Controversy is raging around an attempt by the district to remove Laney food cart vendors. Sahki Sadiqyar and Mohammed Shojaee have run Marco Polo hot dog carts since the early 1990s; they received a memo dated Jan. 25 and signed by Chancellor Wise Allen that they were in violation of Oakland ordinances regarding mobile food vendors.

Peralta District Chancellor Wise Allen announced Tuesday, Feb. 14, that the district should prepare itself for a possible 15 percent reduction in discretionary funding for the coming year. The bulk of the $11.7 million in cuts will be in reductions at the district office but the chancellor asked all four Peralta campuses to come up with plans to prioritize cuts with funds reductions ranging from 5 percent to 15 percent. 

The Oakland police received a call about an explosion from concerned residents of a local community on Feb. 6. When police arrived there were no signs of an explosion, just hundreds of bricks that had fallen from the Express Market and liquor store located at 1250 International Blvd.

Since 2003, the Oakland Police Department has been under Federal court monitoring instituted by the courts in the infamous "Oakland Riders" case of 2000. On January 24, 2011, Judge Henderson issued a new order to increase federal monitoring.

Laney College President Elnora Webb gave her biannual State of Laney College address to a soggy crowd of Laney faculty and staff on Friday, Jan. 20.

  The address, which took place in the brand new Athletic Field House, cradled between the baseball and football fields, delivered the president's vision for the campus in uncertain economic times.

Tribune editor moderates at community forum in Oakland

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan faces a potential recall. If this were to happen how would a recall proceed? What are the rules of a recall? How would it affect the city? Who would be a possible candidate for the mayoral race should a recall succeed?