As the City of Oakland continued evicting unhoused people living in the Community of Grace by East Oakland’s Home Depot, two unhoused residents filed a complaint...
The seemingly sudden firing of Oakland Police Dept. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick on Feb. 20, 2020, without a publicly stated reason initially left some Oaklanders wondering how...
Since Mosswood Recreation Center burned down three years ago, neighbors have been organizing and working with the city to build a new center that serves the...
The City of Oakland on Wednesday evicted a group of seven unhoused people who lived along Webster Street and in between 5th and 6th streets, then...
The interfaith Coalition of Alameda County will hold a regional meeting on Jan. 9, 2020, at 732 Willow St. in Oakland from 12 noon to 2:00...
Unhoused residents living on a tract of land just west of Wood Street in West Oakland and their advocates participated in a holiday protest outside of...
Unhoused residents living on a field, just west of Wood Street between 24th and 26th Streets in West Oakland, are anxious as the City of Oakland...
The Oakland Post connected with displaced, unhoused residents in the wake of city- sanctioned closures of homeless encampments and found many have moved into less stable...
OAKLAND POST — Oakland residents Zack and Odell have something in common; they both wore their “Born n’ Raised in Oakland” T-shirts in Paris, France and at...
Oakland residents Zack and Odell have something in common; they both wore their “Born n’ Raised in Oakland” T-shirts in Paris, France and at the...
Local residents who follow city government might well wonder why Oakland City Council members allowed Mayor Libby Schaaf to set up her signature multi-million dollar college...
In 2016, Oakland overwhelmingly voted for a police commission they believed would create an “independent” oversight body of the Oakland Police Department (OPD). After years of...
In the midst of a growing homeless population in Alameda Count and as numbers have even doubled in Oakland, city staff is threatening to cut off...
The Henry J. Kaiser (HJK) Convention Center redevelopment proposal is being fast-tracked by the city despite significant community concerns—including lack of affordability, an operational model developed...
City workers are fighting for what we love: the people of Oakland. City services, including picking up illegal dumping, filling potholes, and implementing affordable housing programs...
Community says Schaaf’s budget hides $45 million ‘slush fund’ Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf could have responded to City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s amendments to her administration’s...
Oakland firefighters are close to winning a pay raise from the City of Oakland, the result of a long and contentious negotiation period , which was...
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is a day off for many—but in Oakland, it’s a day on for service and activism. A Day of Activism By...
Pressure is mounting as Oakland teachers and their supporters push for decreased class sizes, a 12 percent pay increase for educators, the hiring of more counselors,...
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...
By Ken Epstein Families and teachers from Roots International Academy, supported by hundreds of teachers and community members, shut down the Board of Education meeting...
From now until December 28th, families pursuing homeownership are invited to submit pre-applications for four brand new single-family homes in Oakland. These homes feature four bedrooms,...
The City of Oakland is updating our process to identify and select capital projects for funding. Capital projects improve and maintain Oakland’s public facilities and infrastructure....
The City of Oakland is hosting a public meeting Monday, Jan 8 for Oakland’s small, minority and women-owned construction firms to learn about the latest proposal...
Speaking at Tuesday’s Community and Economic Development(CED) Committee meeting, Councilmember Abel Guillén urged his colleagues to pass stronger regulations that would restrict development in the area...