Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington are Dashed in Oakland; or, Why it's Amazing That Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga ... on a Foundation (The Oakland project series)
Growing Edge (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Oakland Food Policy Council released a report entitled, “Cultivating the Commons: An Assessment of the Potential for Urban Agriculture on Oakland’s Public Land.” The report identifies 1,200 acres of vacant and underutilized public land in Oakland, California, that could potentially be used for food production. The Council is part of an ongoing movement to...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The Oakland County Task Force on Homelessness and Affordable Housing is to host an event to assist homeless county residents and those facing homelessness.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chastened by a federal magistrate's ruling, the city of Oakland is expected to pay $300,000 to a former board-and-care home worker who said he was the victim of excessive force and a police cover-up. Uganda Knapps, 34, of Oakland said he called police for...
Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Oakland Local is a new non-profit community resource for news and information about Oakland, CA that was recently launched by Susan Mernit. Our site combines original investigative and feature reporting with community news and information about Oakland non-profit organizations, community groups and engaged citizens. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Twitter,...
Silver And Black Pride (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was starting to write the second piece of the Aw-fence-ive First Half Break Down, when my mind began to be amused by the duality of the word that is spelled "O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E", so I turned to Dictionary.com for a closer look as the break down of the word. Here is what I found: The root of the word, "Offensive", begins with the Latin Word for "Us", Offens, then goes...
Spinning Platters (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are 3 prominent bands that exist in the punk rock world today who seek to bend the genres and performance styles of their music by adding instruments or melodies from folk- or worldly-sources to their one-two-three-go raucous sound. One of them is Irish/American collective Flogging Molly, who sings songs of olden times and forgotten [...]
Spinning Platters (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Hey! Wait! That title looks awfully familiar. You mean to tell me that those troublemakers in Puscifer, the art/music/performance collective spearheaded by Maynard James Keenan of Tool/A Perfect Circle, were allowed into the Fox Theater for yet another night of mayhem, debauchery and… Wait, what’s that? Country music? No, Puscifer doesn’t play country music, they [...]
Know The Ledge (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Broadcasting live from Lucky Lounge in Oakland. Tonight, we are going everywhere on the Soul and RB spectrum. Enjoy! Leave feedback in the comments or tweet live at twitter.com/djfranchise.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife owe more than $200,000 in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, property records indicate. Alameda County...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Chastened by a federal magistrate's ruling, the city of Oakland is expected to pay $300,000 to a former board-and-care home worker who said he was the victim of excessive force and a police cover-up. Uganda Knapps, 34, of Oakland said he called police for...
The Pacific Business News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Alaska Airlines said it is expanding its service at Oakland International Airport, adding new flights to Hawaii next week. (ALK)
The East Bay Business Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Alaska Airlines said it is expanding its service at Oakland International Airport, adding new flights to Hawaii next week.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
"The Oakland Raiders, properly, say they are undergoing a 'serious evaluation' of these recent allegations," O'Neill wrote in the e-mail. "At the very least he should be suspended during this process. ... A man who has admitted battering his wife has no business being a role model for all of us who would like to be able to look up to the head coach of an NFL football team."
new A's ballpark (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... point out where Middle Harbor is. For those who aren't familiar, it's the westernmost end of West Oakland. Geographically it's situated between the Bay Bridge to the north and the old Alameda Naval Air Station to the south. I'm curious to see if a ballpark proposal has Middle Harbor as the site. Ever since the military closed up shop there, a combination of business (port expansion) and...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A Bloomfield Hills law firm has taken on an online provider of high school diplomas — one that the attorneys called a "massive rip-off."
