Charter Academy Celebrates 102 Days of Perfect Attendance

The 6th grade class at Richmond Charter Academy middle school has announced that it has reached the milestone of 102 consecutive days of perfect attendance. “I...

Desmond Tutu Challenges Drones: “American or Not, All Victims Are Human”

By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams In a letter to the New York Times, South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the US and...

Jim Hines Selected for OAL Hall of Fame

The following are corrections to “The Roots of Toni Beckham’s Success” in the Feb. 13 Post. The article by Lee Hildebrand inaccurately said “PR, et Cetera...

Berkeley’s First Citywide College and Career Day

By Danielle Savage Berkeley will hold its first citywide College and Career Day Friday, March 1, sponsored by the Berkeley Alliance and the UC Berkeley’s Center...

Amya Harris, Doctor in the Making

“We Do Not Need This Flying Invasion of Privacy”

By Neil Satterlund Alameda County Sheriff Ahern wants surveillance drones. At last Thursday’s hearing of Alameda County’s Public Safety Committee, over powerful objections from more than...

Promised Youth Job Funds Fail to Materialize

At the last meeting of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, Executive Director John Bailey pledged to resolve snafus that have held up the cash advances for...

DeVry University Offers “Passport 2 College”

For high school students looking to get a jumpstart on their college career, DeVry University has the perfect solution with its Passport 2 College program. Students...

Looking for Answers: Why Did Oakland Lose $600,000 for Jobs?

Part III By Ken A. Epstein The head of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board has submitted a memo to the City Council blaming the administration of...