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Category Archives: Oakland
Pope Appoints New Bishop for Oakland Diocese
Bay City News — Pope Francis today appointed the Rev. Michael Barber to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Oakland. Barber, 59, currently is the director of spiritual formation at St. John's Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston, … Continue reading
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer Dies at 49; Born in Oakland
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los … Continue reading
Oakland Police Overseer Calls for Tasers, Sergeants, Training
More training. More tasers. More sergeants. More data. The Oakland Police Department's new overseer is proposing reforms that will cost more than $1.8 million in the short term and take years to fully implement, as he acknowledged in a 58-page … Continue reading
Court Monitor Sees Improvement in Oakland Police Compliance
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(BCN) An independent monitor says the Oakland Police Department is making a "slight improvement" in meeting reforms that were mandated in the settlement of a police brutality lawsuit a decade ago. In his 13th quarterly report filed with U.S. District … Continue reading
Even Bolts That Haven't Failed Will Be Replaced on Bay Bridge; Expert Slams Caltrans
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Caltrans say they will replace or reinforce all 96 of the 2008 anchor bolts installed in the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, not just the 30 that have failed so far. Those … Continue reading
Oakland Board Considers Gary Yee For Acting Schools Chief
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(Bay City News) Oakland Unified School District board member Gary Yee is expected to take over as acting superintendent following the recent resignation of Superintendent Tony Smith, district officials announced Sunday. Yee, a board member since 2003, has been a student, … Continue reading
Photo Gallery: In Oakland Artists' Enclave, Residents Ponder Life With New Neighbors
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By Kyung Jin Lee, Deborah Svoboda and Dan Brekke When he was in China earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown announced something that was very important to a handful of residents on a fairly obscure stretch of Oakland's waterfront. The … Continue reading
News Pix: Joshua Trees in Bloom, Oakland Artists Face Eviction and San Jose Tattoo Removal
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It's been an incredible spring for Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert and throughout the Southwest. The strange and gangly desert forest is in the last stages of an unusually rich and widespread bloom. (Caitlin Esch/KQED) Residents of a small … Continue reading
Why Oakland Firefighters Are Tweeting Fire Photos
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I glanced at my Twitter feed the other day and did a double take. Flame was erupting from a house in Oakland in a photograph tweeted by OaklandFireLive. Another photo showed firefighters on the roof of the building, smoke billowing … Continue reading
Ex-Officers Often Investigate Police-Involved Shootings
by Shoshana Walter, The Bay Citizen After Oakland police Officer Miguel Masso shot and killed 18-year-old Alan Blueford last May, prosecutors quickly released their investigator’s findings about the incident, amid a public outcry and a protest that shut down a … Continue reading
