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Harvest Festival returns Sunday, September 21
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Mark your calendars for this classic family event featuring food, music, art, an Edibles Contest, PEF games, scarecrows -- and more.
California
Californians asked to track monarch butterfly sightings to help save declining population
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The 29th annual Western Monarch Count starts in October.Housing
Alameda County rolls out program to cut red tape from affordable housing development
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County is seeking a qualified architectural firm to help make it happen.Bay Area
Renderings show proposed public plaza, lagoon overlook at SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf
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In place of the iconic Alioto's Restaurant, the new waterfront plaza will open up views and strengthen the connection to the fishing industry.Oakland
Oakland First Fridays push back against police union’s finger pointing in wake of shootings
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OPD, moreover, finds no connection between the outbreak of violence and the free festival that had ended hours earlier.Arts & Entertainment
Movies: Oakland International film fest, neon signs at Roxie, ‘Baltimorons,’ ‘Paper Bag Plan,’ ‘Happyend’
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Look for social themes at the Oakland International Film Festival, a sparkling romantic dramedy, and other new releases this week.crime
Mayor Barbara Lee responds to deadly Oakland shootings, police union criticism
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Union blames mayor and cuts to the police department for the violence.Oakland
