Local Job Providers Call for WIB Overhaul

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...

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s Association Reunion

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, New Principal at Oakland Street Academy

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...

Officer Involved Shooting in Marin Causes Tension

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...

Local Filmmakers Explore Meaning of Oakland’s First Fridays

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...

Rent Control Proposal to Protect Tenants

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...

First Missionary Baptist Choir Hosts Summer Musicale

Peattie Appointed Executive Director of Fair Housing of Marin

The Fair Housing of Marin (FHOM) Board of Directors has appointed Caroline Peattie as executive director, effective immediately. Prior to her appointment Peattie was serving as...

1.5 Million Celebrate Historic Court Decisions at SF Gay Pride

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...

Richmond’s Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival draws 10,000

Progress at LBNL’s Richmond Facility

By For Richmond Staff With its state-of-the-art campus, bike paths leading to the Bay Trail, lecture forums and welcoming cafes, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Richmond...

Rev. Cassandry Keys’ Historic Moment

Khailey Kwamilele, 7-year-old Track Star

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...

City Approves Move for Army Base Truck Yard

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...

Dr. Eric Gravenberg, Interim President of College of Alameda

The Board of Trustees and the Chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, Dr. José M. Ortiz have appointed Dr. Eric V. Gravenberg as interim president...

Debate Simmers on City’s $2 Billion Budget

By Ken A. Epstein Oakland’s new two-year $2 billion budget – the first in five years to be based on rising city revenues – focuses on...

Same-Sex Marriage Scores Victory

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...

BART, AC-Transit, Oakland City Workers Prepare to Strike

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...

AIMS Charter Appeals to State for Survival

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African-American Male Couple Are Pride’s Grand Marshals

By Lee Hubbard The grand marshals at this year’s Pride parade will be a couple, Perry Lang and Ken Monteiro, the first African Americans to be...

Colon and A’s on a winning streak

Oakland, CA – At the mere age of forty this right-handedpitchergets better each time he takes the mound. Lasting eight frames in his outing tonight, you...