Protesters in Berkeley last April. 9TH STATE SENATE DISTRICTBefore the events last week in Charlottesville brought national focus to skirmishes between white supremacists groups and counter-protesters, East Bay State Sen. Nancy Skinner‘s district, which prominently includes Berkeley, was the epicenter… Read More ›
Assemblymember Rob Bonta 18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTEast Bay Assemblymember Rob Bonta says President Donald Trump‘s comments last weekend asserting a moral equivalence between white supremacists marching in Charlottlesville and protesters marching in opposition were “irresponsibly and dangerously stated.” On two separate… Read More ›
ELECTION 2016 | Large anti-Donald Trump protests may be raging miles away in Oakland and other East Bay cities, but San Pablo’s Mayor Rich Kinney is interested in serving the president-elect. In a series of tweets last weekend, Kinney offered… Read More ›
Democrats protesting on the House floor. CONGRESS | Alameda County’s three members of the House of Representatives had starring roles in the historic protest by Democrats on the House floor Wednesday urging for votes on a pair of gun-related bills…. Read More ›
Mayor Libby Schaaf’s biggest first-year accomplishment was her ability to flip the script in Oakland. OAKLAND | Perhaps no event had more potential to derail Libby Schaaf’s young mayoral administration than the May 1 mayhem in which protesters swarmed Oakland Auto… Read More ›
YEAR-IN-REV15W | This may not have been the most eventful year in East Bay politics, but aside from some ill-mannered moments, 2015 was totally positive. Activists fighting for social justice and fair housing registered major victories. On several occasions, a… Read More ›
A LENCO Bearcat MedEvac displayed at a public meeting Jan. 7 in San Leandro. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The fate of San Leandro Police Department’s controversial plan to purchase an armored personnel carrier dedicated for dangerous medical emergencies may… Read More ›
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. OAKLAND | Is Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf enjoying a free pass from the press that her predecessor Jean Quan never enjoyed? Yes. Example: the press scrum that followed Schaaf on a tour of Oakland schools earlier… Read More ›
Desley Brooks: “Our city has been torn upby angry, young white people, but that’s not the perception that goes out.“ OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Councilmember Desley Brooks can sometimes confound even her strongest supporters with a propensity toward inflammatory and… Read More ›
OAKLAND | FERGUSON | Morgan Stanley and the Alameda County Community Food Bank had planned to promote through Twitter the financial institution’s program to help provide children in Oakland with health screenings and better nutrition. However, scenes of protesters in… Read More ›
OAKLAND | FERGUSON | In the hours since a St. Louis County prosecutor announced there will no be no indictment against the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown this summer in Ferguson, Missouri, hundreds of people protesting the… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT | The shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri is a subject most politicians would rather avoid. Assemblymember Rob Bonta thought differently. The largest part of his district is Oakland, a city… Read More ›
Nelson and Winnie Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum in 1990. OAKLAND | ANALYSIS | The death of former South African President Nelson Mandela Thursday had a inextricable East Bay link. The U.S. support for his anti-apartheid reforms first ruminated in the Berkeley… Read More ›
Oakland City Council meeting Nov. 19. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | ANALYSIS | There are times when even the most veteran of journalists drop their editorial guard and reveal exactly how they think. Most people in Oakland know San Francisco Chronicle… Read More ›
A memorial for Tibetans killed during the Chinese occupation of the country was placed outside San Leandro City Hall before Monday night’s discussion of a controversial raising of the Chinese flag over its seat of government. PHOTO/Shane Bond SAN LEADNRO CITY COUNCIL//FLAG FLAP… Read More ›
A Woman carries a Trayvon Martin sign Monday near 6th Street and Broadway in Oakland. PHOTO/Steven Tavares ASSEMBLY 18//OAKLAND | After three days of peaceful protest in the streets of Oakland following the not guilty verdict in the killing of 17-year-old… Read More ›
Protesters at Port of Oakland, Nov. 2. DISPATCHES FROM OCCUPYDec. 11, 2011 | When you sort through the subterfuge and flagrant corporate lines peddled by the local mainstream media over the possibility of a rift between labor and the Occupy… Read More ›
SAN FRANCISCO | Dec. 7, 2011 | When I shot some of this video yesterday, I was struck by how absurd these police operations have become. Large groups of police chasing in formation after a rag-tag group of protesters. Nothing much… Read More ›
Dissatisfied Obama supporter Dec. 6 in Oakland. DISPATCH FROM OCCUPYDec. 8, 2011 | Michele Bachmann is dead wrong on a lot of issues. Here’s another. The Republican presidential candidate with lagging poll numbers Wednesday called the growing Occupy Wall Street… Read More ›
OAKLAND | Nov. 2, 2011 | Occupy Oakland protesters Tuesday in Downtown Oakland are a panoply of races and beliefs all with differing senses of humor. In the video below, high school students proudly crowed over their ability to “occupy”… Read More ›
OAKLAND | Oct. 31, 2011 | Organizers for the Occupy Oakland movement announced specifics on the group’s ambitious general strike scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 2. In addition to cultural events at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall… Read More ›
#OCCUPYOAKLANDOct. 27, 2011 | First, there was a sanctimonious special comment from Keith Olbermann (VIDEO) calling for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to resign after police quelled Occupy Oakland protesters with tear gas. Jon Stewart then added his humorous take along with talking trash… Read More ›
#OCCUPYOAKLAND Oct. 26, 2011 | Understandably, many Americans wonder what to make of the continuing protests and sprawling encampments in many large American cities. “What do they want?” many say, as if they weren’t actually part of the “they.” It’s a fair… Read More ›
Labor supporter march down Market Street Tuesday evening in San Francisco. Demonstrations were held across the Bay Area in solidarity with public employee union members in Wisconsin, whose collective bargaining rights were stripped last month by the state Legislature. Rallies… Read More ›
RALLY REMAINED PEACEFUL, BUT NOT WITHOUT ANGRY WAR OF WORDSBy Steven Tavares WALNUT CREEK – Pro-Oscar Grant prostesters over-shouted and overwhelmed with numbers a rally Monday afternoon in Walnut Creek meant to support convicted former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. A brick retaining… Read More ›
As far as bad ideas go, planning a rally in support of former BART cop Johannes Mehserle seems to be high on the list. Especially after general unrest followed last Thursday’s verdict of involuntary manslaughter. A Facebook page planning a demonstration in… Read More ›
TEAPARTY-PATRIOTS.COM ANTI-TAX PROTESTERS TARGET STARK’S TOWN HALL MEETINGSIt’s Rep. Pete Stark’s turn to navigate the wrath of “counterprotests”. Whether the protests are artificially created opposition as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls them, AstroTurf or genuine right wing exasperation with the… Read More ›
