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Updated: Department of Urban Legends, Earthquake Prediction Division
10-31-2011
Cartoons
Cartoon Page: Odd Bodkins: The Busy Man
Dan O'Neill
11-01-2011
Cartoon Page: BOUNCE
By Joseph Young
10-31-2011
Public Comment
November Pepper Spray Times
Grace Underpressure
11-01-2011
Occupy Solidarity!
By Paul Kealoha Blake
11-01-2011
Occupy Berkeley: Clarification
By Maxina Ventura
11-01-2011
The Palestinians and UNESCO
By R.G. Davis
11-01-2011
Keep Neighborhoods Intact – Redistricting Berkeley
By Vincent Casalaina
10-31-2011
Homeland Security and Local Police
By Maris Arnold
10-30-2011
Football is not Going Away--But the Warm Pool is Gone.
By Paul Lecky
10-30-2011
Occupy
By Ove Ofteness
10-30-2011
Press Release: Barbara Lee Comments on Occupy Oakland
10-27-2011
New: Dealing Sensibly with Occupy Berkeley--Learning from Oakland's Mistakes
John Vinopal,Resident, District 4
10-26-2011
Press Release: NLG Condemns Excessive Force Used by Oakland Police Against Occupy Demonstrators
From Rachel Lederman, Bobbie Stein, Michael Flynn
10-26-2011
Supporting the Occupy Movement
By Victoria Q. Legg
10-26-2011
Why Were Berkeley Police Involved in Evicting Occupy Oakland?
By Barbara F Barbour
10-26-2011
Press Release: California Nurses Condemn Mayor Quan's Raid on Occupy Oakland
10-26-2011
News
Oakland's General Strikers Occupy Oscar Grant Plaza
11-02-2011
Oakland Whole Foods Closes after Vandalism
By Bay City News
11-02-2011
Parents Taking Children to Oakland General Strike Today
By Hannah Albarazi (BCN)
11-02-2011
Wells Fargo Oakland Branch Closed for General Strike
By Hannah Albarazi
11-02-2011
Flash: Occupy Oakland Blocks 14th and Broadway
By Bay City News
11-02-2011
Debit Fees and Deceit: Bank of America's Fake 'Grassroots Campaign' Exposed
By Gar Smith
11-02-2011
Letter from Athens: OXI = No! Occupy the Acropolis!
From a Greek Academic
11-01-2011
Occupy Berkeley, Why So Quiet? (News Analysis)
By Zaineb Mohammed (New America Media)
11-01-2011
Hundreds of Teachers Will Participate in Oakland General Strike on Wednesday
By Hannah ALbarazi (BCN)
11-01-2011
Press Release: Labor Unions and Members to Join Occupy Oakland Day of Action; Labor to sponsor actions throughout the day, cook-out for all at City Hall
From California LABOR Federation
11-01-2011
Press Release: Occupy Oakland Joins with Workers and Community Members to Call for a November 2nd General Strike and Mass Day of Action
10-31-2011
New: Oakland Mayor, Chief, Don't Plan to Dislodge Protest Now
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
10-29-2011
New: Is Occupy Berkeley on a Collision Course With Berkeley? (News Analysis)
By Ted Friedman
10-28-2011
The Oakland Commune and the Planned General Strike (News Analysis)
By Steve Martinot
10-27-2011
Quan "Very Saddened" by Violence at Oakland Protest
By Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN)
10-26-2011
Oakland Fences Down Tonight
By Scott Morris(BCN)
10-26-2011
Protesters Speak about Injured Veteran, Call for Citywide Strike
By Scott Morris (BCN)
10-26-2011
Memo Re How Berkeley Police Aided Oakland in Evicting Occupy Oakland
From the Office of the City Manager
10-26-2011
Press Release: The City of Berkeley Police Department’s (BPD) Involvement in Occupy Oakland Dispersal
From Sergeant Mary C. Kusmiss,
BPD Public Information Officer
10-26-2011
Press Release: OCCUPY OAKLAND Regroups at 6:00 Tonight
From Kevin Seal
10-26-2011
Iraq War Veteran Critically Injured by Police Projectile During "Occupy Oakland" Protests
By Scott Morris (BCN)
10-26-2011
Police Brutality in Oakland-- Berkeley Police Present
10-26-2011
Oakland Occupy Teargassed, Evicted
By Sasha Lekach (BCN)
10-26-2011
Columns
Eclectic Rant: Did We Win the Iraq War?
By Ralph E. Stone
11-01-2011
Wild Neighbors: The Spurious Comfort of Field Guides
By Joe Eaton
11-01-2011
My Commonplace Book (a diary of excerpts copied from printed books, with comments added by the reader.)
By Dorothy Bryant
11-01-2011
Are Male Baby Boomers Doomed To Become Lonely Seniors?
Why are women more psychologically prepared for old age?
By Ruth Rosen
10-30-2011
Senior Power… “Always my best day of the week.” Part 2.
By Helen Rippier Wheeler
10-30-2011
On Mental Illness: Opinions on the Subject of Partial Relapse
By Jack Bragen
10-30-2011
Dispatches From The Edge: Pakistan: Reversing The Lens
By Conn Hallinan
10-26-2011
Arts & Events
The Standing Ovation: When is It Right?
By Richard Reynolds
11-01-2011
Around & About Music: A Note on the Berkeley Symphony
By Ken Bullock
11-02-2011
Eye from the Aisle: Race, Rape, Truth, Mamet—90 compelling minutes at A.C.T.
By John A. McMullen II
10-30-2011
Ira Marlowe's World-Record Halloween Songathon
By Gar Smith
10-27-2011
Berkeley Symphony Opens On Thursday With Music By Chapela, Brahms, Shostakovich
By Ken Bullock
10-26-2011
Around & About Music: Kent Nagano Conducts at Gala Celebrating Alden Gilchrist's 60th Anniversary at Calvary Presbyterian
By Ken Bullock
10-26-2011