On October 10, 2011 at approximately 6:15 p.m. the Ringwood Police Department reported that a gas station employee on Skyline Drive observed a suspected intoxicated driver leave the station and travel towards Oakland in a beige colored Honda. Ptl. Broek positioned his patrol vehicle on Skyline Drive and observed the […]
October is National Bully Prevention Month, it follows September which is National Suicide Prevention Awareness. Reversing the order would probably make more sense, as bullying often can lead to suicide, substance abuse, and most often depression.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
