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Oakland names first black woman to lead major US fire department

By Donovan X. Ramsey

2:04 PM on 02/06/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed has been fighting fires for nearly 30 years, has seen many changes on the job and calls her appointment 'exciting'...
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Occupy Oakland: Over 400 arrested in turbulent protests

By theGrio

8:32 AM on 01/30/2012

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clashed repeatedly with police, leaving more than 400 people arrested...
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Death Row exec still critical after Hollywood shooting

By theGrio

4:23 PM on 12/12/2011

A former Death Row Records vice president, John Atterberry, remains in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,..
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Oakland toddler in rap video shooting dies

By theGrio

8:55 PM on 12/09/2011

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head during the filming of a rap music video in Oakland was taken off life support Friday...
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Police: 7 shot in Oakland were recording video

By theGrio

5:08 PM on 11/29/2011

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police on Tuesday searched for multiple suspects who opened fire into a group of people recording a rap music video in a parking lot and wounded seven, including a toddler and two adults who were critically hurt...
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Baby shot, 8 others injured in rap video shoot

By theGrio

10:00 AM on 11/29/2011

BAY AREA - This morning, a baby is clinging to life after being shot in the head Monday night in West Oakland...
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Woman stabbed neighbor over $2: police

By theGrio

11:05 AM on 11/21/2011

MIAMI - Dorothy Cooper, 61, was arrested Sunday after the altercation in the 200 block of Northwest 32nd Street, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office arrest report...
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Occupy Oakland: Police clear 1 protest park, warn another

By theGrio

9:08 AM on 11/14/2011

OAKLAND, California (AP) -- Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland and arrested more than 50 people, while authorities in Oakland, California, warned Occupy campers that a similar crackdown was coming...
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Peaceful Occupy protests degenerate into chaos

By theGrio

10:42 AM on 11/03/2011

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A protest that shut down the Port of Oakland ended in violence when police in riot gear arrested dozens of protesters overnight...
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Oakland prepares to be Occupy movement epicenter

By theGrio

10:27 AM on 11/02/2011

OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Occupy Oakland participants, elected officials and business leaders expressed optimism that the widely anticipated "general strike" would be a peaceful and even unifying event for a city...
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Oakland tense after police, Occupy protesters clash

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 10/26/2011

OAKLAND, California (AP) - The scene was tense early Wednesday as a crowd of hundreds of protesters dwindled to just a few dozen at the site of several clashes between authorities and supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement a night earlier...
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Police clear Occupy Oakland protesters

By theGrio

9:57 AM on 10/25/2011

OAKLAND, California (AP) - Television news footage showed numerous people in plastic handcuffs being led away from the Oakland site around 5 a.m...
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A wedding amid Occupy Oakland protest

By theGrio

3:42 PM on 10/20/2011

VIDEO - The Occupy Oakland tent city might get in the way of some visitors, but it won't slow down a long-planned wedding at Oakland City Hall...
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Black businesses lose big in new 'great migration'

By Vivian Glover

6:07 AM on 09/12/2011

theGRIO REPORT - For the owners of black businesses in the North that were established and thrived on the patronage of black Southern migrants and their families, scientific findings are not necessary...
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Saggy pants cost Green Day singer his airline seat

By theGrio

9:57 AM on 09/06/2011

OAKLAND, California (AP) - "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)? No joke!" he wrote...
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Nation's oldest African-American book store making a comeback

By theGrio

10:35 AM on 09/02/2011

East Bay Express - After being a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the nation's oldest African-American bookstore is recovering from its financial woes...
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Man who ordered editor murder gets life in prison

By theGrio

1:28 PM on 08/26/2011

OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Prosecutors say Bey ordered workers at his Your Black Muslim Bakery to kill the men in separate 2007 attacks...
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SF protests go on without new wireless shutdowns

By theGrio

9:33 AM on 08/16/2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - BART and Oakland, in particular, have experienced several large-scale protests that turned into riots after a white transit officer shot the unarmed black commuter Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009...
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Black teen's unusual talent: Singing Chinese opera

By theGrio

10:40 AM on 07/27/2011

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Tyler Thompson has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing pitch-perfect Mandarin and perform the ancient Chinese art form...
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New training is only a band-aid for police brutality

By Monique W. Morris

8:29 AM on 07/27/2011

OPINION - The tensions between law enforcement and community are high in cities across the country where there have been a number of police involved shootings this year..
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