| San Francisco Chronicle Facing elimination, the A’s led 2-1 with a man on base and one out in the eighth. Knowles had surrendered consecutive hits but struck out Rusty Staub – “Yogi Berra said it was the biggest out of the series” — and Fingers got the final four outs. In … |
| East Bay Times Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, District 5 Councilman Noel Gallo and Mexican Consulate in San Francisco general Gemi Jose Gonzalez-Lopez were among the event’s keynote speakers. They touted the city’s inclusiveness and stressed the cultural significance … |
| SFGate … members had adequately asserted “their reduced ability to enjoy eating local seafood in Bay Area restaurants, observing birds and other wildlife from the air or from the wetlands around Oakland Airport, or sailing and swimming safely in San … |
| Athletics Nation The World Series is over, and that means free agency is on the horizon. The first rumblings began on Thursday, when 149 MLB players became free agents. MLB trade rumors 2017-18: 149 plaers become free agents …SB Nation |
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As part of what’s called The Oakland Disparity Study, Mason Tillman Associates held a poorly publicized meeting to interested members of the Oakland Minority Business Community on October 24th at Oakland City Hall, that featured a speech by Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney. Here’s the embed of her talk:
The problem of guns stored in some Oakland homes in a way that can cause loss of life has been a problem for some time. A concerned Oakland City Council and Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley have taken steps to reduce the problem.
Carolyn Burgess has posted this letter for view by concerned Oaklanders:
