotlight on civic accountability with a new ethics work group. The group will provide a forum for public comment, and it will work in an unofficial advisory capacity with the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.
Read MoreFours Years Later: African Americans in Oakland react to President Obama’s reelection
Four years ago, people danced in the streets in front of Everett and Jones BBQ Restaurant in Jack London Square. They embraced loved ones and high-fived total strangers. The news cameras rolled, and non-reporters became journalists as they documented history via grainy pictures from their camera phones. The first African American president in the history…
Read MoreJobless protestors target president Obama’s campaign offices in Oakland
Protesters demanding the implementation of a jobs creation program disrupted business at President Barack Obama’s campaign office on Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland Wednesday, calling for an end to increased military spending, government surveillance of citizens and cuts to education.
Read MoreOakland mayoral runners-up rehash race and look to the future
Rebecca Kaplan and Joe Tuman, second and third runners up in last fall’s mayoral election, shared their plans for the future and thoughts on the race’s outcome on Saturday.
Read MoreQuan passes baton to Schaaf in District Four
When Jean Quan chose to run for mayor this fall rather than for reelection to Oakland’s City Council, she left a vacuum in the city’s fourth municipal district, which she has represented on the council since 2003. Seven candidates vied for her seat, more than for any office on an Oaklander’s ballot other than the…
Read MoreSmall business owner Arnie Fields aims for top Oakland job
Of the ten people running for mayor in Oakland this fall, Arnold Fields—Arnie to his friends, and if you’re voting in Oakland, he considers you a friend—may be the candidate whose campaign most resembles his life before politics. Between appearances on the campaign circuit, Fields still pulls double duty as a real estate broker and as the owner and operator of Revolution Café, a West Oakland coffee shop and bar that doubles as his campaign headquarters.
Read MorePuerto Rican birth certificates must be reissued by October 30
After October 30, the more than five million Americans born on the island of Puerto Rico—1.4 million of them on the US mainland, the rest still living in Puerto Rico— will have to reapply for their own birth certificates.
Read MoreDon Perata talks top issues, mayoral campaign finances
Don Perata, one of 10 candidates for Oakland mayor, has had a long history of public service, having spent 16 years teaching in Alameda County and 12 years as a Sacramento politician. But his record has also been marred with controversy over issues such as campaign finances.
Read MoreMany Movements, One Struggle: Remembering the Black Panthers and the Asian American, Chicano, and Native American Power Movements of the 1960s to 1970s
LINKS The following links are a sample of organizations that have grown out of the movement for political, social, and racial equality among African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans. Asian Health Services (Oakland) – Provides health care for immigrants, the uninsured, and low income Asians and Pacific Islanders in Cantonese, Khmer, Korean, Lao,…
Read MoreOakland artists pass down screen printed posters to a new generation
A number of Oakland artists are trying to pass down the tradition of screen printed posters to a younger generation – including its political history. Melanie Cervantes, Jesus Barraza and Favianna Rodriguez take on the challenge.
Read MoreSeniors plead with Oakland City Council: No more cuts, not for us
By ALEXIA UNDERWOOD
Read MoreFor Native Hawaiians, it’s a paradise lost
Hawaiians struggle in their native islands against the forces of tourism and militarism, according to Ikaika Hussey, publisher of the Hawaii Independent, a Honolulu-based newspaper devoted to in-depth coverage of local issues. On Sunday, March 15, at the Eastside Cultural Center in downtown Oakland, Hussey, joined by Malia Connor, founder of the Malia Movement Company,…
Read MoreStem cell ban reversal hits close to home
By Lauren Rudser and Brittney Johnson/ Oakland North Last week, the Obama administration reversed bans, put into place under former President Bush, on Stem Cell research using federal funds. See how this is affecting one local couple.
Read MoreHigh Times in a Rough Economy
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