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Oakland approves city ban on companies hoping to build Trump’s wall

March 22, 2017 — 2 Comments

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San Leandro proposes tax rate on cannabis purchases

March 16, 2017 — 2 Comments

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How Trump is already wreaking havoc on affordable housing in the East Bay

March 14, 2017 — 4 Comments

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Guillén says Oakland won’t help build Trump’s ‘big, beautiful wall’

March 11, 2017 — 1 Comment

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Tony Thurmond eyeing statewide office in 2018; others already coveting his Assembly seat

March 10, 2017 — 4 Comments

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Barbara Lee tells town hall that Dems are ‘building the case’ for Trump’s impeachment

February 21, 2017 — 2 Comments

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San Leandro Times published letter calling Civil Rights hero Fred Korematsu a criminal

February 18, 2017 — 7 Comments

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Warriors aversion to paying Oracle Arena debt is unchanged

February 16, 2017 — 3 Comments

Alameda County Republican Central Committee, Alameda County Republican Party, chair, David Erlich, Democrats, Fremont, Oakland, President Trump, registration, Republicans, Sue Caro, Tri Valley

For Alameda County GOP, the new boss is same as the old boss

February 4, 2017 — 7 Comments

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A’s are looking at two different Port of Oakland properties

February 4, 2017 — 0 Comments

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Trump to punish sanctuary cities with loss of federal money; Oakland could lose $130m

January 25, 2017 — 6 Comments

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Kaplan to CalPERS: Divest from Dakota and Keystone XL pipelines

January 24, 2017 — 0 Comments

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SCHAAF THROWS SHADE ON RAIDERS POTENTIAL FAN BASE IN VEGAS

January 20, 2017 — 0 Comments

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BARBARA LEE IS DITCHING TRUMP’S INAUGURATON

January 14, 2017 — 6 Comments

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Oakland committee meeting abruptly ends after gunfire heard outside

January 11, 2017 — 2 Comments