Oakland’s First Friday and Art Murmur returned this past week after February’s street festival ended in tragedy when 18-year-old Kiante Campbell was shot and killed at 20th Street and Telegraph Avenue. That First Friday could have been the city’s last. The monthly night gathering attracts thousands for its food, music Read More…
Nearly 250 volunteers spread out in 33 different locations throughout Alameda County for the county’s biennial homeless count, Wednesday morning. Read More…
Nearly 250 volunteers spread out in 33 different locations throughout Alameda County for the county’s biennial homeless count, Wednesday morning.
Despite the hopes harbored by some candidates that the implementation of ranked-choice would be a game changer in this year’s mayoral race, the new voting system had little impact in last Tuesday’s election. Read More…
Recently released correspondence involving UC Berkeley administrators indicates that Chancellor Robert Birgeneau approved of — or at least did not question — the police use of batons at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest. Birgeneau, who was in Asia during the protest, exchanged several emails over the course of the Read More…
OAKLAND — In an attempt to shut down maritime operations, protesters from the Occupy Movement marched to the Port of Oakland during Wednesday’s general strike, effectively shutting down business for the evening while causing no reported damage. The march began at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland and lead the crowd Read More…
OAKLAND — The nation’s first general strike since 1946 brought thousands to the Occupy Movement in Downtown Oakland Wednesday in an effort to shut down the city, while speaking out against capitalism, police brutality, corporate greed and financial cuts to education. The strike, which began at about 9 a.m., drew Read More…
Mayor Quan, Over the past two weeks, my friends and I have camped at, donated food to and joined in the nightly general assemblies of the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza (also popularly known as Oscar Grant Plaza) off and on. I am a graduate student in city Read More…
