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Judge Enforces Restraining Order Protecting Tenants Of Oakland Hotel (NBC11.com - Local News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:09:14 GMT

A judge keeps in place a temporary restraining order which prevents the owners of the California Hotel in Oakland from shutting down the building or evicting 53 low-income renters who live there.

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Nurses~Nurses~Nurses~Calling All Registered Nurses in Oakland, CA (GadBall.com)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:13:00 GMT

... at 916-367-5291. All inquiries and responses will be kept strictly confidential. Please use job#(LTCA0827)with any correspondence.

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Speech Language Pathologists needed in OAKLAND, CA! in Oakland, CA (GadBall.com)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:53:00 GMT

Speech Language Pathologists needed in Oakland, CA! If this opportunity is not a good fit for you, let us know. We have many job openings to fill and we also will do a personalized search for you in the area that you desire to work in. We specialize in area job placement and we want to place you! If you have .Current or pending state license in practicing state .Graduate of an accredited program...

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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Pauline Beck, Homecare worker and member of SEIU from Oakland, California (PR News Wire )

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT

... Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good evening. My name is Pauline Beck. I'm a homecare worker in Oakland, California, and a very proud supporter of Senator Obama for president! I'm here tonight because one year ago, Senator Obama spent a day with me, doing my job. That's right, doing homecare with me. He helped me take care of an 87 year-old man named Mr. John. Mr. John is a proud...

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Pandora Media: Pandora Adds to East Coast Ad Sales With Senior Sales Manager in New York (Market Wire)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:40:00 GMT

OAKLAND, CA (MARKET WIRE) Pandora Media, Inc. (www.pandora.com), the premier provider of personalized radio service online, announced today the hire of Priscilla Valls to the newly created position of senior advertising sales manager for their New York office. Prior to joining Pandora, Priscilla was the advertising sales director for Answers Corporation, an industry leader in the social knowledge...

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California Hotel tenants receive favorable ruling (Indybay newswire)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:57:15 GMT

Corrupt Oakland Nonprofit Housing Organization (OCHI) Is Once Again Stopped From Dumping The Poor Out Of Their Housing At The California Hote!

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Toll Transponder Travails (Daily Pundit)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:08:47 GMT

Road Tolls Hacked Drivers using the automated FasTrak toll system on roads and bridges in California’s Bay Area could be vulnerable to fraud, according to a computer security firm in Oakland, CA.… In the past, authorities have insisted that the FasTrak system uses encryption to secure data…But when Lawson opened up a transponder, he found that there [...]

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Moonbat Convergence - Day 2 (The Violence Worker!)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:02:44 GMT

I'm listening to the convention speakers, A flood victim, some gal who could barely read her speech from Oakland, CA, Some union thugette from the SEIU, and now the governor of Arizona. Each one begging for more and more from...

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Woman Removes Bra To Get Through TSA [Security Theater] (The Consumerist)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:48:10 GMT

Nancy Kates's large underwire bra set off the metal detector in the Oakland, California airport. A TSA agent pulled her aside and patted her down, which set off Kates' personal privacy alarm. "I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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42 Photo Groups for Awesome Abandonments From The WebUrbanist (Thomas Hawk Digital Connection)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Abandoned 16th Street Train Station, Oakland, Ca 42 Photo Groups for Awesome Abandonments | WebUrbanist The WebUrbanist has a great run down on 42 different groups devoted to abandoned imagery on Flickr. I've long loved photography focused on abandonment and plan to check a lot of these groups out in the next few days or so. To complement the WebUrbanists 42 Flickr Groups devoted to abandoned...

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Boveran Diagnostics Names New Board Advisory Member (Red Orbit )

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:01:20 GMT

Boveran Diagnostics, which develops cancer detection technologies, has added Kary Mullis to its board of advisors. Dr Mullis is currently a distinguished researcher at Children's Hospital and Research Institute in Oakland, California.

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Metric (Prose Before Hos)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:24:36 GMT

Metric is a Canadian New Wave/indie rock band. Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario and Oakland, California. The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer), guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where [...]

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POLITICS-US: Anti-Obama Echo Chamber in Full Swing (Global News Blog)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:45:16 GMT

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPS August 20, 2008 Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, California, Aug 20 (IPS) - Right-wing groups are stepping up their campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, with two new books on the best-seller lists, another on the verge of publication, and a full-length documentary that will premiere during the [...]

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NFL Closer: John McCain Taught Matt Leinart All He Knows About Football [NFL Closer] (Deadspin)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:45:23 GMT

Unless Steve Young took the wrong bridge out of San Francisco last night, there were no known professional-level quarterbacks in the city of Oakland, CA, last night. Normally, this would not be cause...

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Yacine Bell, CAMF Will Help Lead AAAMP to National Success (myspace.com)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:01:02 GMT

Yacine Bell is an Oakland, California based anger management provider and executive coach with considerable experience providing anger management ass 1 Vote(s)

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John Chiang, California’s Controller, Treated as a Rock Star in Oakland Before He Leaves to Speak at Democratic National Convention (California Progress Report)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:17:39 GMT

By Frank D. Russo Even those who follow politics more closely than the average Californian do not really know...

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Bay Area, California - Oakland, California, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:31:20 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Oakland, California, United States When I first got to Oakland, John Van Den Berg and Mike Reed met my plane and brought me a pickup to use. We went out to lunch. Great to see these chaps. John and I have been in two different fields together, one in California, one in Mexico. I went out to sushi supper that night with Steve & Aimee...

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Things I Love About Oakland, California (decor8)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:00:28 GMT

Hi everyone! First, a huge thanks to Holly for inviting me to write a guest post while she and Thorsten are getting settled in their new haus in Germany. My name is Leah, and I have a blog called More Ways to Waste Time , which is exactly that (but hopefully in a good way!). After having lived in San Francisco, London, and New York, my family and I now call Oakland, California , home...

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A Hedge, A Statue, and 30 'Hail Marys' (Garden Rant)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:01:19 GMT

This week the New York Times had an interesting story about a Catholic Church in Oakland, CA that is building a garden for the victims of sexual abuse by priests. The garden has was the brainchild of two women who...

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New California-Based Web Project Allows Disabled & Others to Upload & Share Stories with Public, Media, and Politicians: First-of-Its-Kind Website Launched -- MyCAStory.org (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:38:03 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On-line, everyone can hear you. A new project called My California Story (MyCAStory.org) is helping Californians that will be hurt by the current California budget crisis tell the...

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