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has roughly 130 firefighters working out cf eight stations. The transition to a single de partment is ongoing, and one of McCammon's first Jobs will be to designate a formal headquar ters. MARY F. CALVERT — Staff Oakland's national honor as an All America City will be displayed in a billboard campaign that got umSeiway Wednesday. Sisters Jameelah and Aaliyah Hodge pass a billboard in the 5300 block of College Avenue, one of 60 that have been <ionated by Gannett Outdoor and Patrick Media-Group; - • L K i o f v c t . u a i i there were about cutting into park: The A's, winne this season, have 260,000 irom las "We expect thin "we re not §uTe~w] Video ■ City shuts down popular Omni Club after months of complaints from Temescal neighbors By Diana WWHarns STAFF WFifTER A videotape of nightclub patrons hurling bottles at police and littering sidewalks has prompted city officials to close a North Oakland establishment once voted best East Bay club. The Omni Club's entertainment permit was re voked Wednesday by an administrative hearing ■^officer who ruled the business is responsible for unruly behavior from patrons, many of whom are young devotees of hip-hop music. "People who live nearby feel the quality of their lives is being hampered by the club, and we share that view," hearing officer Larry Carroll said. "The question_boils down to: 'If I lived tthere, would I want to deal with this every Friday and Saturday night?' The answer is no." : H4s^€Qncluslon is P.xaclly whfl^rps^ripnt.s npar fhp ftSth Street and Shattuck Avenue club have want ed for months. It was their challenge of Omni's permit thatled to Carroll's review and fevocatlon- - TTfiFcomparhy tTiat~iT:ins Oimnr;~Caltf5f return phone calls. But in a letter written last month to the city, de Jauregui argued Omni has become a scapegoat for larger problems that have long plagued the Temescal neighborhood. "This has always been a rough neighborhood of Oakland and, regardless of what happens at the club, will likely continue to be a rough neighborhood," de Jauregui wrote. "If anything, this club has lent a great deal of safety and security'" by bringing pedestrians and business to a blighted strip of Shattuck. Eight-seven arresTs arid more than 200 police calls related to the club and its patrons have been made since 1987, Carroll said. But it was a video taped incident the night of June 12 — when a .£erts,Jnc,, declined to comment Wednesday on whether It would appeal the decision to the Oak land City Council. ' The club's attorn€y,4?4eiiardde Jauregui, did not that finally convinced Carroll to pull the club's permit, "There were hundreds'of patrons, young adults, making a lot of hostile and derogatory comments to police and throwing bottles," Carroll said. Omni has attracted dancers„and music-lovers since it opened in 1986, but it has also attracted , Jielghborhood complaints. Incidents of tlre-kiueal- ing, profanity and loitering have been key targets of Temescal residents, 'I moved here three y^rs^ago to get outofEast "0aklaTid aTOi4te^jgofatemsr^^ld^aiy Victorian.. „whQ has led the move to^huLQmnl. "I'm libt going to let anyone run me oiit oF where I live agalri. All we have to do Is come together as a neighborhood and be a Strong force." . - The Omni Club, at 48th and Sha^uck, has tHjien th^ site oto/ arrests since 1987.
has roughly 130 firefightersworking out cf eight stations.
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Oakland's national honor as an All America City will bedisplayed
in a billboard campaign that got umSeiwayWednesday. Sisters
Jameelah and Aaliyah Hodge pass abillboard in the 5300 block of
College Avenue, one of 60that have been
