The following letter was sent by medical professionals and community leaders on Aug. 9, 2021 to Oakland the Oakland Unified School District Superintendent and school board...
Leaders Rally Around Long-term Solutions to Region’s Affordability Crisis
Free technology classes designed for youth ages 12 to 19 will resume at the David E. Glover Center on August 14.
With a deep history in Solano County, the non-profit organization Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano County collaborates with diverse communities to provide services to underprivileged and poor...
Oakland’s beloved educator and artist Kev Choice will serve as the online keynote speaker for Black Laney Love Day on August 18.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) in partnership with the grassroots group All of Us or None, will commemorate Black August at Lil' Bobby Hutton...
The U.S. Justice Department has joined a series of whistleblower lawsuits alleging that Kaiser Permanente engaged in a years-long scheme to defraud the federal government out...
Led by Ray Bobbitt, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group secured an approval from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on July 30 for a non-binding...
Janice Mirikitani was born on February 4, 1941, in Stockton and died suddenly on July 29, 2021. Her cause of death is unknown.
This pandemic is not over. With the dangerous Delta variant spreading widely, low-income communities — especially Black and Brown communities—are still at risk of losing their homes and ending...
Dr. Curtis Robinson, MD, will be offering free vaccinations to Marin City residents. If you are a Marin City resident, call (415) 388-2801 to make an...
In her comeback to the Olympic Games on August 3, Simone Biles won the bronze medal for a workmanlike job on the balance beam. She didn’t...
Dept. of Public Health’s Mobile Vaccine Unit to offer vaccinations by appointment to groups of people at homes or workplaces
Oakland city councilmembers on revised the adopted city budget to deliver more resources to East Oakland, Councilmember Treva Reid’s office said on July 26.
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The silence comes after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that lawyers on both sides will continue negotiations toward an agreement.
Oakland’s Richard G. Watson, formerly a vocal performance major at Oakland School for the Arts and Class of 2021 graduate of the nation’s premiere high school...
On July 31, the Lend A Hand Foundation held its 22nd Annual Supply and Essentials Program where volunteers filled more than 8,000 backpacks with school supplies.
Making a major change that will create new opportunities for those considering becoming teachers, California recently passed the TK-12 Education Trailer Bill (AB 130), which will provide teaching...
To underscore the need for peace in and around our city, an incident occurred just steps away from the Oakland Police Department involving a shooting.
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I am a Baby Boomer, born in 1957, who grew up in a very binary world. Everything from party affiliation to music preference was simplified down...
Complain about the media representation of Oakland all you want. Last week, in the national media, Oakland was portrayed as a great place to live, work,...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will...
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