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Gov. Jerry Brown’s fourth and last term as California’s governor begins today. Brown was sworn-in to office Monday […]
OAKLAND | CITY COUNCIL | DISTRICT 6 | Michael Johnson’s campaign conceit in Oakland’s City Council District 6 […]
HAYWARD | MAYOR | Hayward has two competing but inextricably related problems. One, is a long-held public perception […]
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan delivered her last State of the City Thursday night before facing re-election later this year. […]
Replica of a drone sought by the Alameda County Sheriff in Feb. PHOTO/Shane Bond 1. Public privacy under siege>>> […]
San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy, Mar. 28, at the annual State of the City address. PHOTO/Shane Bond SAN […]
CO2 levels in San Leandro have dropped by 8.2 percent since 2009. SAN LEANDRO | The city’s three-year-old […]
PHOTO/Joseph Geha CONGRESS | “It’s good to be home,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, addressing nearly 100 residents in Hayward […]
HAYWARD | Hayward Mayor Michael Sweeney says the city is going nowhere fast unless it improves its consistently […]
CONGRESS | Rep. Pete Stark is leading a bipartisan call for the U.S. Olympic Committee to use American […]
CONGRESS//HEALTHCARE | The East Bay’s two progressive congressional Democrats applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday mostly affirming […]
HAYWARD//CITY COUNCILMay 15, 2012 | Hayward’s $14 million budget shortfall became much more manageable last week after its […]
ALAMEDA COUNTY//BOS ROUNDUPMay 15, 2012 | These were already tough times even before more sobering news came Monday […]
ALAMEDA COUNTYApril 19, 2012 | Alameda County officials are preparing for another round of excruciating cuts to programs and services […]
STATE OF THE CITYMar. 19, 2012 | San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy drew a line in the sand Monday […]
SAN LEANDRO | Jan. 18, 2012 | Resplendent in a three-piece suit, Chris Zapata was approved as the new […]
Dec. 22, 2011 | Is the sluggish economy in Alameda County finally on the rebound? Over the past […]
Rep. Pete Stark Nov. 30, 2011 | The House of Representatives voted along partisan lines to roll […]
ANALYSISNov. 21, 2011 | Oh, what happened to the Stephen Cassidy who horded up all the Scrabble letters […]
OCCUPYOAKLANDNov. 18, 2011 | Nate Thornton must love what’s going down in Oakland. I was reminded today of the former member of the […]
LABOR SECRETARY, STARK ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL $7.9 MILLION TO AID UNEMPLOYED NUMMI WORKERSBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter The […]
REPUBLICANS DON’T THINK SO; SOLYNDRA OWNER ALSO BIG MONEY MAN FOR OBAMA CAMPAIGNBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter […]
2012 FISCAL BUDGET SHORTFALL OF $20 MILLION SHORED UP WITH SOME UNIONS GIVING 13% BACKBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen.com […]
$128 MILLION BUDGET BUOYED BY SALES TAX INCREASE COULD ‘TIP OUT OF BALANCE EASILY’ SAYS DIRECTORBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow […]
PERCEPTION OF IMPROVING ECONOMY DAMPENED BY POOR JOBLESS FIGURESBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter On the heels of […]
WATER-BASED RESCUE TRAINING FOR THE ISLAND WAS CUT IN 2009; PUBLIC SAFETY DID NOTHING TO SAVE RAYMOND ZACKBy […]
$72 MILLION BUDGET BUOYED BY SALES TAX MEASURE; CASSIDY TO TAKE SALARY, PAY MORE FOR HIS PENSIONBy Steven […]
INDEPENDENT SENATOR FROM VERMONT ASKS DEMS ‘WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?’By Steven Tavares Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders […]
Protesters rally Monday afternoon in Downtown Oakland in front of the Citibank branch on Broadway calling for America’s […]
