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Apr 6, 2022
Power Poll: Survey finds frustration regarding homelessness
Respondents in the latest Oakland Power Poll overwhelmingly support a proposal to ban RVs and other large vehicles from parking on most residential streets.
Panelists also support a variety of other measures to combat homelessness, including enforcement of...
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Mar 30, 2022
California Contradiction: Ban gas cars later, but cushion gas prices now?
As California gas prices soar–reaching a per-gallon average of $5.90 on Friday–lawmakers are trying to rush to the rescue with pricey proposals to assist drivers. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to give car owners $400 per car for...
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Mar 30, 2022
Long Overdue: Berkeley City Council takes steps toward repairing economic injury done by slavery
Last week, Berkeley City Council members took a step toward making economic reparations to Black people for the years of slavery white people subjected them to and the harm caused by the country's legacy of segregation, a...
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Mar 23, 2022
That’s A Flex: Oakland council makes no changes to flex streets until next year
Oakland businesses can continue to set up parklets and outdoor cafes in public rights-of-way for free through July 2023, city officials said Wednesday.
Permit processes for putting up parklets and outdoor cafes will also remain unchanged through the...
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Mar 23, 2022
Attica 50 Years Later: Stanley Nelson revisits a pivotal point in prison reform in...
September 9, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the prison rebellion that blew up in Attica, NY. At this insurrection, more than 1,200 inmates seized the maximum security prison yard in this tiny Western New York community...
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Mar 16, 2022
UCB News: Senate Bills 118 and Assembly Bill 168
The University of California at Berkeley may avoid an enrollment cap this fall thanks to two bills introduced Friday by state lawmakers.
Senate Bill 118 and Assembly Bill 168, which are identical, are retroactive and, if approved, would...
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Mar 9, 2022
A Day To Remember: Oscar Grant lives on in Oakland
If Oscar Grant III were alive today, he’d be 36 years old. In addition to being a dad, a grandson, a brother and a friend, he’d be a grandpa to one-year-old Eshaan Julius and quite possibly a...
