Oakland council pulls talk about audit criticized by black leaders
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 17:51:38 -0700 | political-news
A potentially divisive proposal to audit City Auditor Courtney Ruby's report accusing two council members of violating the city charter has been shelved, possibly for good. City Council President Pat Kernighan said she pulled the proposal from Tuesday's agenda because...
Oakland: Interim Police Chief Toribio out just two days after appointment
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 18:15:22 -0700 | political-news
Just two days after Anthony Toribio was appointed interim police chief in the wake of Howard Jordan's sudden departure, he was replaced Friday by deputy chief Sean Whent, sources said. Toribio, a 23-year department veteran, was named shortly after Jordan's...
Oakland: Consultants propose overhauling OPD crime investigations
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 19:06:37 -0700 | political-news
A star-studded consultant team being counted on to reverse Oakland's two-year crime surge unveiled a series of reforms they said would help the city's undermanned police force arrest more criminals and reduce robberies, burglaries and shootings. Chief William Bratton, found...
Oakland developer Phil Tagami named to state medical board
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 15:44:26 -0700 | political-news
A prominent Oakland developer and political mover and shaker was appointed to the embattled Medical Board of California on Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Phil Tagami, 47, of Oakland, is president and CEO of the California Capital and Investment Group,...
Oakland: Police Chief Howard Jordan announces medical retirement
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 00:45:11 -0700 | political-news
Embattled Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan issued the following letter Wednesday morning to Oakland police employees that he is seeking medical retirement: "To the members and civilian staff of the Oakland Police Department: "I wanted you to be the first...
Annalee Allen named Oaklands Mother of the Year
Source: Big News Network
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 07:47:47 -0700 | political-news
Annalee Allen named Oakland's Mother of the Year Annalee Allen, a frequent contributor to the Oakland Tribune, has been named Oakland's 2013 Mother of the Year.Allen and her husband Jim have three sons, although the award honors women who have...
Police and FBI agents recover guns, drugs and ammo in West Oakland
Source: The Mercury News
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 19:56:27 -0700 | political-news
Seventy police officers and FBI agents arrested several people and seized illegal assault weapons, ammunition and thousands of dollars' worth of heroin from a residence in West Oakland on Friday morning, authorities said. Police said a recent spike in crime...
Oakland Coliseum concession workers complain of rat infestation
Source: KTUV
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 17:29:11 -0700 | political-news
Concession workers in Oakland say the home of the Warriors, A's and Raiders is also home to rats, and a lot of them...Concession workers say when they take a break near the ivy between the Coliseum and the Arena in...
Snapp Shots: In Oakland, Japanese-American WWII vets to be honored
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 10:45:03 -0700 | political-news
Sakai, 89, is a veteran of E Company, Second Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Japanese-American World War II regiment that was awarded more medals, man-for-man, than any other military unit in American history. "We are proud to recognize and...
Police investigation closes stretch of Broadway in downtown Oakland
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 08:18:58 -0700 | political-news
An investigation by Hayward police has carried into Oakland and closed down a stretch of Broadway near 20th Street, police said. Details regarding the investigation were unavailable, and Oakland police referred all inquiries to Hayward police authorities.
OPD ordered to get new technology, Tasers
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 07:37:45 -0700 | political-news
The city's court-appointed top cop is calling for major technology upgrades, including Tasers for every Oakland police officer, to get the department to finally complete a decade-old reform drive. In his initial action plan released late Wednesday, Thomas Frazier, whose...
Oakland unions protest Quan's budget
Source: Contra Costa Times
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 07:04:40 -0700 | political-news
The public employee unions that helped elect Mayor Jean Quan three years ago came out en masse Tuesday to protest her proposed budget, which would pump much of the city's anticipated revenues into the police department...The contracts for non public...
Reports: Suspicious device believed to be a grenade found on Oakland street
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 07:19:13 -0700 | political-news
Police say a suspicious device, believed to be a grenade was found next to a fire hydrant on International Boulevard Friday morning, according to media sources. Police reopened International between 47th and 50th avenues after closing it for about an...
The United States of Debt
Source: East Bay Express
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 16:09:16 -0700 | political-news
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it's clear that this a special kind of conference. Is These badges are stuck onto the shirts of many of the seventy-some people here, filled in with dollar amounts or words...
Calf. judge says combat school must name trainees
Source: The Boston Globe
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 11:00:26 -0700 | political-news
Calif. (AP) A federal judge in California has ordered the government to disclose the names of Latin American military leaders who attended a Defense Department facility where protesters say the U.S. has trained notorious human rights abusers. The San Francisco...
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