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Why Black Students Are Avoiding UC Berkeley
In 1997, the year after California voters approved Proposition 209, which prohibited the consideration of race or ethnicity in the operation of state institutions,...
Quickly Reshaping Oakland Politics
The City of Oakland is pushing forward with a plan to redraw city council district and school board boundary lines in a move that...
The Street Academy Turns Forty
As a student at Skyline High School, Erin Brown struggled. "I didn't get any credits my junior year at Skyline," recalled Brown, now 28....
Army Base Tenants Close to Reaching Deal to Stay
Representatives from the City of Oakland, the Port of Oakland, and port-related businesses facing imminent eviction from the East Gateway section of the old...
Oakland Army Base Tenants Face Eviction
A City of Oakland real estate official told city councilmembers this week that a company providing major assistance to the Port of Oakland could...
Oakland Council Passes Graffiti Ordinance
With a coalition of San Pablo Avenue business owners urging approval and graffiti artist advocates asking for a delay while a better law is...
Oakland City Council Moves Forward with Anti-Graffiti Ordinance
With Oakland City Councilwoman Libby Schaaf declaring that, “I really get pissed off when people trash my city” and a visibly angry council President...
Vote on Oakland Graffiti Crackdown Postponed
Members of the Oakland City Council Public Works Committee held off approval of a proposed new crackdown-on-graffiti ordinance this week, sending it back to...
