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Barfly: Cocktail Renaissance -- Grand Tavern
It's not difficult to see that Oakland has fallen on hard times. Again. Walking out my front door on West Grand and Broadway, I can travel in any direction and see as many vacant storefronts as occupied ones, sometimes more. Comment?
Divers searching Aquatic Park for 8-month son of slain Oakland woman
Divers were at Aquatic Park this morning probing the waters for the missing 8-month-old son of a 23-year-old Oakland woman found slain at the park Friday morning, authorities said. Comment?
First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland
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Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:51am EST -A person buys medical marijuana at Coffeeshop Blue Sky in Oakland, California in this July 23, 2009 file photograph. Comment?
Housekeepers and nannies rally for worker rights
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... said I wasn't cleaning quickly enough, so he grabbed me by the arm and forced me out of the house," the 44-year-old Oakland housekeeper said. "To do a good job, you can't go that fast." Lopez was one of a few hundred housecleaners and nannies from ... Comment?
Lives Lived: Louis Johns
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... Tuesday, Nov. 2, in Alameda. He was 46. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda. Mr. Johns was born Oct. 31, 1963, in the Napa Valley to Kenneth M. Johns and Cynthia Hutzler. When he ... Comment?
Throwbacks need not attack
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... 3 www.jackhanley.com EXTREME ANIMALS (of Paper Rad) With Neroa s Day at Disneyland Sat/14, 8 p.m. 21 Grand 416 25th, Oakland (510) 444 7263 www.21grand.org Comment?
Findlay flies away in 137-95 season-opening victory
... "We wanted to come out strong and show all the hard work we've been putting in," said Brown, a 6-foot-3 junior from Oakland, Calif. Johnson, a 6-3 junior from Gilbert, Ariz., finished the game in Globetrotter fashion. He had a break-away 360-degree ... Comment?
Local: Fresno Fire Dept. loses discrimination suit
... I don't know what would be," Maher said outside of court. The verdict marks another gender-discrimination win for Oakland-based attorney Dan Siegel, who has represented or helped represent several women in gender-discrimination suits against ... Comment?
Sports: Local briefs: Sunbirds women win 77-60
... Pacific women's basketball team from losing 74-64 to Cal State Maritime at the Holy Names Tip-Off Tournament in Oakland. Fresno Pacific (0-2 overall) trailed by 15 points at halftime after shooting 30.4% in the first half. Lauren Westbrook scored 27 ... Comment?
Authorities seize more than $2 million worth of cocaine in Hayward
... Friday that the suspect, Javier Martinez, 36, whose street name is "Cheeks," supplied the drugs to dealers across Oakland, where he grew up. Also arrested was Martinez's girlfriend, Valentina Lopez, 35, who authorities said is eight months pregnant ... Comment?
Ying Ma: From Guangzhou to Oakland: Freedom is Worth Choosing
... basks in the glitter of a city that has undergone three decades of neck breaking economic growth. On the other hand, Oakland, California, our adopted home in the United States, gave us nightmares that we could have never imagined. Like so many other ... Comment?
Barfly: Cocktail Renaissance -- Grand Tavern
It's not difficult to see that Oakland has fallen on hard times. Again. Walking out my front door on West Grand and Broadway, I can travel in any direction and see as many vacant storefronts as occupied ones, sometimes more. Comment?
Curt Flood auction offers pieces of history
... bidders an opportunity this weekend to purchase true history. Gibson and Brock are in the Hall of Fame. Flood, from Oakland, is remembered most not for .293 batting average or his seven Gold Gloves but as the player who 40 years ago failed in his ... Comment?
Army sends infant to foster care, mom to Afghanistan
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... would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while she is overseas. Hutchinson, of Oakland, California, is currently being confined at Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, after being arrested. Her son was ... Comment?
Roscoe Mitchell jazzed about Sunday show
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... 't more things like that going on now." Mitchell is now Distinguished Milhaud Professor of Music at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. Robbins is now editor of Isthmus . Comment?
Oakland Army mom refuses to go to Afghanistan because of son
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... She was expected to deploy to Afghanistan with the rest of her unit on Nov. 5. A 21-year-old Army specialist from Oakland who skipped out on her deployment date to Afghanistan has been ordered to remain on her base in Georgia for a review of ... Comment?
Pletschet: Credit unions looking better and better
... under, with, in most cases, their assets taken over by other credit unions. A recent example is the collapse of the Oakland-based Kaiser-Lakeside Credit Union which was taken over in September by the Pleasanton-based SafeAmerica Credit Union. Credit ... Comment?
Elton John released from hospital; plans to resume US shows with Billy Joel
... He says John planned to resume his suspended tour and would play scheduled U.S. dates with Billy Joel starting in Oakland, California on Nov. 14. Illness has forced the 62-year-old musician to cancel several gigs in Britain, Ireland and the U.S. ... Comment?
... Monday at Walton's Chapel of the Valley, 1281 N. Roop St., Carson City. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Calif. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is in charge of arrangements. Ads by Google Comment?
Arrest Made in Berkeley Aquatic Park Homicide
A 38-year old Oakland man is now in custody facing murder charges in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in Berkeley's Aquatic Park Friday morning. Comment?