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Unlicensed drivers keep their cars under new law

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29 January 2011 elena Print Email
 
The Oakland Police Department has revised its impound policy so that motorists caught driving without a license won’t automatically lose their vehicles for 30 days. Police will allow such drivers, an overwhelming majority of them illegal immigrants, to park their cars in a legal spot or have a licensed driver remove the vehicle.

The law applies to vehicles impounded during traffic stops and at DUI checkpoint. In 2009, vehicle seizures generated an estimated $40 million in towing

City bans McDonald's Happy Meals

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08 January 2011 elena Print Email


San Francisco's board of supervisors recently voted to ban most of McDonald's Happy Meals as they are now served in the restaurants. The measure will make San Francisco the first major city in the country to forbid restaurants from offering a free toy with meals that contain more than set levels of calories, sugar and fat. The ordinance would also require restaurants to provide fruits and vegetables with all meals for children that come with toys.

La ciudad prohíbe las Comidas Felices de McDonald’s

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08 January 2011 elena Print Email


El consejo de supervisores de San Francisco recientemente votó a favor de prohibir las Comidas Felices de McDonald’s (McDonald's Happy Meals) como son servidas actualmente en los restaurantes. Dicha medida hará de San Francisco la primera ciudad importante en el país en prohibir a los restaurantes ofrecer un juguete gratis con alimentos que contienen arriba de los niveles estándar de calorías, azúcar y grasa. La ordenanza también exigirá que los

Police departments recognize bias influences officers

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20 December 2010 The OakBook Print Email


Police departments are beginning to recognize that racial, ethnic and gender biases influence the behavior of police officers, according to a panel of experts at a recent Oakland Citizens’ Police Review Board (CPRB) forum on biased-based policing.

“There are biases we bring to the job and biases we are taught in the police department,” said Chief Ron Davis of East Palo Alto, an expert in racial profiling. “All communities are dealing with it. It’s a human behavior issue.

Los departamentos de la policía reconocen que los prejuicios influencian a los oficiales

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20 December 2010 The OakBook Print Email
Departamentos de la policía reconocieron recientemente que los prejuicios influencian a los oficiales.

Los departamentos de policía están comenzando a reconocer que los prejuicios raciales, étnicos y de género influencian el comportamiento de los oficiales de la policía, de acuerdo a un panel de expertos en un reciente foro sobre patrullaje basado en prejuicios por el Oakland Citizens’ Police Review Board (CPRB).

“Hay prejuicios que traemos al trabajo y prejuicios que nos son enseñados en el departamento de la policía”,

Dream of peace for gang youth

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20 December 2010 elena Print Email
Members of the Homies Empowerment Program in Oakland attended a crowded event to hear Father Greg “G” Boyle speak about peace between gangs. Photo: Pocho1.Photography

“We need to unite as people – we are not that different from each other”. This was the message of kinship and peace delivered to a packed room of people in Oakland in early December. The speaker was Father Greg “G” Boyle, a priest, book author and founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention program in the country. Father Boyle was speaking to the youth and leaders of the Homies Empowerment Program,