By Rachel Voss and Javier Kordi, UC Berkeley News Eighteen UC Berkeley students attended the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI-U) annual gathering, hosted by President Bill...
By Judith Scherr Calling Berkeley’s pedestrian span over the freeway “The Bridge to Citizenship,” a crowd of about 100 people rallied at the bridge on April...
Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley’s baritone voice for justice and equality, died April 11. She was 101.Her image above, which looms large over the City of Berkeley, is...
Jintian Liang and Christopher Hinds, both seniors at American Indian Public High School, were recognized at this week’s week City Council meeting for winning prestigious national...
The Second African First Ladies Health Summit, held recently in Los Angeles, welcomed first ladies and government representatives from Africa to address the health challenges faced...
Local homeowner Tanya Dennis is speaking to church groups about the continuing foreclosure crisis and will report her findings to President Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren and...
By Tanya Dennis Lawyers, paralegals, mortgage industry veterans and thousands of other contractors working at banks and auditing firms were hired in January 2012 to review...
OCCUR will present the third in a free series of workshops of the 2013 Model Built on Faith Capacity Building Series VI program, which will be...
Broken City on DVD and Blu-ray April 30th, Mrs. Carter and Luke James Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in this gripping crime thriller...
By Post Staff Students at the Oakland Street Academy were awarded recently with a day at the Oakland Ice Center in downtown Oakland. Math teacher Jeremy...
By Ken A. Epstein The City of Oakland’s failure to offer Turner Group Construction an honest shot at winning the Oakland Army Base demolition contact is...
By Ken A. Epstein From the point of view of Turner Group Construction –a local, small African-American owned firm – the company has experienced nothing but...
The Ecology Center Farmers’ Markets’ 9th annual Family Fun Festival–“a whole day of free fun for the whole family” co-sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley YMCA; the...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) issued the following statement on the passing of Maudelle Shirek: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of...
The Board of Directors of the Alameda County Fair Association has announced the selection of Jerome Hoban as the Alameda County Fair’s new Chief Executive Officer....
“Opening Day on the Bay” on Sunday, April 28, 2013 Marks the Official Start of San Francisco Bay’s 2013 Boating Season Sunday April 28, 2012,...
Thanks to a job training program that has prepared young people for jobs as computer tutors, several locations of the Oakland Public Library are now offering...
By: Malaika Bobino Oakland, CA – Without his best stuff, the Tigers managed to find their offense behind three home runs and an average day on...
By: Malaika Bobino Oakland, CA – The first walk-off win of the season came in extra innings. No shocker here, this is the same team that...
By Vanessa Le Blanc Albertine Thomas passed away at the age of 83, and was the only child of Alberta and Joseph Wilson of New Orleans,...
Winter Noel of Oakland was crowned Miss Congeniality in the 2013 Miss Teen Oakland pageant competition on Saturday, April 6. Judged on personality and modeling routines...
Dr. Helene Gayle, a leading world public health expert, will discuss the declining state of health in America, as part of the Barbara Lee and Elihu...
Published in the Wall Street Journal Researchers are saying they have mapped an “arms race” in the human body between the AIDS virus and powerful antibodies...
By Tanya Dennis Rudsdale High School in Oakland will rename its school library on April 26 for Ronald James “Joe Black” LaFleur, who dedicated his life...
The Bay Area is invited to celebrate the 80th birthday of Dr. Nathan Hare, the father of Black Studies in the United States, Saturday, April 13,...