Month: May 2013
Last Minue Scramble to Save Army Base Jobs and Businesses; Without Base Businesses, Trucks and Uninspected Cargo Could End Up in Local Communities
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor With Assistant Oakland City Administrator Fred Blackwell admitting to City Councilmembers that the…
Last Minue Scramble to Save Army Base Jobs and Businesses; Without Base Businesses, Trucks and Uninspected Cargo Could End Up in Local Communities
Posted in Army Base Jobs By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor With Assistant Oakland City Administrator Fred Blackwell admitting to City…
Insufficient Job Center Funding for Army Base
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Oakland Job Programs By Post Staff Some supporters of the new West Oakland Job Resource…
Shake-Up at Oakland Police Department
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein Most of the Oakland Police Department’s top commanders have resigned or…
Groups Want State to Investigate Tagami’s Army Base Financing Scheme
Posted in Army Base Jobs By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor While construction groundbreaking is still months away, Oakland’s massive Gateway…
Auditor’s Political Move to Lobby Council’s Help
Posted in City Auditor’s Report By Ken A. Epstein City Auditor Courtney Ruby has sent out an email “Call…
Santana’s Quandary, Jordan Rolls
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein Police Chief Howard Jordan’s decision to retire from the Oakland Police…
Frazier: Police Reform a Rocky Road
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Post Staff The new independent Compliance Director who oversees the Oakland Police Department has…
Police Monitor Warshaw: OPD Reform Still “Stagnant”
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Post Staff The Oakland Police Department’s performance has improved slightly, though its progress in…
Frick School Family Fights for Principal Jerome Gourdine
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland Unified School District is moving ahead with plans to remove…