Monthly Archives: October 2011


Occupy Oakland 2

An analysis of the Occupy Wall Street movement OWS, Occupy Wall Street, is a protest campaign that originated in NYC. Protesters occupy public spaces to protest, primarily, the failures of the United States government. Inspired by the Spring uprising that led to the fall of tyrannical regimes in Africa and […]


Bears, Bears Everywhere

In the past weeks there have been numerous bear sightings throughout Oakland. This big guy decided to take a 6 hour nap in Joy Johnson’s backyard in the Manito section then wandered afterward to the neighbor’s yard. The bears are looking for food as the nuts and acorns that usually […]


Analysis of Sewer Options 4

The story of bringing sewers to Oakland is an annual election year debate, for decades. This year is no exception, and The Journal hopes to provide some structure to the options available. Whether Oakland needs sewers to improve its downtown district is a matter of debate, but the options of […]


On the Job – October 5

On September 26, 2011 a Chuckanutt Drive resident discovered that her AT&T cell phone account had two fraudulent accounts attached to it, along with an outstanding balance in excess of $1000.00.  The accounts were reportedly opened in the resident’s name without her authorization.  Ptl. Frank Fiore investigated. On September 29, […]


Tales of Oak Town

A Tale of Two Quacks The story of how the Oak Town Town Council responds to the growing threat of heroin in their suburban community. We’re Just Older Part I The story of the new mayor of Oak Town swearing-in ceremony. We’re Just Older Part II The conclusion to ‘We’re […]


October Teen Book Reviews

After Amy Efaw Devon doesn’t exactly know what’s happening to her, but she knows it isn’t anything good.  She hates screwing up and she’s pretty sure that this time she screwed up big.  But she wishes that everyone would leave her alone for now so that she could deal with […]