Monthly Archives: August 2011


Red & Blue Oatmeal Bars 1

Red & Blue Oatmeal Bars By Marci Sorce of Sit Drink Eat It was another Sunday morning at the Ramsey Farmers Market.  Here is what I got: After my produce and I had this little photo shoot, we had lots of fun slicing, dicing, blending, chopping, baking –  you name […]


On the Job – August 3

On July 29, 2011 Ptl. Docwra conducted a motor vehicle stop on Doty Road after the vehicle was observed speeding and being operated in an erratic manner.  Upon the officer’s approach to the vehicle he immediately detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the vehicle’s passenger compartment […]


OPD Press Release 1

Oakland Police Department Press Release On August 1, 2011 at approximately 5:30 p.m. the Oakland Police Department received a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a train in the vicinity of West Oakland Avenue. Officers were dispatched to the scene along with a paramedic unit from Valley Hospital […]


August Teen Book Reviews

Shadoweyes Ross Campbell Have you ever wished that you could be a superhero? That you could wipe out all the bad in the world? That you could make other people happy and be happy? That you could be the answer to pain and loneliness? Unfortunately, we’ve learned from many of […]


Harnessing the Power of the DNA Code

Harnessing the Power of the DNA Code By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist DNA research has revealed a lot of things, from where certain diseases originate, to what eye color you have. I am still holding out for another kind of discovery, something a little more intangible. I truly […]


Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned

John A. Farrell. Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned. New York: Doubleday, 2011. as reviewed by Ted Odenwald Clarence Darrow is often regarded as a folk hero, as evidenced by two American classics: Irving Stone’s biographical novel, Clarence Darrow for the Defense and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s depiction […]