Politics & Government

Another Take on Piedmont's Top Stories, 2011

The Piedmonter weighs in on the most important stories of the year

This week's edition of The Piedmonter newspaper offered "A look back at Piedmont's top stories of 2011," available online here.

The article highlights a memorial for Oakland police officer John Hege, who was raised in in Piedmont, and three fellow officers fatally shot in 2009.

The Blair Park sports field proposal, the city audit committee's report on the Piedmont Hills undergrounding district bailout and the opening of the Piedmont Center for the Arts are other stories receiving prominent mention.

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