June 12, 2011 Repainting a wrongfully destroyed mural in Richmond Gompers Garden is a wide sunny patch on the Richmond Greenway, a long, winding park following an old railroad line with a blacktop path for…
June 1, 2011 Adult Education Dismantled Oakland is the seventh largest recipient of adult education funding in California, but its once plentiful slate of programs has been almost entirely decimated….
May 22, 2011 Photos from the Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival The 11th annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival was held on May 21 in Oakland’s San Antonio park at 16th Ave and Foothill Blvd….
May 13, 2011 Seven teachers arrested at Wells Fargo protest in Oakland Furious over cuts to education and linking the budget shortfalls in California to the recession caused by risky lending, the Oakland Educators Association staged…
May 6, 2011 Defense presents evidence as the end of the Chauncey Bailey murder trial approaches Yusuf Bey IV speaks with his attorney Gene Peretti.Following the completion of the prosecution’s evidence in the Chauncey Bailey murder trial, on May 4…
May 4, 2011 The Recycler Relocation Project In West Oakland, sometimes recycling isn’t so green. Written for the East Bay Express, published May 4, 2011. West Oakland has long been plagued…
April 21, 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…
April 11, 2011 An intimate evening with Immortal Technique I was glad I wore my Coup sweatshirt to the Immortal Technique show at the New Parish, because while I was standing on the…
April 6, 2011 Broussard’s testimony on how and why he killed Chauncey Bailey “I love y’all,” Yusuf Bey IV told Antoine Mackey and Devaughndre Broussard shortly after they murdered journalist Chauncey Bailey, Broussard testified Monday. Broussard laughed…
April 5, 2011 Chauncey Bailey trial down one juror Six days into testimony in the Chauncey Bailey murder trial, Juror 7 was dismissed because he had encountered defendant Yusuf Bey IV’s brother at…
