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The smell of popcorn drifted through Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater, but the tubs in the audience members’ hands sat untouched as people sat in tense silence, watching graphic scenes in an Alabama prison unfold before them. About 100 people attended the one-night screening last Wednesday of HBO’s “The Alabama Solution,” which included a panel discussion…
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Victoria Shartzer arrived for the annual White Elephant sale at 8:30 a.m. Saturday — but this wasn’t her first rodeo. For the last 15 years, Shartzer has lined up early outside the warehouse on Glascock Street. For the first time, she was at the front of it. “You come for the things you never knew…
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After much debate and despite strident opposition, Oakland installed Flock cameras this week at 18 locations, making it likely that if you drive through the city, your license plate will be scanned — possibly multiple times — and stored in a database. In a 7-1 vote, with Councilmember Carroll Fife dissenting, the City Council entered…
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At 7 years old, Roux Stunna went viral after a video of him performing the Brookfield, an iconic Bay Area dance move, was uploaded to Instagram. The clip amassed over 1.2 million views and marked his entry into the turf dancing scene. Now 9, Roux is one of the youngest dancers competing and performing in…
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Last in a three-part series about Oakland agencies preparing for major federal funding cuts. The Trump administration has paused plans that could substantially cut funding for permanent housing benefitting Oakland’s homeless population. The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed in November to reallocate hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants that had...