Month: September 2014

Ken A. Epstein

Pressure Grows for Tagami to Turn Over Army Base Property to CWS

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash By Post Staff Connected with the implementation of the Oakland’s garbage…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mom Keeps Fighting for Son in Berkeley High Special Education

Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor Nineteen-year-old Berkeley High student Anthony Gaines sits inside a room beyond…

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Ken A. Epstein

Tavis Smiley Discusses “Death of a King” in Bay Area

Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Equal Rights/Equity By Tasion Kwamilele Imagine young boy being beaten by is father so severely…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Council Settles Garbage Wars

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Oakland Talks Trash By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council declared a victory and a truce…

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Ken A. Epstein

Waste Management Helped Pay for Lawsuit Filed by West Oakland Group

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash By Tasion Kwamilele A group of West Oakland residents, alarmed by…

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Ken A. Epstein

Bay Area Joins People’s Climate Rally

Posted in Climate change, Environment, Health, World News Photos by Ken Epstein Here are some of  the Northern California People’s Climate Rally…

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Ken A. Epstein

Port Commission Kills Tagami’s Army Base Ambitions

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Economic Development, Labor, Responsive Government, Transportation By Post Staff Fresh developments have raised new concerns about the City…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayoral Candidates Dispute Council on Garbage Contract

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Elections & Voting Rights, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash Part 2 By Ashley Chambers With…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Goes Head to Head with Waste Management

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Talks Trash In late-breaking news, the city announced a CWS-Waste Management compromise with rates about…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayoral Candidates Side with Local Company Against Waste Multinational

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash By Ashley Chambers Part 1 National trash hauling…

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