Those dogs were his pals. Hearing the news was like a 500-pound weight hitting me in the stomach. It breaks my heart. He was one of the most caring, honest, ethical people I've met in my 59 years.

Those dogs were his pals, ... Hearing the news was like a 500-pound weight hitting me in the stomach. It breaks my heart. He was one of the most caring, honest, ethical people I've met in my 59 years.

The shots they were hitting was like getting hit in the stomach.

This was one of the few bits of good news we did get from that hearing.

I fall apart. It's hard. The hardest part is hearing it on the news and then we have to wait.

(Dellums') name alone carries tremendous weight. What it's going to come down to is listening to the candidates and hearing what they have in mind for Oakland. That is what's going to spell the difference.