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Oakland Housing Authority's Section 8 Wait List Opens: An Overview of the Program

At 8 a.m. today, the Oakland (California) Housing Authority began accepting applications for Section 8 assistance. People who want to request help through the rent-subsidy program need to act quickly: The list closes at 5 p.m. Saturday. Earlier in the month, Oakland Housing Authority director Eric Johnson told a local...

California School Investigates Accounts of Sex by 2nd Graders [VIDEO]

Doomsday Is Just Another Day for End-Time Evangelist

What would you do if you knew the world was going to end? Family Radio Worldwide evangelist Harold Camping has received a lot of attention in the last few days for announcing the exact date of the Rapture -- May 21, 2011 -- but he tells AOL Weird News that he's not making any big plans for the big day. "The Bible says...

Oakland Upsets No. 7 Tennessee

For No. 7 Tennessee, an upset at home at the hands of Oakland following a win over then-No. 3 Pittsburgh would be quite the unlikely outcome. For Oakland, the third time would be the charm. And it was, in an 89-82 victory. The Golden Grizzlies were playing a ranked opponent away from home for the third time in the past...

Johannes Mehserle Denied Bail

(Dec. 3) -- Put the riots on hold. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry denied bail to former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle today, the Oakland Tribune reported. As a result, Mehserle must remain behind bars as his appeal for his involuntary manslaughter conviction goes forward. Mehserle was sentenced...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

'The Dust Hasn't Settled On This'

After the Occupy movement started last fall, Michele Horaney, a public relations consultant who lives in Alameda, Calif., joined a small local group of activists who called themselves the 99 Percent Solution.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Occupy Oakland Police Controversy: Judge Rules Against Cops In Badge Case

A federal judge in California has ruled that an Oakland police officer who covered his nameplate during a November Occupy protest seriously violated court-approved conduct standards for the city's police department.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

Quan To Occupiers: 'Stop Using Oakland As Your Playground'

For weeks the protests had waned, with only a smattering of people taking to Oakland's streets for occasional marches that bore little resemblance to the headline-grabbing Occupy demonstrations of last fall.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Occupy Oakland: Police Teargas Protestors, Use Flash Grenades

Police used tear gas and "flash" grenades to break up hundreds of Occupy protesters in Oakland, Calif., after officers say some demonstrators threw rocks and flares at them, tore down fences and ignored orders to leave.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

'We Were Thoroughly Dismayed By What We Saw'

Nearly a decade after the city of Oakland was first threatened with losing control of its police force, Judge Thelton Henderson has severely curtailed the independence of the Oakland Police Department, saying that it could placed under federal receivership as soon as this March.

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02/10/12 Medical center commits to giving Oakland father a... Source: SiliconValley.com UC San Francisco Medical Center said Thursday it is committed to providing an illegal immigrant from Oakland the kidney transplant he needs to live.
02/10/12 Roadshow: Highway 101 tops Dirty Dozen list Source: SiliconValley.com From Morgan Hill through the South Bay all the way to Candlestick Park. More than 63 miles of it.
02/09/12 Feb 10 letters to the editor Source: Inside Bay Area - Oakland CA Thank you to employees in the public works department in Oakland for the great cleanup along Hegenberger between International Boulevard and the BART station.
02/09/12 Oakland A's Relocation Update: City of Oakland Offers... Source: CBS - KPIX 5 - San Francisco CA The Oakland Athletics have been nestled in the eastern metropolis of the San Francisco Bay since 1968.
02/09/12 Bay Bridge shut down for holiday weekend Source: The Novato Advance - Novato CA The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge, which goes from Oakland to San Francisco, will be closed from Fri., Feb. 17, at 8 p.m. to Tue., Feb. 21, at 5 a.m. for seismic retrofitting.