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Holiday weekend reading

December 26, 2008 by V Smoothe · 3 Comments 

I’m out of town for the holiday, having a blast with my mundane tasks like taking dogs for a walk, spending all afternoon preparing dinner, reading things that have nothing in any way to do with Oakland or planning or cities or public policy or anything that could ever be relevant to something I might ever want to write here. It’s great. But while I’m totally content to lounge around contemplating art forgery and counterfeit wine, I hate to let my Oakland-obsessed readers stuck without any local reading material during the break. I was going to suggest you go pick up some Oakland related books at the library, but then I remembered that you can’t, because it’s closed! Instead, please enjoy this list of some of the Oakland writing I’ve found the most compelling recently:

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A little love for local bloggers

December 10, 2008 by V Smoothe · 22 Comments 

Pick up your new Oakbook today

November 21, 2008 by V Smoothe · 7 Comments 

History Lesson

August 23, 2008 by V Smoothe · 2 Comments 

High school journalism

July 29, 2008 by V Smoothe · Leave a Comment 

Ignacio De La Fuente on why he opposes the police parcel tax

July 14, 2008 by V Smoothe · 8 Comments 

DeLauer’s on The DTO

July 10, 2008 by V Smoothe · 1 Comment 

Sad news, happy news

June 5, 2008 by V Smoothe · 4 Comments 

Sean Sullivan on Food Security

June 2, 2008 by V Smoothe · 9 Comments 

OPOA endorsement of Sean Sullivan

June 1, 2008 by V Smoothe · 3 Comments 

City Attorney responds to Mario Juarez’s accusations

May 19, 2008 by V Smoothe · 9 Comments 

The new Novometro

May 15, 2008 by V Smoothe · 2 Comments 

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