October 28, 2014 Former Prisoners Could Find Opportunity in Ambitious West Oakland Project From a trash-strewn vacant lot in West Oakland a group of community leaders hope a “field of dreams” will sprout in an ambitious plan…
September 4, 2014 Oakland Cop Detained Black Firefighter, Young Sons Oakland police officer “followed policy” when he detained an off-duty Oakland firefighter and his two young sons who had stopped to make sure an…
August 20, 2014 Israeli Ship Blocked By Port Of Oakland Protesters Departs, Returns Hours Later An Israeli-owned ship that was blocked by protesters for days from unloading cargo at the Port of Oakland left port Tuesday afternoon but returned…
July 21, 2014 Activists Squatting in Former RCA Repair Shop Evicted After Fire Political activist squatters who lived for years in a vacant building in Oakland that burned early Wednesday morning were set to be evicted the…
March 15, 2012 ACLU argues Occupy Oakland stay away orders are unconstitutional My account on NBC Bay Area: Attorneys for Occupy Oakland protesters are charging that stay-away orders to keep them away from Frank Ogawa Plaza…
March 3, 2012 Three Occupy Oakland protesters charged with robbery, hate crimes Three Occupy Oakland protesters have been charged with robbery and hate crimes for an incident at a bank action on Feb. 22, police said…
February 23, 2012 Oscar Grant’s cousin shot by Oakland police, disputes police account My article on the Oakland police shooting of Oscar Grant’s cousin, as published in The Bay Citizen: An attorney for a man shot by…
February 22, 2012 Covering Occupy Oakland In the eight months since I last updated this blog, I began working as a daily reporter for the Bay Area-based wire service Bay…
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….
