During a press conference last month, the Oakland NAACP chapter called out the city and Mayor Sheng Thao for their failure to apply in time for...
On Oct. 10, Newsom scored another win on gun control. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the California state law that bans guns...
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Dezzy’s mother, Dru Ann Davis, said, “How could this irreversible horror, caused by idiots, have happened to my, our, Dezzy? “A soul that hurt no one...
The Alameda County D.A.’s office reports that the county is identified as the third-largest trafficking hub in the country with 4,700 youth victims of sex trafficking....
Yusuf Bey IV, a leader of the former Your Black Muslim Bakery, and Antoine Mackey, a staff member at the bakery, filed motions this year to...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that Alameda County is one of 13 district attorneys’ offices across California that received funding to establish new vertical prosecution...
Black women and girls are at increased risk of being harmed and sex trafficked. A recent report on human trafficking incidents across the country also found...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 11 - 17 2023
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against James Lambert, 23, for the brutal assault last month with a knife and a metal pipe...
Senate Bill (SB) 14 — legislation that makes trafficking of a minor for purposes of a commercial sex act a serious felony — is now the...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Tuesday led 18 of their colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris administration to develop and publicly announce a...
Witnesses reported that on Aug. 17 Lambert stabbed the elderly man eight times in the head and proceeded to strike him with a metal pipe while...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 4 - 10, 2023
A GoFundMe has been launched to support the 7-year-old son of a Richmond woman who was fatally shot at her workplace in Albany in an act...
Chabot Elementary School in the Rockridge District of North Oakland was evacuated Tuesday after receiving a racist bomb threat and “multiple threatening emails, phone calls and...
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is currently investigating an illegal casino operation. On the morning of September 26, 2023, officers from the OPD Violent Crime Operations...
We all should blame these modern-day politicians responsible for our current climate of hate. Gov. Ron DeSantis's statements of regret for these killings in his state...
The Coalition for Police Accountability hears from residents who associate CPA with the community advocacy and development of MACRO and are disappointed and concerned. We hear from...
For on this day in August, I would open my front door to police officers, yellow crime tape and the body of an unidentified young, Black...
California State Controller Malia Cohen announced last week that she will chair a “statewide multi-agency task force charged with developing audit criteria and best practices for...
On Sept. 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state is making a $267,118,293 investment to combat organized retail crime. This sum represents the largest-ever single investment...
On Monday morning, community leaders including representatives from the Oakland NAACP chapter held a press conference at Acts Full Gospel Church to discuss their response to...