The West Oakland Elder’s Council invites longtime West Oakland residents of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s to participate in a filming of people’s experiences, 12:30 pm....
“Taking the Lead to Transform Communities, ” the first in a free series of workshops of the 2013 Model Built on Faith Nonprofit Capacity Building Series...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor The director of a West Oakland-based youth job training and educational development program says that the mismanagement of Oakland’s job training money...
By Ken A. Epstein Agencies working with the city’s Oakland Workforce Investment Board are saying bureaucratic obstacles are choking nonprofit groups that depend on city money...
Blair Underwood Unveils Casual Spring Collection By Ashley Chambers Award winning actor, director, and producer Blair Underwood is more than a handsome face in theaters and...
By Ashley Chambers In an effort to address foreclosures and keep struggling residents in their homes, Wells Fargo will be hosting their free Home Preservation Workshop...
By: Malaika Bobino Sacramento, CA – When he took over the fourth quarter, the crowd erupted! The hero of the night felt no pressure in...
Dr. Muntu Davis, Director of Public Health for Alameda County Public Health Department, will lead a free training on case management and the AIDS State of...
By Jesse Brooks Celebrating one’s historic roots is an opportunity to honor forbearers and connect to our rich legacy. However, usually missing from Black history are...
By Jesse Brooks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day falls during Black history month to remind the public of the devastating toll HIV has taken and continues...
The Joyce Gordon Galley in Oakland will host “When Struggle Gave Improvisation the Blues,” a poetry performance theater play by poet and playwright Charles Curtis Blackwell,...
By Curtis Flannigan February is a good time to jumpstart a savings plan for the year as Feb. 25 kicks off America Saves week, a national...
Celebrating 14 years in the Bay Area, Rhythm Tap Hall of Fame is offering traditional tap dance classes starting in February. The nonprofit organization promotes the...
Kyla Wheatfall’s father was killed by a police officer when she was 10 years old, but the 20-year-old Oakland resident has found a way to forgive...
Local seniors and activists are holding a Town Hall Meeting to say: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, Monday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m....
By Lee Hildebrand Former East Bay resident Dayna Stephens is, at age 34, one of the most gifted jazz tenor saxophonists of his generation. Now living...
Jacqueline Sue will be reading and discussing her latest work, “A Dream Begun So Long Ago – The Story of David Johnson – Ansel Adams’ first...
Ray Menaster will be showing his reflective videos of Marin City during the 60’s and 70’s on Saturday, Feb.16 at 10 a.m. The videos convey the...
Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed of the Oakland Fire Department was the guest speaker at Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Black History Month event on Feb.1 in...
The San Leandro Public Library has selected Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” as the book for the community to read, as part of...
A free public performance of the Rotunda Dance Series will be held at noon, Friday, March 1 at San Francisco City Hall. The performance is hosted...
Arlene C. Ackerman, who served as superintendent of Washington, D.C. public schools from 1998 to 2000 and later led the school systems in San Francisco and...
By Post Staff Part I of 2 Tadd Scott is a teacher who sparks up his high school classroom with new activities. One day last fall,...
Keeping with the tradition of celebrating with music, creative costumes, food and colorful beads, The Village Project, The Fillmore Center and the Mayor’s Office of Economic...