At the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee meeting on last Thursday, Council President Pat Kernighan requested a special council meeting to censure Councilmember Desley Brooks...
In the future, when people talk about the extra difficulties in getting things done in Oakland city government, they may bring up the Army Base tenant...
A group of local nonprofit job agencies, calling themselves the Oakland Workforce Development Network, are calling on the City Council to reform the way the Oakland...
On July 6, members of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s Association (VHPA) from around the nation held their 30th reunion at the Hilton hotel in San Francisco.
Gina Hill, the new principal at the Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, remembers that while she was growing up in Cincinnati, she attended schools that had...
Marin City experienced its first officer involved shooting in a nearly a decade, raising questions about whether this normally calm city is being affected by the...
Not just anybody can turn a means of transportation into a work of art, but it is especially developed by Paul Brown, who has a...
A monthly art walk is probably the last place most people would expect a shooting to occur, but in Oakland last February, that is exactly what...
By Ken A. Epstein A city council committee last week began a discussion of limiting or eliminating the right of landlords to raise rents to cover...
The San Leandro Public Library and BrewMaster of San Leandro are presenting a free Millennial Academy workshop about home brewing beer on Saturday, July 20, 2...
By Jesse Brooks San Francisco’s 43rd annual Gay Pride celebration drew over 1.5 million people in a jubilant expression of the theme, “Embrace, Encourage, Empower,” as...
By Brea Hammonds Khailey Kwamilele, 7, recently competed at the Amateur Athletic Union West Coast Junior Olympics in Reno. She ran in the 100-meter, 200-meter and...
By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland City Council this week approved a 30-month contract that will allow a truck yard at the Oakland Army Base to...
By Jaron K. Epstein The Oakland Unified School District is starting this month to move its headquarters to 1000 Broadway (11th & Broadway) in downtown Oakland....
Brendalynn Goodall (center), who is president of the East Bay StoneWall Democratic Club with partner Nancy Hinds (right). will celebrate 21 years of togetherness. They were...
“The mayor is (also) culpable,” said Grinage. By KenA. Epstein There is growing frustration between local advocates of police accountability and City Administrator Deanna Santana,...
By Jaron K. Epstein The George P. Scotlan YouthandFamily Center, founded in 1966 and based at the historic DeFremery Park, is heading up an innovative flight...
Members of BART’s two largest unions overwhelming voted this week to give their leaders the authority to call a strike , while AC Transit workers are...
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By Don Lau The YMCA of the East Bay’s West Contra Costa County held its 95th annual meeting and dinner on June 5 at the Richmond...
By Kia Croom Davis Chapel CME will celebrate PastorCassandryR. Keys at a Pastor Appreciation Ceremony on Sunday, June 30 at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 684 Juliga...
During the summertime at Contra Costa College, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., classrooms are filled with teenagers solving equations, developing career goals, and free...
By Kyra Worthy The success of Richmond starts withouryouth,and part of investing in our city’s future means ensuring that Richmond’s young people are able to access...
Over 10,000 people joined in the celebration of Richmond’s10th Annual Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival, Saturday, June 22, presented by the Neighborhood Block Association, Chevron...