Chauncey Bailey, former editor of the Oakland Post who was murdered last August while investigating Your Black Muslim Bakery and the Muslim splinter group's shady dealings, received the prestigious George Polk Award last week for local journalism. Congrats, Bailey! His alleged killer, Your Black Muslim Bakery handyman Devaughndre Broussard, was also interviewed by 60 Minutes, which aired last night. According to CBS 5: In the interview, Broussard repeated his claim that he was coerced......

As already mentioned in Blotter's comments and in our tips section, Your Black Muslim Bakery on San Pablo Avenue (hot fish sandwiches -- mmm) was raided this morning, resulting in the arrests of over a dozen people. Police, bomb units, and SWAT teams came down on the bakery and several other "related locations" in North Oakland and Emeryville at 5 a.m. (Read Chron's article about it here, Examiner's here.) Police claim that this was all......

-- Jackson West interviews Matt Stroud, SF Weekly's former web editor, just before he leaves SF. [Future Fresser] -- Oakland Post's editor, Chauncey Bailey, shot and killed in downtown Oakland. [Chron, Examiner, Oakland Tribune] -- Former San Mateo teacher gets a year in prison for doing it with a 17-year-old student. Whoops. [Chron] -- Homeless folks living in Golden Gate Park get the heave-ho. [Chron, Examiner] -- Avenue Q (featuring such characters as potty-mouthed puppets......

Chauncey Bailey, a local journalist with the Oakland Post [no online site] and who had previously worked at the Oakland Tribune, was shot to death at around 7:30 a.m. this morning in downtown Oakland in what the authorities are characterizing as an assassination-style hit. Bailey covered African-American issues in his time at the Oakland Tribune, but was fired in 2005 for ethics violations, He had just been named the new editor of the weekly magazine......

Tonight we're staying up late late late for the Late Night Picture Show at the Clay (2261 Fillmore). Tonight they're screening Cremaster 3, Matthew Barney's not-available-on-video 2002 film, and with a special in-person appearance by visual effects supervisor Matthew Wallin. Tickets are $9.75, and are available at the door. If you're way ahead of us on this one, what are you up to tomorrow? The Main Oakland Post Office (1675 7th St) is closing out......