There are limits to what people should “tolerate”
I read with shock, horror, and disgust the recent columns from the Chronicle’s Chip Johnson, the Tribune’s Tammerlin Drummon and Byron Williams, and...
Port of Oakland approves Oakland Airport Connector project. Well, according to the Trib, anyway.
Do you ever read an article in the newspaper and think “Wow. How did that even happen?
Mayor Dellums dines alone?
I always look forward to reading look forward to reading “Watchdog,” the government transparency column from Thomas Peele, who is hands-down my favorite...
The future of news in 1981, and now
“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your coffee, turning on your home computer to read the day’s newspaper. Well it’s not as far-fetched as...
Susan Gluss has a point, folks.
Last Saturday, for the most part, was a lovely day for me. I took a long walk in the morning, then watched the holiday parade, which is always a great time. In the...
A little love for local bloggers
A couple of weeks ago, Maureen Dowd wrote a column for the New York Times about the website Pasadena Now outsourcing their local reporting to India. Then Soccer...
Pick up your new Oakbook today
Most regular readers of this blog have probably visited the Oakbook online at one point or another. What you may not know is that starting last December, Oakbook...
What is the City of Oakland’s subsidy to Forest City’s Uptown project?
Somehow, the comments on my election results post turned into a discussion of City subsidies to Forest City and the Uptown Apartments. There seems to be a lot of...
Encinal Tower renderings
As promised, I now have fancy renderings of Encinal Tower to share with you guys, courtesy of the nice people over at SOM.
Spotted: Near Riot at the West Oakland Multi-Purpose Center
V Smoothe, here. Your one and only source on the scandalous circus that constitutes Oakland politics. Okay, it wasn’t quite so bad as the headline suggests....
Bobb is not Oakland’s only hope.
So I was annoyed by Chip Johnson’s column yesterday, and then even more annoyed by all the fawning comments about how right it was. In case you didn’t...
History Lesson
This isn’t about Oakland, but if you have some time to spare this weekend, I highly recommend heading over to Transbay Blog and checking out Eric’s posts...

