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Month of Momentum: 30 Days of Action to Close the Camps
The idea behind the Month of Momentum was to try and build a more widespread, grassroots movement to close the camps. Each group that signed up for a day of action is doing their own outreach, therefore spreading the organizing out into 30 different communities.
A Huge List Of Things To Do If You’re Not Going To Burning Man
Your friends’ Burning Man posts are already freaking relentless on Facebook, and you’re the sad sack who’s stuck at home. But don’t trip! There are plenty of Bay Area events if you’re not at Burning Man from August 25 – September 2, and it turns out San Francisco and Oakland
How to Use ‘Parental Lock’ to Stop Your Parents From Watching Fox News
Are your parents or grandparents watching too much Fox News? Are they getting brainwashed into thinking Trump is a necessary evil or that all Americans should have access to automatic rifles? Then you can do something about it! Use the ‘parental lock’ feature on your tv set and stop the
Google Employees Refuse to Work With ICE or Border Protection Agencies
1293 Google and employees and 79 other supporters have pledged publicly not to support US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ICE, or Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with any infrastructure, funding, or engineering resources, directly or indirectly, until they stop engaging in human rights abuse
Ghost Ship Jury Drama Complicates Trial
Finding suitable jurors to decide the fate of two men in a nationally covered story would prove to be a challenge from the very beginning. Keeping the jury in line throughout the long and emotional Ghost Ship trial has proven more of a headache than the selection itself. Alameda County
The Cheese Board Expands and the Papi Chulo Movement Grows
The Cheese Board Collective is the kind of place where you’re happy to stand in a hour-long line that may or may not wrap around the block depending on what day and what time you attempt to make it through the golden doors. Golden, because what lies beyond is the
We Wanna Give You an Oakland Beer Passport!
Step into a world of adventure with the Oakland Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore Oakland than to literally drink it in. The Oakland Beer Passport is amazing, you get 26 beers at 26 bars for $40. It honestly doesn’t get much better than that…unless you get one for
Chinatown Rose Pak Station: A Rose by Any Other Name
Who knew that seven little letters could incite such emotional response? The name Rose Pak means different things to different people. To some, she was a tireless activist, a power broker with a cause, an inspiration. To others, she was a divisive, foul-mouthed bully. In reality, she was probably both.