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Official Oakland Hills predictions for 2009

Based on local news outlets, there's no one (yet) peering into their crystal balls about the Oakland Hills. To close this gap, here are my official...
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The Laurel eats out too

In the Oakland Hills, you can take on different attitudes when dining out. You experience the haute life in Rockridge, get hip on Piedmont, chill...
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Getting the right help to job seekers

Sometimes you try something and it works. At a recent Laurel community clean-up day, Michael Johnson staffed a job-opportunities booth on MacArthur...
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Dimond drummer not welcome

In the Glenview neighborhood, some residents are getting irritated lately by incessant drumming that seems to come from Dimond Park. “I work...
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Symbiosis: Oakland's Clorox and Sierra Club

There are symbiotic relationships... and then there’s Clorox and the Sierra Club. This combination almost sounds like opposites attracting,...
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