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OakBook Q&A: Rebecca Kaplan
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Some sweltering day last spring, Rebecca Kaplan was sitting in a Public Works Committee meeting in a City Hall hearing room. She was new to the job. Only a few months before, she had been sworn in as the Oakland City Council’s at-large member. The temperature in the room was reaching unbearable levels, so Kaplan got up and opened a window.

She might as well have lit a firecracker.
 

 
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The Quiet Artist from West O.
Gina Telcocci has always been an artist. As a kid growing up in the sixties with a jazz musician for a father and a mother who was always doing craftwork, art seemed to be in her blood – and in her daily life.“My parents were totally encouraging,” says Gina. “They never told me it was impractical, which it is. And so, ...
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Op-ed: It's Time to Think About Oakland's Development
The Alameda County Coliseum Commission has approved an initial study on building a new football stadium near the current Coliseum site. The stadium will be a dual-use site, meaning that both the Raiders and 49ers will use the stadium. Even though the 49ers are trying to move to Santa Clara, it appears that their pl...
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The Month Ahead in Oakland Art (March)
This month, I am choosing to highlight some shows that aren't necessarily a part of an Oakland art walk opening event. In these picks, there will be no Midtown art walk, no Uptown Art Murmur and no open studios in Jingletown. Sometimes, an event can overshadow the art it means to evangelize. Considering that and th...
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Oakland's Indestructible Bird
Once a delicacy on Gold Rush-era menus, the California clapper rail was hunted to near extinction. Today, Oakland's Arrowhead Marsh is the staging ground for a remarkable comeback >>>
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