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News, Seven Days, Jul 13, 2011
Oakland Unions Make Sacrifices

After public employees agreed to 9 percent concessions, the mayor and city council are poised to put a parcel tax measure on the ballot.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Public-employee unions, Mayor Jean Quan, Anthony Batts, Loni Hancock, Jerry Brown, Chauncey Bailey, Thomas Reardon, LaRue Grim, Thomas Peele, Josh Richman, Devaughndre Broussard, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Yusuf Bey IV, Antoine Mackey, Sungevity, East Bay Regional Park District

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News, Seven Days, Jun 15, 2011
Shared Sacrifice

Jerry Brown can't understand why voters don't support his tax measures after he awarded sweetheart deals to the prison guards' union and other public employees.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Public Policy Institute of California, Jean Quan, Ignacio De La Fuente, Libby Schaaf, Chauncey Bailey, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Yusuf Bey IV, Derwin Longmire, Gene Peretti, Melissa Krum, Wendy Ashley-Johnson

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News, Apr 20, 2011
Believing Broussard

The Chauncey Bailey case appears to hinge on whether the confessed shooter was following orders, or was trying to score points in a controversial black Muslim organization.
- by Scott J. Morris
- Tags: News, Devaughndre Broussard, Chauncey Bailey, Yusuf Bey IV, Odell Roberson, Antoine Mackey, Melissa Krum, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Antar Bey, Anderson Cooper, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Kahlil Raheem, Gene Peretti, Gary Sirbu, Joshua Bey, Tamon Halfin

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News, Apr 13, 2011
A Tale of Two Trials

The Barry Bonds case has received much more attention than the one involving the assassination of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey.
- by Bob Butler
- Tags: News, Chauncey Bailey, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Barry Bonds, Doug Sovern, Louis Freedberg, Robert Rosenthal, Dori Maynard, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Bob Butler

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News, Seven Days, Oct 28, 2009
The Week of No Accountability

Starring an alleged torturer and deadbeat who scored a public contract and a detective who screwed up a murder case and got to keep his job.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Nedir Bey, BART, Derwin Longmire, Chauncey Bailey, Anthony Batts, Deborah Edgerly, William Lovan, Ron Dellums, UC Berkeley, Berkeley solar program, Raiders, Tom Cable, Randy Hanson

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News, Seven Days, Jul 22, 2009
Is the Recession Over?

Signs of a recovery emerge amid dismal jobless figures. Plus, higher education gets gouged and Oakland cops learn to not tempt fate.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Unemployment rate, housing market, University of California, California State University, Robert Birgeneau, George Blumenthal, Oakland Police Department, Phil Tagami, Michael Johnson, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Berkeley City Council, Oakland City Council

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News, Seven Days, May 6, 2009
The Swine Flu Scare and the Mainstream Media

The media goes nuts over the swine flu, while ignoring the fact that the regular flu is far more deadly.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Swine flu, Armageddon, Malcolm X Elementary School, Chauncey Bailey, Chauncey Bailey Project, San Francisco Chronicle, Yusuf Bey IV, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Derwin Longmire, Howard Jordan, John Yoo, Baltasar Garzon, Augusto Pinochet, Barack Obama, waterboarding, Newsweek, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Field Poll, Johannes Mehserle, Jerry Brown, Ron Dellums

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News, Feature, Apr 8, 2009
JR Valrey Is an Agent Provocateur

The KPFA producer is not your typical police reporter. He grew close to accused criminal Yusuf Bey IV. He was arrested for arson in the Oakland riots. Now he's speaking up for cop killer Lovelle Mixon.
- by Benjamin Taylor
- Tags: Feature, JR Valrey, Lovelle Mixon, Oscar Grant, Oakland riots, Johannes Mehserle, Fruitvale BART, The Block Report, San Francisco Bay View, Prisoners of Conscience Committee, Laronte Studesville, Ron Dellums, Santa Rita Jail, Marlon Monroe, KPFA, Beeda Weeda, Hard Knock Radio, Dennis Bernstein, Flashpoints, KPOO, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Black Panthers, St. Joseph's Catholic School, San Francisco Examiner, O.J. Simpson, Willie Ratcliff, Fred Hampton Jr., Yusuf Bey IV, Chauncey Bailey, Devaughndre Broussard, Derwin Longmire, Chauncey Bailey Project, Oakland Tribune, Mary Ratcliff, Bob Butler, Lemlem Rijio, Iana Jones, Nadra Foster, Noelle Hanrahan, Nina Serrano, John Hege, Mark Dunakin, Ervin Romans, Daniel Sakai

