Month: October 2013

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Report: 75 Percent of Juvenile Arrests in Oakland Are Black Males

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Spencer Whitney Nearly three quarters of juvenile arrests in Oakland are African American…

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Compliance Director Frazier Explains Why He Overruled Council on Police Reform

Posted in Police-Public Safety  OPD Investigating Itself Seen as the ‘Fox Guarding the Hen house,” Say Reformers By Ken…

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OMSS Truck Parking Evicted at Army Base, Site Handed to Another Parking Company

Posted in Army Base Jobs Mayor Quan Allows Apparent Favoritism  By Ken A. Epstein The city’s hard line decision…

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Speculators Control Oakland Housing Market

Posted in Community, Housing/Foreclosures By Tanya Dennis Existing home sales in the past 24 months have been heavily driven by…

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