December 2010
12 posts
Ellen Cushing at East Bay Express: Is Oakland Now... →
When the City of Oakland laid off eighty of its police officers in July — leaving the city among the most under-policed of its size nationwide — nobody quite knew what this would mean for the city’s crime rate. While recent statistics have shown that violent crime is down this year, those involved with the local graffiti scene say the layoffs have made Oakland, always a popular destination...