By Judith Scherr Berkeley’s historic downtown post office is for sale. Across the country, the cash-strapped United States Postal Service is selling property, slashing postal hours,...
The South Berkeley Senior Center is celebrating Black History Month by showing documentaries Tuesdays in February at 10:30 a.m. Films include “The Drilling Fields” (1994) on...
By Carla Thomas “A Shadow In the Clouds -The Bessie Coleman Story,’’ written by Victor Lawhorn, is a play about an extraordinary woman pilot, which will...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the “Audit the Pentagon Act of 2013” last week for increased transparency and accountability in the defense budget. Lee said her legislation...
Boona cheema receive a commendation this week from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to celebrate her 40 years as executive director of Building Opportunities for...
Black History Month has a special meaning this year, commemorating two landmarks of American history: the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary...
By Ken A. Epstein Part 2 City of Oakland officials are explaining how they lost $600,000 in federal job training money to provide training for laid...
Attorney General Kamala Harris this week filed a lawsuit against one of the nation’s major credit rating companies for inflating its ratings of structured finance investments,...
The Rosa Parks Forever Stamp went on sale at post offices and online at usps.com/stamps. “Rosa Parks was the epitome of courage. Her single act of...
By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland Police Department’s performance is “unacceptable” and shifting “from stagnation to decline” on several key federal court-ordered reforms – especially failing...
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