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Oakland: Cracking Down on Farming?

Mar 31, 2011BeateeGreen LivingFarm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, Jean Quan, local, Mayor of Oakland, Novella Carpenter, Oakland, urban farming

According to police statistics, Oakland has the highest crime rate and slowest police response time of any major California city. In fact, the rate of violent crime in Oakland is more than twice the average rate of the top ten other California cities. So naturally, Oakland has chosen to crack down on crime, starting with, yes,

McDonald’s: Not Your Friendly, Neighborhood Restaurant

There’s a new little mac n cheese restaurant opening next week in my neighborhood. It’s called Homeroom, and it plans to highlight several mouth-watering sounding varieties of that great American comfort food. Now I don’t usually write about the local food scene, but what caught my attention (and that of some local press) was the name change