Assemblymember Sandré Swanson Invites You to join us for our
Annual Joint Holiday Party...
Where we will discuss current state and legislative issues.
December 9th, 2009
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Uptown Body & Fender
401 - 26th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Oakland News Headlines
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
New Coffee Shop in the Neighborhood
Thursday, 12/3, 5-8pm
FARLEY'S NON-PROFIT HAPPY HOUR
Farley's East, 33 Grand Ave, Oakland.
This new coffee shop and community center will be featuring the Oakland Innovators award program during their "Non-Profit Happy Hour" from 5-8pm.
Enjoy free appetizers while raising funds to support the 2010 Oakland Innovators award winners. Twenty percent of the evening's sales will be donated to the Oakland Innovators, so come and spend freely!
http://www.farleyscoffee.com/
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HarriOak Turkey Giveaway
Project Darreis at the TGN Foundation is holding its third annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway on Saturday, November 21, 2009. They are seeking donations of canned foods and nonperishable foods as well as monetary donations to buy turkeys. For additional information or if you know of someone who is in need of a Thanksgiving food basket or other assistance please call 510-467-5053 or e-mail projectdarreis@yahoo.com
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Free Art Day at Frisbie St. this Sunday from 1-5 pm
Inspired by the book You are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by Katharine Harmon on Sunday, Nov. 15 from 1 to 5 pm we'll be making maps at Frisbie St.
Come explore some aspect of your inner or outer world. Create a visual map of the territory and discover new dimensions. We'll be creating our maps using collage materials and other art supplies. Let your imagination be your guide.
This is a free event and basic supplies will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own materials as well.
"Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deep-seated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places....Artists' maps show another kind of uncharted realm: the imagination.
What all these maps have in common is their creators' willingness to venture beyond the boundaries of geography or convention."
Please R.S.V.P to lanell (at) frisbiest (dot) com.
Frisibe St. Art Days take place at 204 Frisbie St. in Oakland, CA.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Neighborhood Watch Signs on Oakland Avenue
Where would you like to see Neighborhood Watch Signs on the 300 block of Oakland Avenue?
Please take this poll:
Please note that individual responses will only be seen the block captain and co-captain of the 300 block.
Please take this poll:
Please note that individual responses will only be seen the block captain and co-captain of the 300 block.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
FTC Soliciting Comments from Owners of Local Sites
From Town Crier to Bloggers:
How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice Announcing Public Workshops and Opportunity for Comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'')
announces that it will hold two days of public workshops on December 1
and 2, 2009, to examine the Internet's impact on journalism in
newspapers, magazines, broadcast television and radio, and cable
television. The Internet has changed how many consumers receive news
and altered the advertising landscape. Low entry barriers on the
Internet have allowed new voices of journalism to emerge; the Internet-
enabled links from one web site to another have given consumers easy
access to all types of news; efficiencies available through the
Internet have substantially reduced advertising costs. These and other
changes related to the Internet have benefited consumers greatly.
At the same time, however, lower online advertising costs have
reduced advertising revenues to news organizations that rely on those
revenues for the majority of their funding. The explosion in the number
and types of web sites has increased the supply of advertising
locations. As that supply has increased, advertisers now pay less for
online advertising, and some advertising has moved from print,
television, or radio to online sites. In addition, most online news is
offered free, so online readers of news frequently do not contribute
subscription revenues to news media.
These developments are challenging the ability of news
organizations to fund journalism. The workshops will consider a wide
range of issues, including: (1) the economics of journalism on the
Internet and in more traditional media; (2) how the business models of
different types of news organizations may evolve in response to the
challenges associated with the Internet; (3) innovative forms of
journalism that have emerged on the Internet; (4) how competition may
evolve in markets for journalism and advertising; and (5) changes in
governmental policies that have been proposed as ways to support
journalism.
The Commission seeks the views of the news media and the legal,
academic, consumer, and business communities on the issues to be
explored at the hearings. This notice poses a series of questions on
which the Commission seeks comment.
DATES: The dates for the workshops are December 1 and 2, 2009. Comments
must be received by November 6, 2009, to be considered in preparing for
the workshops.
ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held at the FTC's Conference Center
located at 601 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Those who
plan to attend are encouraged to pre-register by sending an email to
(newsmediaworkshop@ftc.gov). This information will be used for planning
purposes only. Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments electronically or in paper form, by following the instructions
in the Instructions For Filing Comments part of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. Comments filed in electronic form should be
submitted by using the following weblink: (http://
public.commentworks.com/ftc/newsmediaworkshop) and following the
instructions on the web-based form. Comments in paper form should be
mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission,
Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex F), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20580, in the manner detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Hoke, Office of Policy
Planning, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
[[Page 51606]]
Washington, D.C. 20580; telephone (202) 326-3291; e-mail:
(newsmediaworkshop@ftc.gov). Detailed agendas for the workshops will be
made available at the workshop webpage, which will be accessible from
the FTC Home Page (http://www.ftc.gov).
How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice Announcing Public Workshops and Opportunity for Comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'')
announces that it will hold two days of public workshops on December 1
and 2, 2009, to examine the Internet's impact on journalism in
newspapers, magazines, broadcast television and radio, and cable
television. The Internet has changed how many consumers receive news
and altered the advertising landscape. Low entry barriers on the
Internet have allowed new voices of journalism to emerge; the Internet-
enabled links from one web site to another have given consumers easy
access to all types of news; efficiencies available through the
Internet have substantially reduced advertising costs. These and other
changes related to the Internet have benefited consumers greatly.
At the same time, however, lower online advertising costs have
reduced advertising revenues to news organizations that rely on those
revenues for the majority of their funding. The explosion in the number
and types of web sites has increased the supply of advertising
locations. As that supply has increased, advertisers now pay less for
online advertising, and some advertising has moved from print,
television, or radio to online sites. In addition, most online news is
offered free, so online readers of news frequently do not contribute
subscription revenues to news media.
These developments are challenging the ability of news
organizations to fund journalism. The workshops will consider a wide
range of issues, including: (1) the economics of journalism on the
Internet and in more traditional media; (2) how the business models of
different types of news organizations may evolve in response to the
challenges associated with the Internet; (3) innovative forms of
journalism that have emerged on the Internet; (4) how competition may
evolve in markets for journalism and advertising; and (5) changes in
governmental policies that have been proposed as ways to support
journalism.
The Commission seeks the views of the news media and the legal,
academic, consumer, and business communities on the issues to be
explored at the hearings. This notice poses a series of questions on
which the Commission seeks comment.
DATES: The dates for the workshops are December 1 and 2, 2009. Comments
must be received by November 6, 2009, to be considered in preparing for
the workshops.
ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held at the FTC's Conference Center
located at 601 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Those who
plan to attend are encouraged to pre-register by sending an email to
(newsmediaworkshop@ftc.gov). This information will be used for planning
purposes only. Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments electronically or in paper form, by following the instructions
in the Instructions For Filing Comments part of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. Comments filed in electronic form should be
submitted by using the following weblink: (http://
public.commentworks.com/ftc/newsmediaworkshop) and following the
instructions on the web-based form. Comments in paper form should be
mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission,
Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex F), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20580, in the manner detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Hoke, Office of Policy
Planning, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
[[Page 51606]]
Washington, D.C. 20580; telephone (202) 326-3291; e-mail:
(newsmediaworkshop@ftc.gov). Detailed agendas for the workshops will be
made available at the workshop webpage, which will be accessible from
the FTC Home Page (http://www.ftc.gov).
Thursday, October 15, 2009
PSA: Commemorative Art Project
United Neighborhood Councils of Oakland is soliciting donations for a commemorative art work that will express feelings of loss for the deaths of four Oakland police officers earlier this year and serve as a symbolic hope for the future of Oakland.
About the Fallen Four
On March 21, 2009, Motorcycle Officer Sgt. Mark Dunakin, SWAT Sgt, Ervin Romans, SWAT Sgt. Daniel Sakai, and Motorcycle Officer John Hege, were shot to death in the line of duty in East Oakland. This incredibly tragic and traumatic event galvanized the Oakland community, and resulted in a show of grief and support for the OPD family that had never been seen before.
About UNCO
The United Neighborhood Councils of Oakland was formed in 2008 in response to the dearth of public information on the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) system and the lack of formal communication among all Neighborhood Councils in the City of Oakland, California.
Description
UNCO seeks a final work that demonstrates artistic excellence in quality of workmanship and materials, originality of concept, durability of design and materials, minimum maintenance requirements and resistance to vandalism.
Target Budget
UNCO has set $3,000.00 as a goal to be raised for this project. This amount will cover all costs associated with every phase of the project, including the artist’s design, all production and management fees, travel expenses associated with the project, insurance, materials, cost of fabrication and installation and any other applicable costs.
Contact: José A. Dorado, UNCO Vice-Chair, (510) 326-4810, jdorado@sbcglobal.net
Photo courtesy of Thomas Hawk
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