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Tuesday Must Reads: Oakland Unions Denounce Quan's Proposal; DeSaulnier Schedules Hearing on Bridge Bolt Scandal
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 18 days ago
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News stories that East Bay progressives and environmentalists shouldn't miss: 1. Oakland's public employee unions are protesting a contract proposal by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan that would require them to pay a higher share of rising healthcare and
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Tuesday Must Reads: CHP Agrees to Step Up Patrols of Oakland; Quan Pushes to Block Warriors from Moving to SF
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 25 days ago
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News stories that East Bay progressives and environmentalists shouldn't miss: 1. The California Highway Patrol has agreed to increase its presence in Oakland, following the decision by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office to stop patrolling the city,
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Tuesday Must Read: Jury Exonerates Two OPD Officers; East Bay Lawmakers Push for Ammo Restrictions
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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A federal jury yesterday ruled in favor of two Oakland police officers who shot and killed an unarmed barber as he ran away from them, the Chron $ reports. The jury decided that Officers Eriberto Perez-Angeles and Omar Daza-Quiroz were justified in
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Wednesday Must Read: Assault Weapons Ban Is Dead; Whole Foods and Trader Joe's Won't Sell Genetically Modified Salmon
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Dianne Feinstein's proposal for a federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines has died in the US Senate , the Chron reports. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told Feinstein last night that he would not bring the proposed
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Thursday Must Read: Foreclosure Activity Plummets; Solar Installations Soar
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Foreclosure activity in California plummeted again in February, plunging nearly 63 percent compared to one year ago in yet another sign that a new law designed to help homeowners is working , the SacBee $ reports. Foreclosure activity also dropped 65
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Wednesday Must Read: OPD Nabs Oakland Museum Thief; Mayor Quan's Poll Numbers Plummet
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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Oakland police recovered the Gold Rush-era gold box stolen from the Oakland Museum of California and arrested a man they believe burglarized the museum twice, the Trib and Chron report. On Monday, police found the gold box that was stolen on January
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Tuesday Must Read: American Indian Charter Schools Face Closure; Berkeley Re-Examining Its DUI Policies
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The three American Indian Public Charter schools in Oakland could be closed within the next month or so because of a multi million-dollar financial scandal, the Chron reports. The charter schools, which have extraordinarily high test scores, are
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Monday Must Read: Keystone Pipeline Protest Draws Thousands; Electric Cars Still Face Challenges
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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About 4,000 demonstrators in San Francisco yesterday protested the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would ship dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, the Chron reports. The large demonstration coincided with protests throughout
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Thursday Must Read: Californians Back Soda Tax to Fight Obesity; Boxer Pushes New Carbon Tax Plan
Richmond :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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A super-majority of California residents 68 percent say they support a tax on soda , but only if the proceeds are used to improve nutrition and fitness programs in schools, the Chron and Merc report, citing a new Field Poll. The poll provided hope
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Harvey Milk and Cesar Chavez
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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The Chron continues its jihad against Harvey Milk Airport today , arguing that the price tag airport administrators came up with -- $4 million -- makes the plan too expensive. Not that $4 million is a trivial amount of money, but please: Compared to
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