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West Oakland celebrates the opening of a youth center, designed by teens - Contra Costa Times

West Oakland celebrates the opening of a youth center, designed by teens
Contra Costa Times
(D. Ross Cameron/Staff) OAKLAND -- For years, the building on the McClymonds High School campus in West Oakland was used for nothing but the storage of old boxes and broken furniture. Once used by a JROTC program, it had fallen into disuse.

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Checking out Pican in Oakland; the new Original Joe's and Pier 23 - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Checking out Pican in Oakland; the new Original Joe's and Pier 23
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The San Francisco Chronicle After the trouble in Oakland on Saturday, I thought I'd go over on Sunday to take a look and to return to Pican. There was nothing on the street, no cars, no people — nothing. It still took me a while to get to the ...

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With 5-year deal signed, Nats LHP Gonzalez set 'to be part of the furniture ... - Washington Post

San Francisco Examiner

With 5-year deal signed, Nats LHP Gonzalez set 'to be part of the furniture ...
Washington Post
More than a month after joining Washington in a trade from Oakland, and 1½ weeks after agreeing to a $42 million, five-year deal, Gonzalez made it official by signing on the dotted line Wednesday. “I love the pressure situations,” Gonzalez said.
In DC, new National Gio feels at homeMLB.com
Gonzalez: Bring on the pressureCSNwashington.com (blog)
Gonzalez, Nationals make 5-year deal officialSI.com

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Inside the Occupy Oakland protest - San Francisco Bay Guardian

RollingStone.com (blog)

Inside the Occupy Oakland protest
San Francisco Bay Guardian
There was no ambiguity about group's goal: Many pushed carts stacked with furniture, hoping to furnish the new center; others held a large banner reading “Vacant? Take it!” Many other Occupy groups around the world, including protesters in Washington ...
'Doing What's Right, Not What's Legal': Boots Riley on Occupy OaklandRollingStone.com (blog)

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Carls Patio opens Lauderdale store with new style - Sun-Sentinel

Carls Patio opens Lauderdale store with new style
Sun-Sentinel
The Fort Lauderdale store is south of Sunrise Boulevard, several miles away from the furniture retailer corridor on Federal Highway near Oakland Park Boulevard. Carls Patio opened just days before The Fresh Market grocery store opened its first east ...

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How I Got Arrested at Occupy Oakland - East Bay Express

East Bay Express

How I Got Arrested at Occupy Oakland
East Bay Express
Our own John C. Osborn offers a first-person account of being taken into custody by police during the latest Occupy Oakland protest. By John C. Osborn About 1000 Occupy protesters marched toward the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.

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Twitter gains Mid-Market followers - San Francisco Business Times

Twitter gains Mid-Market followers
San Francisco Business Times
... art deco, former wholesale furniture mart building at 1355 Market St. that Shorenstein Properties is converting into office space. CallSocket also recently brought the 21-story Oakland Tribune building at 409 13th St. in Oakland.

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New: Another Occupy Oakland March Attacked by Police. - Berkeley Daily Planet

Berkeley Daily Planet

New: Another Occupy Oakland March Attacked by Police.
Berkeley Daily Planet
People of all ages, got up in all kinds of costumes, wheeling large platform dollies with furniture, mattresses, sleeping bags, grills, electronics, crates of canned foods, loaves of fresh bread and almost anything you can think of you might need in ...

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