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posted on
January 13th, 2012
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Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Two great Oakland parties for two great causes

In the next few days there are two fundraising events happening in Uptown for causes that I care deeply about. I hope you’ll consider joining me at one or both of these events.

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posted on
January 3rd, 2012
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Rediscovering Downtown Oakland: Cafes

Several weeks ago I promised to restar ...

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posted on
December 30th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

A cheap, car-free New Year’s Eve in downtown Oakland

New Year’s Eve has never been one of my favorite nights to go out. Clubs and events are absurdly overpriced. Everywhere is at least twice as crowded as usual. It’s close to impossible t ...

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posted on
December 28th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Honoring Sanjiv Handa & Ron Bishop through civic engagement

Updated with memorial service information for Sanjiv and Ron at the bottom of this post.

Yesterday I found out that Sanjiv Handa had passed away from this tweet fro ...

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posted on
December 20th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Port Shut Down Resolution: (Dis)respect for the City Council

The last couple weeks have been super busy for me so I haven’t found much time for blogging. But tonight the City Council will be voting on a resolution that’s created quite a bit of co ...

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posted on
December 15th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Marla Wilson: Building a Better Broadway – Signs of life along Oakland’s Main Street

This guest blog post was written by Marla Wilson, Sustainable Development Associate with Greenbelt Alliance, the Bay Area’s advocate for open spaces and vibrant places. She has served on the ...

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posted on
December 7th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Joyce Roy: Senate Public Hearing on Regional Governance in SF this Thursday

This guest post was written by Joyce Roy. As a retired architect, Joyce has raised her sights (or sites?) to the whole city of Oakland and so has been active in advocating for better transit, t ...

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posted on
December 5th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Suzanne L’Heureux: The Show Must Go On – Community Film Series Struggling to Continue Without Funding

This guest blog post was written by Suzanne L’Heureux, an Oakland resident, artist, and art historian with an interest in community building and art as social practice. She is a cofounder ...

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posted on
December 4th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Karen Hester: Show Up, Eat Up, Speak Out – Interim Mobile Food Policy Comes Before Council this Tuesday, Dec 6th

This guest post was written by Karen Hester, an events producer who lives in Temescal Creek Cohousing and often cooks dinner for her community of 25 folks. You can subscribe to her event listin ...

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posted on
November 30th, 2011
from
Living in the O
based in
Oakland

Rediscovering downtown Oakland… again

Nearly three years ago, after read more about "Rediscovering downtown Oakland… again"

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