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News,
Feature,
Oct 31, 2012
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How Big Business wants to shrink the electorate.
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by Zach Hagadone
- Tags: Feature, voter ID laws, Viviette Applewhite, Robert Simpson, Lisa Graves, Citizens for Media and Democracy, National Voter Registration Act, Motor Voter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, News21 project at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, Jennie Bowser, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Paul Weyrich, Alexander, Stephen Spaulding, Common Cause, Trayvon Martin, Color of Change, stand your ground, Nick Surgey
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News,
Oct 31, 2012
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Judge Thelton Henderson, who is overseeing the police department, may take away arbitration from the union if he puts OPD in receivership.
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by Ali Winston
- Tags: News, Oakland Police Officers' Association, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jane Brunner, Rebecca Kaplan, Barbara Parker, Michael Rains, Howard Jordan, Robert Warshaw, Thelton Henderson, federal consent decree, John Burris, Jim Chanin, Hector Jimenez, Randy Wingate, Occupy Oakland, Deanna Santana, Jean Quan, Robert Roche, Scott Olsen, Skelly hearing, binding arbitration, Bryan Franks, Arthur Raleigh, Len Raphael, Rashidah Grinage, PUEBLO
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News,
Eco Watch,
Oct 31, 2012
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Officials contend that Treasure Island is safe, but residents say health problems abound.
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by Ashley Bates
- Tags: Eco Watch, Treasure Island, Vicki Miller-Jones, Trelease Miller-Jones, Navy, Treasure Island Development Authority, Robert Burns, Shaw Environmental, California Department of Public Health, Department of Toxic Substances Control, LaShawndra Breston, Seanda, www.tihn2012.org, Treasure Island Health Network, Izjhanae Singleton
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News,
Legalization Nation,
Oct 31, 2012
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Loads of sunshine this summer has produced a bumper crop of sungrown cannabis, as the federal crackdown continues to prop up prices.
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News,
Seven Days,
Oct 31, 2012
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They unleash a flurry of false and misleading mailers against Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan and City Attorney Barbara Parker. Plus, what's up with SEIU and Measure T?
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by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jane Brunner, Oakland police union, Rebecca Kaplan, Barbara Parker, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Mary Hayashi, Jean Quan, Don Perata, Larry Tramutola, Doug Linney, SEIU 1021, Measure T, David Ross, Ariana Casanova, Andreas Cluver, Darrell de Tienne, Kriss Worthington, Tom Bates, Oakland Zoo, Measure A1, East Bay Zoological, Joel Parrott
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News,
This Modern World,
Oct 31, 2012
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News,
Editorial Cartoon,
Oct 31, 2012
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News,
Election 2012,
Oct 31, 2012
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We're also endorsing Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Rosie Torres, James Harris, and Pete Stark. Plus, we support OUSD's Measure J and Richmond's Measure N — but not Prop 33. And, oh yeah, vote Obama!
- Tags: Election 2012, Barbara Parker, Sheryl Walton, Jody London, Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Rosie Torres, James Harris, Measure J, Pete Stark, Proposition 33, Barack Obama, endorsements 2012
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News,
Election 2012,
Oct 31, 2012
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Print this out and take it to the polls.
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News,
Election 2012,
Oct 31, 2012
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Read this if you're still thinking about casting your ballot for the longtime Oakland councilman.
- Tags: Election 2012, Ignacio De La Fuente, Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Police Department, FBI, Maurice Himy, Donald Cooper, Don Perata, ranked-choice voting, Ron Dellums, Desley Brooks, Jean Quan, Oakland Raiders, ABC Security, Ana Chretien, Larry Tramutola
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News,
Election 2012,
Oct 31, 2012
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Take our quiz and find out.
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News,
Letters,
Oct 31, 2012
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Readers sound off on the Oakland Zoo, sex trafficking, Richmond's soda tax, and more.
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News,
Corrections,
Oct 31, 2012
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Mariah K. Young's birthplace, Imperial Tea Court's name, and more.
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Arts & Culture,
Events,
Oct 31, 2012
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Interface Gallery examines the relationship between food waste and hunger by letting you get your hands dirty.
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Arts & Culture,
Visual Art,
Oct 31, 2012
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His splatters and pools of paint mutate abstract expressionism.
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Arts & Culture,
Theater,
Oct 31, 2012
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The Hindu spiritual teacher started out as a nice Jewish boy from an affluent suburb. Then he took LSD.
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by Erika Milvy
- Tags: Theater, The Marsh, Ram Dass, Timothy Leary, Harvard University, LSD, psychedelic, Hindu, God, hippies, Sixties, 60s, Lynne Kaufman, Warren David Keith
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Arts & Culture,
Books,
Oct 31, 2012
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How a sexually repressed childhood led to a life as a sex surrogate.
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Arts & Culture,
Savage Love,
Oct 31, 2012
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Plus good GGG news and friends with benefits.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
Oct 31, 2012
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Touched by an angel.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
Oct 31, 2012
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Baby, it's a wild world.
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Movies,
One-Night Stands,
Oct 31, 2012
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Repertory film listings for November 1-7, 2012
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Food & Drink,
Food News,
Oct 31, 2012
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What the school district's ambitious plan to revamp school meals will change (and what it won't).
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Food & Drink,
Restaurant Review,
Oct 31, 2012
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Two Berkeley butcher shops offer delicious — but decidedly different — takes on the classic combination of meat and bread.
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Food & Drink,
What the Fork,
Oct 31, 2012
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Plus a rundown of East Bay pan de muerto.
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by Luke Tsai
- Tags: What the Fork, West Oakland, People's Community Market, Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Mandela Foods Cooperative, pan de muerto, Casa Latina Bakery, Mi Tierra Foods, Arizmendi Bakery, Día de los Muertos, Casa Latina, Arizmendi Bakery and Pizzeria
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Food & Drink,
Last Call,
Oct 31, 2012
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When strangers choose to crowd together to experience an event of national import, beer helps.
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Music,
Oct 31, 2012
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A meditation on personal myth and the power of withholding.
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Oct 31, 2012
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Bossalinis & Fooliyones
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Music,
Oct 31, 2012
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Amid established East Bay record labels shutting down, cassette and vinyl label Moon Glyph moves to Oakland
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Oct 31, 2012
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Total Dust
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Oct 31, 2012
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Django Django
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Music,
Local Licks,
Oct 31, 2012
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This week, we review Blackbird Blackbird, Troubled Coast, New Spell, and Coffee Shop Dropout.
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Nov 6, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
Nov 6, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Nov 6, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
Nov 5, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 3, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Nov 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Nov 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Nov 2, 2012
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by Azeen Ghorayshi
- Tags: Video
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 1, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Nov 1, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Oct 31, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
Oct 31, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Oct 31, 2012
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How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
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A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.
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Mermaid in Chelsea Creek imbues the author's grimy hometown — and her teenage protagonist — with magical possibilities.
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Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
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Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
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How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
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New research suggests that the main ingredient in marijuana may help alleviate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
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A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.
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Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
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Grass Widow co-founder Lillian Maring left Oakland for a small Washington town and turned personal grief into an album of psychedelic pop songs.
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Couples therapy.
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Nothing is everything.
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At thirty, the San Francisco singer-songwriter is reviving the age of social conscious acoustic rock — plus Dio and Dire Straits.
