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    • 13 Ratings
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    Arrests and Teargas At Occupy Oakland May Day Strike

    MAY 2, 2012 8:06AM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: breaking news, occupy oakland may day, occupy oakland arrests, teargas, port of oakland shutdown, port of oakland, longshoremen, sutter nurses' strike, may day strike, occupy may day, may day, oakland, opd, occupy, occupy wall street, ows, occupy oakland, politics, occupy america, open+call, news

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 4341 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Arrested Development - Occupy Style

    DECEMBER 18, 2011 11:05AM

    By Jen Schradie


    Topics: occupy, politics, occupy wall street, arrest, shopping mall, open call, oakland, north carolina, raleigh, sociology, parents, children

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 3587 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Occupy Oakland Peacefully Shuts Down The Port Of Oakland

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 8:18AM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: occupy america, occupy oakland, ows, occupy wall street, occupy, politics, unions, longshoremen, truck drivers, economy, oakland, west coast port shutdown

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2116 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Occupy Oakland: This time, the revolution will be televised

    OCTOBER 11, 2011 4:54PM

    By Pamela Mays McDonald


    Topics: occupy wall street, oakland, black panthers, frank ogawa plaza, occupy movement, progressive politics, california, oscar grant, pelican bay hunger strike, poplyfe, desley brooks, nancy nadel, occupy oakland

    • Editor's Pick
    • 75 Ratings
    • 4957 Views
    • 119 Comments
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    99% - Portraits of "We the People"

    OCTOBER 11, 2011 10:01AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: photography, stephen colbert, colbert, images, photographs, protest, occupy oakland, oakland, photos, occupy san francisco, politics, occupy movement, revolution, protest, san francisco, wall street, occupy wall street, 99%

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 909 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Clutter? No, my childhood.

    APRIL 6, 2011 11:55AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: open call, spring cleaning, parenting, oakland, rochester, friends, toys, trolls

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 831 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Walking The Faultline To Recovery

    MARCH 3, 2011 11:07AM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: surgery, ducks, not really gay/lesbian but it's there somewhere, ok, gay/lesbian, hayward fault, earthquakes, earthquake country, lake temescal, oakland, photography, health, getting better

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 796 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    When winter equals summer

    FEBRUARY 28, 2011 12:07PM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: parenting, oakland, funny

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1081 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Waving the White Flag at Boredom

    FEBRUARY 25, 2011 10:08AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: parenting, oakland, funny

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2075 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Of Blasians, Quapas, and Jew-pinos

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 3:58PM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: parenting, oakland, biracial, funny

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 931 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    A call for rationality and fairness

    JANUARY 26, 2011 9:09PM

    By thefuddler


    Topics: education, sex, sexuality, school, schooling, scandal, children, elementary school, oakland

    • Editor's Pick
    • 68 Ratings
    • 1413 Views
    • 118 Comments
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    Four years later - Still searching for Christmas in the rain

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 10:51AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: belief/religion, economy, christmas, deocrations, complainers, rain storms, chiristmas trees, castro, oakland

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3595 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Hell's Kitchen's Gordon Ramsay: His Taste Isn't Better

    NOVEMBER 12, 2010 6:08AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: video, fashion, feminism, comedy, health, television, food/drink, west hollywood, sabrina brimhall, rob mccue, recipes, reality tv, ram productions, oakland, nutrition, nona sivley, michael russnow, london restaurant, hell's kitchen, gourmet restaurants, gordon ramsay, gertrude stein, gail novenario, fox tv, fox news, fine dining, fast food, fashion, eating out, designers, comfort food, chefs, celebrities

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2537 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    My Oakland

    JULY 9, 2010 4:14AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: oakland, mehserle verdict, open call, news, rodney king, oscar grant, crime, city life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2696 Views
    • 125 Comments
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    Open Call: Mehserle Verdict Vs The Ghetto Gospel

    JULY 7, 2010 11:33AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: bart, drugs, warriors, mehserle, hate, oakland, violence, mehserle verdict, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 3790 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Sucker Punched: Cheeseballs, Brickbats & Random Violence

    APRIL 23, 2010 1:19AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: violence, cheeseball murder, oakland, murder, sarah may ward, eli westlake, jin cheng yu, tien sheng yu

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3040 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closed Indefinitely

    OCTOBER 28, 2009 3:56PM

    By Christopher di Spirito


    Topics: california, san francisco, oakland, really big things, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 6345 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Quaking: Memories of Loma Prieta 20 Years Later

    OCTOBER 16, 2009 3:41PM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: earthquake, quake, loma prieta, anniversary, october 17 1989, oakland, bay bridge, cypress structure, memoir, true story, bay area, san francisco

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