Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan has called on Berkeley to refocus on identifying viable alternative sites for RVs, rather than immediately adopting a vote on...
OUSD and State overseers focus on budget cuts, $72 Mil goes unspent The Oakland Unified School District’s overseers—the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) and...
The Coalition for Police Accountability is calling for the firing of Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick in the wake of the 2018 police killing of Joshua...
A new report from the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) indicates that the State of California, represented by FCMAT and the Alameda County Superintendent...
A growing number of Oaklanders—joined by Senator Nancy Skinner—are calling on the State of California to cancel the balance of the $100 million loan that the...
Standing behind the scenes of the battle between Oakland’s school district and its 3,000 teachers are State representatives controlling the district and enforcing drastic budget cuts....
Parents at targeted schools are beginning to come together to demand the school district and the state halt the proposed closing of as many as 24...
Teachers say: ‘Get up, get down. Oakland is a union town!” “Bargaining with the district has not — in two years — produced an agreement that...
Oakland Unified School District teachers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, “if necessary,” for higher wages, more counselors and school nurses, and against the school...
The Oakland Board of Education voted this week despite the opposition of hundreds of Roots students and families and their supporters. Parent leaders pledged to continue...
A group of community leaders and activists came together Thursday to call on the state to increase funding for Oakland public schools and to end the...
The Oakland Unified School District is moving full throttle with the closing of Roots International Academy, even though the proposal has not yet been approved by...
Oakland public school parents were shocked to learn this week that the school district is considering a data-sharing agreement with a charter school industry nonprofit group....
Rebecca Kaplan unanimously elected City Council President Oakland honored its newly elected city leaders this week at a swearing-in ceremony held in the City Council Chambers...
The announcement that the Oakland Unified School District is planning to close up to 24 schools in the next few years, starting with Roots International Academy...
Students, parents and teachers at Roots International Academy in East Oakland are reacting with shock and determination since learning right before the holiday break that...
As students and teachers were celebrating and preparing for the holiday winter break, officials of the Oakland Unified School District held a meeting at Roots International...
At this week’s City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Administrator Joe DeVries reported on another set of “Tuff Sheds” the city is installing. Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca...