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News, Full Disclosure, Dec 8, 2010
Oakland's Play for the A's

Unlike San Jose, Oakland's redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark -- and Major League Baseball knows it.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Oakland A's, Lew Wolff, Jack London Square, Major League Baseball, Central District, Dan Lindheim, AT&T Park, Victory Court, HOK Sports, Robert Bobb, Oak-to-Ninth, Michael Ghielmetti, Signature Properties, Jean Quan, Valdez Triangle, Jane Brunner, Larry Reid, Pat Kernighan, Rebecca Kaplan, Nancy Nadel, Ignacio De La Fuente, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Peerless Coffee, George Vukasin Jr., Bud Selig, San Francisco Giants

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Blogs, Legalization Nation, Dec 8, 2010
'Pot Farm' on Facebook May Be Grossing an Estimated $150K/Month
- by David Downs
- Tags: Cannabis Culture, Pot Farm, Facebook, Zynga, Farmville, Electronic Arts, video games

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Special Sections, Taste, Sep 29, 2009
Oakland, America's Next Great Dining Town

Bye-bye, Berkeley. So long, San Francisco. A wave of new restaurants suggests that Oakland is now the Bay Area's dining destination.
- by Carolyn Jung

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News, Feature, Dec 16, 2009
Surfing Coffee's "Third Wave"

New East Bay cafes take their coffee very seriously. Some say too seriously.
- by Luke Tsai
- Tags: Feature, Local 123, Chowhound, Awaken Café, SubRosa, Remedy, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Peet's, Cole Coffee, Royal Coffee

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Music, Apr 1, 2009
Burners Torched Over Native Party

Local Native Americans go to war against insensitive Burners and win.
- by David Downs
- Tags: Music, Burning Man, Go Native, Visionary Village, Native American Church, Intertribal Friendship House, Bordello

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News, Sep 14, 2011
Skateboarders Lose to The Man

Caltrans has already leveled one popular skate park in West Oakland, and is about to demolish a second.
- by Cassie McFadden
- Tags: News, The Spot, skate park, skateboarders, Caltrans, Alex Fatemi, Ian Schaefer, Robert Haus, Nora Davis, Macarthur Maze, Bordertown, Sue Piper, Tony Miorana, Josh Matlock

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News, Endorsements, Oct 13, 2010
Kaplan, Quan, and Tuman for Oakland Mayor

The best way to make sure that one of these three candidates wins is to vote for all three in some combination.
- Tags: Endorsements, Elections 2010, Rebecca Kaplan, Jean Quan, Joe Tuman, Don Perata, ranked-choice voting

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News, Feature, Nov 10, 2010
Top Ramen For Life: The Student Loan Crisis

With more than two-thirds of students borrowing money for their educations, student loans are now the largest type of consumer debt. Is this another crisis in the making?
- by Charlie Mintz
- Tags: Feature, Student loans, debt, tuition, bankruptcy, Department of Education, Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid.Org, Lyndon Johnson, Higher Education Act, Federal Family Education Loan Program, FFELP, SLM Corporation, Sallie Mae, Barmak Nassirian, American Association of Collegiate Lenders and Registrars, John Boehner, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Bill Clinton, Direct Loan Program, Health Care and Reconciliation Act of 2010, Patricia Christel, Andrew Cuomo, Margaret Spellings, Nelnet, Theresa Shaw, Government Accountability Office, Albert Lord, EdFund, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Truth in Lending Act, Alan Collinge, The Student Loan Scam, StudentLoanJustice.Org, Thomas Keith, Culinary Academy of California, Default: The Student Loan Documentary, Deanne Loonin, National Consumer Law Center, Bankrupt Your Loans: And Other Discharge Strategies, College Access and Success, Edie Irons, Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act, Student Loan Justice

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Music, Jun 22, 2011
A New Home for Oaktown Jazz Workshops

Khalil Shaheed and company set up shop in Jack London Square.
- by Jen White
- Tags: Music, Oaktown Jaz z Workshops, Khalil Shaheed, Ambrose Akinmusire, Kaz George, Desley Brooks, Re becca Kaplan, Ravi Abcarian, Jack Dor sey, Jazz & Juice, Omar Benjanmin, Jean Quan, Dimond Recreation Center, Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts

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Blogs, Legalization Nation, Apr 15, 2010
'Hemperor' Jack Herer Passes Away at 70
- by David Downs
- Tags: Cannabis Culture

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Blogs, Seven Days, Oct 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Hits Oakland on Monday
- by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Breaking News, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy San Francisco, Occupy Oakland, Arab Spring, San Francisco Chronicle, Vivan Ho

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News, Feature, Oct 28, 2009
A Troubled Rape Case

The high-profile rape charges against Deputy District Attorney Michael Gressett are tainted by questionable facts, unorthodox prosecutorial conduct, and the unmistakable whiff of politics.
- by John Geluardi
- Tags: Feature, Michael Gressett, Robert Kochly, Gary Yancey, Nancy O'Malley

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Music, Jun 15, 2011
Jazz Musicians Sing the Blues

Local jazz musicians continue battling for higher wages.
- by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Music, Caroline Chung, Ollie Dudek, Jupiter, Albatross Pub, Sheba Piano Lounge, Rassela's Jazz Club & Restaurant, Netsanet Alemayehu, Agonafer Shiferaw, Zingari Ristorante, The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Les Joulins Jazz Bistro, Disco Volante, Matt Gonzalez, Jane Kim, Ross Mirkarimi

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Blogs, Legalization Nation, Sep 13, 2010
Booze Lobby Funding the No on 19 Campaign
- by David Downs
- Tags: Legalization

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Blogs, Seven Days, Mar 16, 2011
Report: Starbucks and Peet's in Merger Talks
- by Ellen Cushing
- Tags: Business, Food

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Blogs, Seven Days, Jul 7, 2010
Oakland Cops Decide to Not Use Sound Cannon on Protesters
- by Puck Lo
- Tags: Politics, People, Law Enforcement & Crime

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News, Editor's Note, Jul 7, 2010
Be Cool

Mehserle lost his cool. Let's not repeat his mistake. (Downloadable poster.)

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Unlike San Jose, Oakland's redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark -- and Major League Baseball knows it.

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Caltrans has already leveled one popular skate park in West Oakland, and is about to demolish a second.

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