What's the city saying about the cost of the gang injunctions so far - and anticipated costs in the future?

On Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 6:00pm PST the streets of West Oakland will host a candlelight vigil held in front of 526 Henry Street, Oakland, CA in memory of Elder Berresford “Berry” Bingham; a beloved father of three children and known throughout the neighborhood as the “Community Dad.”  Bingham was the Political Director for SEIU 1021 and a 20 year retired veteran of the United States

Reports from this morning of a person with a gun at the Oakland Unified School District facility, La Esquelita School @ 1100 3rd Avenue have led to the area beung evacuated and locked down, .  The Peralta Community College District new parking lot at East 8th Street and 5th avenue, (with solar panels, next to baseball field) is being used as a staging area for La Esquelita School families

Isn't Jean Quan the going-est Mayor around?  Here's a list of the appearances  planned for this week:

Monday, January 31, 2011, 7:30-8:30 pm
Piedmont Pines Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting, Chabot Space & Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland

On Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Joyce Gordon Gallery, the Journal of Pan African Studies is sponsoring a Poetry Reading with Bay Area poets who are  published in the poetry issue of the journal and members of Academy of da Corner Reader's Theatre.

We're looking at Mayor Jean Quan's first month in office (see this link) and we want to give everyone a chance to offer feedback to her--right here!

Looking for work? Take advantage of this opportunity for face-to-face interviews on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the Alameda County Training and Education Center 11th Annual Diversity Employment Day Career Fair. Organizers promise "major employers have 100's of jobs and career positions available!"

The Utility Worker job (see partial job description below) is covered under a bargaining agreement with IBEW Local 1245. Wages start at $24.99/hour plus comprehensive benefits. 

According to East Bay News Services' Sanjiv Handa, down in San Jose the Mayor and City Council members were handed a memo from City Manager Debra Figone about next steps in the process of selecting a new SJ poice cheif when they met last night. The memo reads in part:

Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) will open its wait list to new applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program during a five-day period beginning on Tuesday, January 25, at  8 a.m. through Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 5 p.m., Executive Director Eric Johnson announced today.