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President Trump urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to consider prosecuting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on obstruction of justice charges after Schaaf publicly warned the city in February of an upcoming immigration raid, Politico reported. “I mean, you talk about obstruction of justice, I would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for…
(JTA) — Protesters gathered outside of an Arab-style bakery and restaurant in Oakland, California to protest a life-size mural in the shop featuring convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh. Sunday’s vigil also protested a book reading and signing by Sunaina Maira, an Asian-American studies professor at the University of California, Davis of her new book about…
It’s been five days since a fire tore through an Oakland warehouse party, taking the lives of 36 people. One of those people was my friend, Jon Bernbaum, who was video dee-jaying that night. This tragedy is horrifying. Not only because of the fire and the lives lost, but because a lot of those people…
A Jewish visual artist from Berkeley was among at least 36 people who perished Friday night in a converted warehouse during a dance party in Oakland, California. Friends of Jonathan Bernbaum, 34, are gathering today to remember him, according to Berkeleyside. Bernbaum graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2008….
Sheldon Adelson met with the owner of the Oakland Raiders team owner to discuss the casino mogul’s plan to build a billion-dollar stadium for the NFL team and move them from Oakland, Calif. to Sin City. On Friday, the same day of the meeting, Mark Davis also toured the site of Adelson’s proposed 65,000-seat stadium…
An Israeli-owned cargo ship prevented by pro-Palestinian demonstrators from unloading in the Oakland Port will try to unload in Los Angeles. The Zim Shanghai was unable to unload its cargo Saturday after some 200 activists gathered at the Oakland port and prevented workers from getting near the ship, which is owned by Zim Integrated Shipping…
Pro-Palestinian activists prevented the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship at the Oakland Port for the second time in less than two months. In Saturday’s incident, the Zim Shanghai was unable to unload its cargo after some 200 activists gathered at the port and prevented workers from getting near the ship, which is owned by…
Avocados and burritos be warned: bagels (yes, bagels) are hitting Oakland by storm. In just the past two years, Oakland has seen four independent bagelries open their doors, to much success. And demand is only growing (these are the people, may I remind you, who waited for hours in the balmy rain this past March…
