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Bureaucracy grinch steals Oakland decorations

Now I already know what you're thinking, so let's get it out of the way. It is not Mayor Ron Dellums. He has been out of town since Saturday attending to a death in the family, said Paul Rose, the mayor's overused, underinformed press secretary. On ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ron Dellums,  Paul Rose

Tax hit ahead for average Oaklanders

Oakland residents could soon be asked to pony up millions in new taxes to help the city out of its latest budget hole estimated at $19 million. That comes on top of a plan to sell the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center for $11.6 million - and the city's ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Henry J. Kaiser,  Golden State Warriors,  Oakland Raiders

Deal in Oak Knoll's Lehman Bros. suit near

City officials could announce a comprehensive plan to demolish more than 90 structures on the old military base as soon as next week. The deal to clean up the 167-acre site in the Oakland hills does not include the 500,000-square-foot hospital and Club ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Dellums needs to explain tax mess or step down

The mayor is by no means the first public figure to run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service. The Internet is filled with stories of wealthy people and celebrities who have shirked their tax duties. But Dellums holds public office. He is a hometown ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Internal Revenue Service,  Paul Rose

West Oakland may be on verge of positive change

Central Station is a project to build 1,200 units of mixed housing at the site of the city's old Southern Pacific train station, and it's a long way from anywhere. This new community sits on 26 acres on the edge of the city, behind the old factories ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Pulte Homes, Inc.

Primitive attack inspires primal reactions

Human compassion is the key ingredient that separates man from beast, but there was none Saturday night on the lonely stretch of roadway obscured by an ivy-covered fence that dead-ends against Richmond High's eastern border. It was there, police say, ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  30 Oct 2009

Dellums is off in a ditch on Oakland sideshows

I wonder if the city would also sanction the violence, sexual assaults, vandalism and homicides that are a part of the festivities. Instead of taking a stand and showing leadership against a clearly dangerous activity that serves no purpose other than ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Oct 2009

Oakland audit shows abuses of hiring rules

While auditors acknowledged that hiring guidelines were followed for most city employees hired between 2003 and 2008, they found many instances where management broke its hiring rules. The 123-page report revealed hiring abuses that started at the top ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Oct 2009

Dimond residents save Oakland post office

For residents in Oakland's Dimond district, the breaking point was learning their local post office on MacArthur Boulevard, which has served the community for more than 25 years, may close. Residents got busy and launched one of the most effective - ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: McLaren

Survivors of '89 freeway collapse remember

Even though she can no longer wear those shoes due to the back and ankle injuries she sustained in the Loma Prieta quake, she keeps them as a reminder of the compassion she experienced that day. Liu-Johnston had left her office on Fifth and Townsend ...

From CHIP JOHNSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Oct 2009

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