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This has been a pivotal year for our nation. Financial and housing markets slid into free fall, even as a new leader emerged who would forever change the U.S. political landscape. It was a tough year too, for those of us living on the other side of the Bay...

This has been a pivotal year for our nation. Financial and housing markets slid into free fall, even as a new leader emerged who would forever change the U.S. political landscape. It was a tough year too, for those of us living on the other side of the Bay...

In the environmentally conscious Bay Area, concerns about poor air quality - or a toxic emergency - are usually associated with the oil refineries just up the East Bay shoreline in the industrial cities of Richmond, Rodeo and Martinez. So it came as a shock...

The city of Oakland no longer operates under a representative democracy - it's now a monarchy. And within the confines of that form of government, any criticism or disloyalty directed at the king - whether real or imagined - is dealt with. Consider the case...

Shhhh. What's the big secret? When it comes to Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums' deliberations on matters of grave importance - they are cloaked in more secrecy than an illegal CIA counterterrorist operation. When Dellums ran for mayor in 2006, he pledged to run a...

Susan Gluss may be one of the most recent Oakland residents to move on to safer, saner confines in the Bay Area, but she is by no means alone in her decision to call it quits. Gluss, and countless others like her, are the collateral damage - the civilian...

Susan Gluss may be one of the most recent Oakland residents to move on to safer, saner confines in the Bay Area, but she is by no means alone in her decision to call it quits. Gluss, and countless others like her, are the collateral damage - the civilian...

For anyone who claims to understand the inner workings of Oakland City Hall, here's a brain-buster for you. Why would Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums cancel a police academy training course two weeks ago to save money, then do an about-face last week and authorize...

For anyone who claims to understand the inner workings of Oakland City Hall, here's a brain-buster for you. Why would Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums cancel a police academy training course two weeks ago to save money, then do an about-face last week and authorize...