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New recruits don’t have to wait long before Oakland gives them some hands-on experience.
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Fire department data shows blazes mostly strike buildings and camps in the flatlands.
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Volunteers, activists criticize OAS’ treatment of dogs, including an uptick in kill rates, but shelter administrators and partners deflect criticisms, say OAS is much improved.
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Brooklyn style and fake bacon in Chinatown.
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The crucial service is suffering from chronic driver turnover due to low wages and a lack of affordable health benefits, and now workers are considering a strike.
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Transparent California describes its mission as increasing 'public understanding of government and [helping] decision makers.' But critics say its goal is to increase privatization, and that its work scapegoats — and endangers — workers.
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Robert Warshaw has the power to demote high-ranking officers and even fire the police chief.
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The former city of Richmond mayor and council member hopes that the idealistic brand of politics she championed in the Bay will attract statewide voters.
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The crew from Vallejo is on the rise, and without help from a major label.
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Plus: Roscoe Mitchell’s Bells for the South Side is alternately austere and ecstatic, swarming and spare to the point of disappearance.
