"… e loan of over 1,200 percent, according to her lawsuit in federal court in Oakland.Andrea Felts, an assistant high school principal in Albuquerque, N.M., say …"

"… ates and test scores in 10 major urban districts — from New York City to Oakland — which collectively took in almost one-fourth of the total money poured …"

"… r the most-improved school district.Despite the money, graduation rates in Oakland actually fell by 6 percentage points, beating the rest of California’s s …"

"… of cheating, a charge former D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee denies.Oakland also fared poorly in high school -- with reading scores that tra …"

"… ormer principal who helped manage the Gates-backed small schools effort in Oakland, Calif., before the Microsoft guru dropped that campaign.The Oakland Case …"

"… double-billing. The excess payments were eventually corrected. The city of Oakland was forced to return more than $92,000 from the 2004 Urban Area Security I …"

"… e a dollar figure because price tags often weren’t listed in the reports.Oakland’s bus system, for instance, sought a sole-source $100,000 contract for e …"

"… never possible.”Cynthia Chimonyo, emergency planning coordinator for the Oakland Fire Department, said the city wasn’t aware public transit officials had …"

"… nager for the fire department. There was only a single person in charge of Oakland’s entire program and no one available to carry out an inventory of milli …"

"… mmon lobbying group, CJ Strategies, with San Francisco’s transit agency. Oakland’s nearby transit agency contracts with the boutique firm Simon and Compa …"

"… of Singer’s book Hot Talk, Cold Science is the Independent Institute of Oakland, California, also a co-sponser of Heartland’s conference. The Independen …"

"… rian and free-market solutions to redirect public debate.The Institute’s Oakland address is also shared by the David J. & Mary L.G. Theroux Foundation, …"

"… thwests Capt. Gary Higby had to save another Boeing 737 on approach to the Oakland, Calif., airport when his co-pilot, who was at the controls for the night- …"

"… are scrambling to find ways to shore it up. Matthew Anderson, a partner at Oakland-based banking research firm Foresight Analytics, estimates that 3,000 fina …"

"… arters in a suburban office suite in Dublin, Calif., a half hour away from Oakland. The agent wanted to interview John Ngo, the person who verified the facts …"

"… Cole Middle School, a predominantly minority and low-income school in West Oakland. Their December 2010 study found that suspensions dropped 87 percent.  …"

"… aroline Cox, research director for the Center for Environmental Health, an Oakland, California-based nonprofit that advocates for reduction of chemical usage …"