Oakland
Entire Oakland City Council Declined to Cross Union Picket Line for Mayor Schaaf’s State of the City Speech – East Bay Express
| East Bay Express Outside the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California on Thursday evening — the venue chosen by Schaaf for her speech to illustrate Oakland’s pride in diversity — hundreds of workers formed a picket line and called on people not to attend the … |
Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell is Jerk of the Week with his arrest slightly damaging the cause he participated in – New York Daily News
| New York Daily News Could you imagine what would happen if Colin Kaepernick was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on someone? People would lose their minds. People would go completely bonkers. There would be a parade of I-told-you-so talking heads, and miles of hot … Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell’s increasingly bizarre behavior is captured on 911 call |
Oakland happenings: Zines, Biketopia, markets, screening, talks, exhibits – East Bay Times
Oakland happenings: Zines, Biketopia, markets, screening, talks, exhibits East Bay Times Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and others will speak, and there will be a parade of the United Nations member states’ flags. In addition to the flag-raising ceremony, there will be performances by local artists. The free … |
City Workers Picket Mayor Libby Schaaf After Empty Negotiations – oaklandpost.org
| oaklandpost.org City workers represented by SEIU 1021 walk off the job Thursday afternoon after six months of fruitless negotiations with the City. As Mayor Libby Schaaf … |
Can’t afford housing? You could move into a shipping container – The Mercury News
| The Mercury News OAKLAND — When entrepreneur Luke Iseman looks at the massive stacks of red, blue and gray shipping containers that loom over the Port of Oakland, he imagines an end to the Bay Area’s housing shortage. With the cost of renting and buying continuing to … |
Oakland Athletics Mount Rushmore – Call to the Pen
| Call to the Pen The Oakland Athletics have been baseball’s vagabonds over the years. One of the charter members of the American League, they spent their first 54 years in Philadelphia, led nearly the entire time by the legendary Connie Mack. They eventually moved to … |
Ygrene Energy Fund Launches Seismic Improvements Program in California – The Construction Specifier
Ygrene Energy Fund Launches Seismic Improvements Program in California The Construction Specifier Ygrene Energy Fund Launches Seismic Improvements Program in California … Several cities across California—including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, Fremont, Burbank, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood—have … |