Acting on a tip, local police and other law enforcement agencies began surveilling Wesley Brownlee, a Bay Area native. He was arrested while scouting for new...
In recent weeks a total of more than $600,000 has been donated to an Independent Expenditure Committee supporting Ignacio de la Fuente, a mayoral candidate who...
There are four Black candidates running for state public office: Shirley Weber, Tony Thurmond, Malia Cohen and Angela Underwood Jacobs.
“The tremendous impact that Hidden Genius Project has made in the lives of Black male youth in Oakland, Richmond, and the East Bay is the reason...
“Meanwhile, Mills students have seen a drastic reduction in programs and workers are concerned that Northeastern has a history of union busting, and the community is...
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr, Esq., former mayor of San Francisco, made the case for Black students to have the financial support to attend law...
Valencia Burton Horton was then a real estate broker but couldn’t provide a home for her own family. She kept her faith and continued to move...
As the only Black man on Oakland’s City Council, I know firsthand that public safety is an intersectional issue. It requires a focus on the history...
the Northern California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) held their annual Convocation at Grand Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church in Oakland. Seven hundred people came...
The teachers’ union pledged to continue the fight against school closures and to take legal action to defend teachers who have been fired or threatened for...
“Jahna is a truly exceptional leader whose career shows a lifelong passion for serving audiences, and especially underrepresented communities with powerful, change-making journalism.” said Mother Jones...
“I am pleased that Senator Alex Padilla and East Bay community leaders joined me in a roundtable discussion today about the alarming rate of gun violence,...
“Reparations are designed to repair and heal the damages done to Africans for 400 years who [suffered] through Jim Crow [laws],” California Secretary of State Shirley...
Amid the deadliest week this year with eight lives lost, Oakland Police Chief LeRonne L. Armstrong deployed additional officers on overtime Sunday to reduce the amount...
“We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” family representatives tweeted Saturday morning. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in...
This free event is for Pre-K - 2nd graders. Tarsha Jordan, career educator and author of “Bonita the Bumble Bee” books, is presenting this event on...
Comcast RISE is part of a larger $100 million Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative that Comcast launched last summer. In June 2020, Comcast NBCUniversal announced the...
We must ensure that we are able to build sufficient housing, especially that which is affordable. Oakland is currently producing under 10% of our state Regional...
As the AC Transit board president, a challenge I am confronted with is that traditional transit planning practice has ignored the pervasive issues of segregation, displacement,...
Housing is a human right. We can use public resources to ensure everyone has a safe place to live and effective mental health and substance use...
This election is for the heart and soul of Oakland. Do we want to continue electing political insiders who are beholden to special interests, or are...
The City of Oakland has an agency that is charged with leading and coordinating our prevention efforts with people, aptly called the Department of Violence Prevention...
Our pastors, community chaplains and civil rights groups have come together to lift up our voices seeking an end to this season of reckless violence. Sadly,...
With all the shocked and grieving members or our community, and with the devastated members of the Oakland Islamic Center, we call on those who committed...
Mrs. Elberta Julia Eriksson, BCD, MFT, LCSW was born on March 19, 1930 in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in Oakland. She graduated from Sacramento and...