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...
A packed Peralta board meeting opened discussion Tuesday evening on proposed A’s ballpark project next to Lake Merritt. Photo by Ken Epstein. Meetings of Peralta Community...
A selection panel made its final choices this week for the city’s new citizens’ police commission, established by an overwhelming vote in November, which will have...
The Oakland Unified School District and AC Transit came to an agreement Wednesday afternoon – with the help of the City of Oakland – to save...
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan submitted a resolution proposing for Oakland to not do business with financial institutions that have direct investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline...
The State of California recently released the 2015-2016 performance report for the state’s federally funded local workforce development services, which found that the city’s...
The Philly Cheeze Melt is one of the most decadent vegan sandwiches in town. The line to the Veg Hub was out the door...
By Carroll Fife After Civil War Reconstruction, white men fearing loss of privilege and power used intimidation, manipulation, and violence to influence the...
The Oakland City Council voted this week to extend the emergency ordinance that places a moratorium on conversion of residential hotels through Dec. 11, 2018,...
It was perhaps an odd thing for a church girl to do, but New Birth Oakland member Omie Garba felt God had put it on her...
CIF Division 5-A state title. That’s the title the McClymonds High Football Team claims that tile after beating La Jolla Country Day 20-17 on Dec. 17.McClymonds...
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in partnership with Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has launched an innovative construction pre-apprenticeship pilot program as part of the hospital’s...
Almost six weeks after the shooting death of Demouria Hogg, the Oakland Police Department and the City of Oakland have not released information related to the...
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