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Special Sections, Parody, Apr 1, 2009
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New Practices and Revenues for a New Era in Journalism

We're not just whining about our finances like the Chronicle. We're doing something about them.
- by Stephen Buel
- Tags: Parody, East Bay Express, Tribune Company, Creative Loafing Inc., Berkeley Daily Planet, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Today, Oakland Tribune, Berkeley Gazette, Spectrum Weekly, classified advertising, user-generated content, copyediting, Wikipedia, Don Perata, Tom Bates, Twitter, American Idol, Kim Kardashian, Shawn Johnson, Three Stooges, Sheila Jordan, Hannah Montana, Cats, Snuggies, Iron Gym, Pro Caulk, Foot Alignment Socks, Chipotle, Boston Market, Panda Express, Jack in the Box, Hearst Corporation, Mills College, Emeryville, Advocates for Homeless Services, Elevation 22, Your Black Muslim Bakery, AC Transit, Craigslist, Senate Intelligence Committee, White House torture memos, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Harborside Health Center, Analytical Laboratory Project, Bay Street Emeryville, Video

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News, Seven Days, Mar 11, 2009
Sex and Motives in the Chauncey Bailey Case

Plus, more sex in the BART cop fatal shooting, and the likely elimination of marital sex for gays and lesbians.
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Chauncey Bailey, Yusuf Bey IV, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Derwin Longmire, San Francisco Chronicle, Jaxon Van Derbeken, Saleem Bey, Ron Dellums, Barbara Lee, Leslie Littleton, Cynthia Dellums, John Burris, Oscar Grant, Johannes Mehserle, Gary Gee, Proposition 8, Joyce Kennard, Oakland Raiders, Marquis Cooper, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Yoo, Ten Speed Press, Random House

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News, Mar 4, 2009
As Economy Struggles, Nonprofits Must Get Creative

With donations and grant funding down, charities turn to "social entrepreneurship" to help pay the bills.
- by Cristi Hegranes
- Tags: News, Charitable giving, Peggy Bush, Vital Life Services, Q, social entrepreneurship, American Musical Theater of San Jose, Copia, Jan Masaoka, Blue Avocado, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wendy Cline, Carol J. Silverman, University of San Francisco, Institute of Nonprofit Management, Your Black Muslim Bakery

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News, Seven Days, Dec 17, 2008
What, No Shoes for Don Perata?

Perata's funny money, OPD's Bailey blunder, and toxic Berkeley schools in this week's East Bay news.
- by Chris Thompson
- Tags: Seven Days, Don Perata, Your Black Muslim Bakery, Chauncey Bailey, John Yoo, Oakland

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After public employees agreed to 9 percent concessions, the mayor and city council are poised to put a parcel tax measure on the ballot.

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Jerry Brown can't understand why voters don't support his tax measures after he awarded sweetheart deals to the prison guards' union and other public employees.

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The Chauncey Bailey case appears to hinge on whether the confessed shooter was following orders, or was trying to score points in a controversial black Muslim organization.

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The Barry Bonds case has received much more attention than the one involving the assassination of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey.

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Talks with centrist Republicans broke down as the deadline for June tax measures neared. Plus, Japan grapples with nuclear crisis.

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The two Oakland Democrats are disproving forecasts about a Republican electoral tidal wave this year. Plus, more job losses strike the East Bay.

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Investigators are apparently focusing on two lines of inquiry involving the age of the San Bruno gas-line. Plus, Whitman breaks spending record while lying about Brown.

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Joseph Ratzinger, aka Pope Benedict XVI, delayed defrocking Stephen Kiesle, a child-raping priest, in the 1980s for "the good" of the Catholic Church.

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A former longtime reporter details the rise and fall of Berkeley's hometown newspaper.

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Starring an alleged torturer and deadbeat who scored a public contract and a detective who screwed up a murder case and got to keep his job.

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Signs of a recovery emerge amid dismal jobless figures. Plus, higher education gets gouged and Oakland cops learn to not tempt fate.

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The media goes nuts over the swine flu, while ignoring the fact that the regular flu is far more deadly.

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The KPFA producer is not your typical police reporter. He grew close to accused criminal Yusuf Bey IV. He was arrested for arson in the Oakland riots. Now he's speaking up for cop killer Lovelle Mixon.

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We're not just whining about our finances like the Chronicle. We're doing something about them.

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Plus, more sex in the BART cop fatal shooting, and the likely elimination of marital sex for gays and lesbians.

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With donations and grant funding down, charities turn to "social entrepreneurship" to help pay the bills.

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Perata's funny money, OPD's Bailey blunder, and toxic Berkeley schools in this week's East Bay news.

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