8 Feb 2012 at 8:44pm After a year of nearly nonstop crises, Mayor Jean Quan Wednesday portrayed Oakland as a resilient city rebounding from economic and political wreckage. In her first State of the City address, Quan highlighted the city's...
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8 Feb 2012 at 6:29pm Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff announced in an email to The Associated Press that GM Billy Beane and team president Michael Crowley will remain with the team through 2019. My instant reaction to the news was, "what has Beane done to deserve such an extension?" And to...
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8 Feb 2012 at 2:36pm In what should be seen as good news in the eyes of many Oakland Raiders' fans, the team has decided to hold onto their former offensive coordinator, Al Saunders, in a new role as senior offensive assistant. Many throughout the Raider Nation had hoped Saunders would stay on as...
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8 Feb 2012 at 3:40am Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan attributed a rash of gun violence to feuding gangs Tuesday, and offered cash rewards for residents who come forward with information that leads to arrests. The spike in gun violence -...
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8 Feb 2012 at 1:39am Pontiac ? Oakland's Democratic commissioners plan to put on their own State of the County after Republican Executive L. Brooks Patterson excluded them from his'th annual address over the legal battle involving a controversial redistricting law.
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7 Feb 2012 at 11:55pm SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The hacker group Anonymous has released personal information of Oakland officials in a leak it said was in retaliation for the city's treatment of Occupy protesters, and officials on Tuesday decried the move as despicable. The hacker group released the home addresses, phone numbers, and names of relatives of Oakland's top elected officials late last week, accompanied by ...
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7 Feb 2012 at 9:05pm The Oakland A's general manager, who became even more well-known after the 2011 film, "Moneyball," was released, will remain with the team at least through 2019, according to the Athletics' owner, Lew Wolff .
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