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Oakland approves microlending agreement with Kiva.org
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 10 hours ago
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Oakland's city council approved the deal, which won't cost the city anything, on Tuesday night. Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney, and Councilmember Libby Schaaf proposed the arrangement with San Francisco-based Kiva. As a trustee, Oakland will
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Oakland: Police identify city's 40th homicide victim of 2013
San Salvador :: El Salvador | 10 hours ago
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A man who was shot and killed while working on a car Tuesday morning in East Oakland has been identified, but the shooter remains at large, police say. Jose Orellano-Cruz, 54, of Oakland, was visiting a relative in the 2600 block of Bartlett Street
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Police: Elderly man's body found in Oakland-Alameda Estuary; foul play not suspected
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 11 hours ago
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The body of a 73-year-old man who walked away from his Alameda home Wednesday morning was found floating in the estuary off the Grand Street boat marina a few hours later, police said. A spokeswoman from the Alameda County Coroner's office identified
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15 arrested in connection with marijuana smuggling ring
Middle River :: MD :: USA | 19 hours ago
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Fifteen people have been arrested following a two-year undercover investigation by the Harford County Task Force into a marijuana smuggling ring based in Harford with ties to California. The investigation, which began in 2010 and ended in October
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Sacto 911: Sacramento man gets 30 months for sale of crack near school
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 19 hours ago
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This blog sacbee.com Web May 22, 2013 A Sacramento man was sentenced in federal court for selling crack cocaine near an Oakland elementary school. Oscar Baker Phillips, 34, was sentenced Monday in Oakland to 30 months in prison, followed by six years
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Letters for the Week of May 22, 2013
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
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Strike-Debt-Bay-Area.Tumblr.com Another resource is the Debt Resistors' Operations Manual, which is available online at StrikeDebt.org . This publication from New York Strike Debt provides suggestions for individuals to contest debt along with
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Unveiling a Secret City
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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The first rule of the Jejune Institute from its opening in 2008 to the day its doors closed in 2011 was that you weren't supposed to talk about it. The most you could get out of anyone in the know was that "you just had to do it." This makes it all
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Oakland Raiders crowd turns out to await Charles Woodson
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Some 70-plus Oakland Raiders fans are congregating at the team's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, hoping that one of their own will return to the Silver & Black. Rumor among the crowd, many sporting Woodson jerseys from his days at Michigan or his
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Tuesday Must Reads: Bridge Expert Says Bad Bolts Should Be Replaced; State Control of Oakland Schools Failed to Fix Financial Problems
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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A leading engineering expert who is also an advisor to Caltrans said the agency should replace as many defective bolts on the new Bay Bridge as possible, SFGate reports. The bolts were designed to be too hard and brittle and could snap in an
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Oakland: Two armed suspects at large following chase through Fruitvale district
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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Alameda County Sheriff's deputies and Oakland police are searching for two armed and dangerous men who reportedly ran from a stolen vehicle they crashed during a chase in the Fruitvale district on Monday evening, authorities said. Oakland police
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