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Oakland Police Release (Some) Video to Family of Yuvette Henderson After Community Pressure On Tuesday, April 21st, the Oakland Police Department conceded to the power of the people and allowed the brother and sister of Yuvette Henderson to review the videos leading up to her murder by Emervyille police....
Posted: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 9:57pm PDT
Suck it, Trebek - KKKowboy KKKourts play Double Jeopardy with Indigenous Elder The AmeriKKKlan `Criminal Justice' system, more appropriately called the Just Us KKKriminals system, wants to jail an Indigenous Elder on a charge he's already served a sentence for....
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 2:40am PDT
The Problem with Development Plan Bay Area is foisting massive development on east bay cities. This article is about Berkeley, and the Priority Development Areas that plan has mapped out for it, to which the city has acceeded. The disruption and even destruction of the communities along these Development Areas will be unforeseeable, unless the entire process is democratized....
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2015 9:54am PDT
OPD to Reveal Surveillance Video to Yuvette Henderson's Family After Community Pressure WE FORCED THE STATE TO CONCEDE!!!!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 1:26pm PDT
Lawsuit Targets 30-year Plan for Marine Terminal Receiving Ships Full of Dangerous Crude SAN FRANCISCO— Environmental groups sued the California State Lands Commission on April 17 for approving a 30-year plan for refinery operations at a Suisun Bay marine terminal that will receive hundreds of tankers full of dangerous crude oil feedstocks, including highly explosive Bakken crude....
Posted: Sat, Apr 18, 2015 5:30pm PDT
Anti Police-Terror Project hosts vigil for Yuvette Hendersen and delivers demands to OPD On Sunday, April 12th, The Anti Police-Terror Project held a rally and vigil to continue demanding justice for Yuvette Henderson. Yuvette was gunned down with an AR-15 assault rifle in February by Emeryville Police after being assaulted by security guards at Home Depot....
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 1:52pm PDT
CHP emails: Anti-terrorism cops track #BlackLivesMatter folk A public records request has produced files providing a lotta sunshine of law enforcement agencies in CA and the East Bay....
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2015 2:13pm PDT
Questions Remain After UC's Tree Removal at People's Park This letter was sent on 3-27-15 to UC Capital Projects Project Manager, David Johnson, as well as Christine Shaff, Communications Director at UC Berkeley Real Estate, two individuals directed to handle public concerns regarding the recent tree removal at People's Park. Both emails bounced back. The letter addresses some of my concerns after reading the HortScience Arborist Report and reasons for recommended tree removals....
Posted: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 12:22pm PDT
Community raises funds for Oakland activist Jabari Shaw On March 9, U.S. Marshals chasing the wrong man led to Oakland activist Jabari Shaw, a friend, and his daughter getting into a car crash in East Oakland. With his hospital bills mounting, friends and supporters held a fundraiser at East Side Cultural Center on March 29....
Posted: Sun, Apr 12, 2015 7:55pm PDT
Report Back of Defend Knowland Park! Kickoff Action Alert! – As soon as April 16th, the Zoological Society can section off the combined 77 acre “California Trail” and mitigation sites, from public access, behind an 8-foot chain linked barbed wire fence
Last Friday, a crowd of 50 people assembled in the Oakland highlands to inaugurate a direct action campaign against the East Bay Zoological Society’s “California Trail” project that would expand the Oakland Zoo above the ridgeline into the undeveloped 400- acre region known as Huchiun to Oh...
Posted: Fri, Apr 3, 2015 4:28pm PDT
New York City and State Officials Joining Forces to Combat Tenant Harassment New York City and State Officials Joining Forces to Combat Tenant Harassment -
SF Bay Area and California Officials - we need this too....
Posted: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 1:19pm PDT
Open letter to Berkeley's John Caner A recently shared video shows a downtown Berkeley "hospitality ambassador" showing aggression towards and then repeatedly hitting a man who offered no provocation. Poor people, including unhoused people hanging out in Berkeley are considered by the Downtown Berkeley Association to be a problem and the "ambassador" program is run by the assocation as a "solution". John Caner who is CEO of the association sent a letter to the Berkeley homeless commission. I've quoted his letter and openly ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 28, 2015 6:14pm PDT
People's Park under Siege, Call for Support! More support needed! People will be meeting at the People's Park stage at 9 PM this evening to discuss possible next steps. We strongly encourage everyone to come by People's Park tomorrow at 6 AM to prevent further damage to the park. Everyone is encouraged to come to People's Park tomorrow throughout the entire day, as the scheduled tree cutting will last until 3....
Posted: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 6:39pm PDT
People's Park: Chancellor Dirks Will Remember It For You, Wholesale This week is Spring Break; one day this week, workers from HortScience will enter the park and remove trees. On March 5th of 2012, the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission passed a resolution in favor of reinstating a community advisory board before any alterations to the park are made. This resolution was made after the UC destroyed trees and flattened berms on the west end of the park. On April 3rd of 2012, Berkeley city council unanimously passed the resolution titled: "Ensuring Commun...
Posted: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 9:06pm PDT
House and Senate proposes brutal FY 2016 budget disaster In response to massive budget cuts that have already gone into effect during recent years, in recent days the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) has announced new policy changes for it’s Section 8 voucher holders (Housing Choice Voucher Program) that may result in higher rents for the Section 8 tenants. Additionally, a new policy restricts the ability of Oakland's Section 8 tenants to move to Alameda, Contra Costa County, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Solano County with their Section 8 voucher...
Posted: Sun, Mar 22, 2015 1:28am PDT
Attack on Jabari Shaw, daughter, & Mary Carmen Valencourt by US Marshals, FBI, and OPD In the wake of the March 9th violent police attack on well-known Oakland activist Jabari Shaw, we at Community Ready Corps (C.R.C.) are raising questions about the surveillance of community organizers by the Oakland Police Department and U.S. Marshalls....
Posted: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 12:43pm PDT
Oakland: Google Bus Paint Bombed A google bus was paint bombed in the Temescal district during the morning commute. The bus was full of googles....
Posted: Thu, Mar 19, 2015 12:05pm PDT
Why Pay For A Port Boondoggle - One With No Benefit To The City Of Oakland? The Domain Awareness Center in Oakland is not needed, not wanted, and unfunded. It's time for it to go. But the privacy policies that were created as a result are important and need to be instituted....
Posted: Thu, Mar 19, 2015 10:37am PDT
Berkeley Declares War on the Homeless. Berkeley takes first steps toward passing homeless criminalization ordinances....
Posted: Wed, Mar 18, 2015 11:34am PDT
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