Oakland California

Gertrude Stein's Oakland

Matt Werner | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Oakland in Popular Memory, The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Oakland, Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, Oakland California, Oakland, San Francisco News
Matt Werner

Like Gertrude Stein returning to Oakland to find it completely changed, would an artist interviewed in this book experience a similar feeling returning to Oakland 40 years from now?

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Injuries Reported After School Shooting In Oakland

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Oikos Shooting, School Shooting, Video, Oikos University, California, Oikos University Shooting, Oakland-California, Oakland Shooting, College News

Multiple people have been shot in a school shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, California, according to reports. The San Francisco Chronicle r...

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Occupy Oakland Protesters Force Halt To Operations At Busy Port

AP/The Huffington Post | By TERENCE CHEA, LISA LEFF and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 01.02.2012

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By TERENCE CHEA, LISA LEFF and TERRY COLLINS, The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gather...

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Protesters, Police Clash At Occupy Oakland Protest

AP/The Huffington Post | By TERRY COLLINS | Posted 12.25.2011

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Dozens of police in riot gear and hundreds of protesters supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement engaged in a game of cat-a...

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Woman Kicked Off Train For Talking Too Loudly

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: California, Amtrak, Woman Kicked Off Train, Oakland-California, Salem-Oregon, Train, Lakeysha Beard, Lakeisha Beard, Portland-Oregon, Oregon, Home News

An Amtrak train made an unexpected stop Sunday, as a woman was escorted off for speaking loudly on her cell phone. Lakeysha Beard, 39, was charged ...

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Oakland's Art Explosion

Max Eternity | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oakland-California, Art, Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, Carol Inez Charney, Karen Cusolito, Temescal, Arts News
Max Eternity

What comes to mind when you hear mention of Oakland, California? If it's not a resurgence in civic renewal and the arts and humanities, then perhaps you need to be updated.

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Beats Antique brings diverse music to Vail

Vail Daily. | Vail Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beats Antique, a trio from Oakland, Calif., merges modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance - belly dancing! - into...

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Clorox CEO gets $7.5M in fiscal 2009 compensation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Clorox Co. gave CEO Don Knauss compensation valued at $7.5 million, a 5 percent raise, as the company's profit rose despite the economic tumult of the past year.

The Oakland, Calif.-based consumer products maker boosted Knauss' salary by 7 percent to $1.1 million for fiscal 2009, which ended in June. He was also awarded stock and options worth nearly $5 million at the time they were granted on Sept. 16, 2008, up 9.5 percent from the prior year, according to an Oct. 2 regulatory filing.

Half the value of those grants was given as stock options with a strike price of $63.95, which has left the options underwater since the stock has stayed below that level since then. It now trades at $58.15, as of Wednesday afternoon.

Knauss also received $217,256 in perks and other compensation, a 15 percent drop from the prior year.

The pay raise came as Clorox's annual profit rose 16 percent and its adjusted profit handily beat analyst expectations. Yearly revenue rose 3 percent.

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Legalizing medical marijuana in N.J.: What life will be like in the marijuana Garden State

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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  Sean Donnelly/Contra Costa Times/MCT A medical marijuana patient at right smells cannabis at Coffeeshop Blue Sky, a medical marijuana disp...

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U2's Summer 2010 Tour To Rock Spartan Stadium

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011

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U2 is coming to rock Spartan Stadium. The acclaimed Irish rock group announced Sunday that its summer 2010 tour will take it to the Michigan St...

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Thousands Attend Funeral For Slain Oakland Officers

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The city virtually halted Friday for the funeral of four slain police officers, with a populace still in shock jamming a large spo...

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Oakland Police Massacre Casts Ugly Glare on Ex-Felon Desperation

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Congress, Lovelle Mixon, Barack Obama, Oakland Police Killings, Crime, Police, Second Chance Act, Violence, Ex-Felons, Prisons, California, Oakland, Oakland-California, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Though Lovelle Mixon's killing spree is a horrible aberration, his plight as an unemployed, ex-felon isn't. There are tens of thousands like him on America's streets.

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