“(This) enabling legislation … assures that the staff and the legal adviser will operate under the supervision of the commission and not the city administration,” said...
Left to Right – Civil Rights Attorney John Burris, Oakland to Yale Graduate Akintunde Ahmad and Producer Ephraim Walker. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. Oakland native...
Left to right: Min. Keith Mohammed, Muhammad Mosque Number 26; Dr Patricia Nunley; Rev Dr William Coleman – Restoring the Way of the Ancestors: Black Theology; ...
Children in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland have been reported to be at higher risk of lead exposure than the children who were drinking the contaminated...
Left to right – Bay Area Business Roundtable Founder and CEO Bernard Ashcraft honoring Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb. Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb was honored...
Homegrown Heroes: Oakland A’s at 50 Honors three iconic players: Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson (pictured above) and Dave Stewart. In celebration of the Oakland Athletics’ 50th anniversary...
‘Occupy ICE’ protester Imri Rivas calls for the abolition of ICE at a July 3 press conference in front of San Francisco’s U.S. Citizen & Immigration...
From left to right – Ocie and Arthur Thompson of Thompson Funeral Home, Hs Lordship Owner John Tillichett and Dwayne “DVD” Davis. Hs Lordships, site of...
Warriors Sign 5-time NBA All-Star Demarcus “Boogie” Cousins. L to R – Warriors guard Stephen Curry, newly acquired center Demarcus Cousins and power forward Draymond Green celebrate...
Proposal offers a city-subsidized “incentive” for small landlords to displace tenants, says housing rights activist James Vann The Oakland City Council is scheduled Tuesday to decide on a...
Martin MacKerel (left) and Matthew Gerring protest the Oakland Oversized & Bulk Terminal in front of developer Phil Tagami’s Crocker Highlands home during a youth-led “zombie...
Ray Connell of Holland Partner Group presents a check for $100,000 to Art Shanks, of the Cypress Mandela Training Center, with Greg McConnell of the Oakland...
The Rules and Legislation Committee of the Oakland City Council was scheduled this week to hear a resolution proposed by Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan urging the City...
The older students working on Negro Spirituals in their academic class at summer camp. L. to R. Elysa Pulliam, Morgan Pearson, Makayla Hegler, Jacquirah Smith, Zion...
Valeria Jean Reid, affectionately known as “Libby” to family and close friends, was born to the late Ollie and Emma Mae Reid on Sept. 11, 1929...
Same election tactic resulted in $2,500 fine last week for her former staffer, Peggy Moore Mayor Libby Schaaf may have recently committed the same state...
The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal for a Moratorium on Public Land Sales at the committee’s next meeting, Tuesday,...
By Cheryl Poncini The month of June has long been recognized as Elder Abuse Awareness Month locally, nationally and internationally. This recognition is important because it...
By Community Leaders and Groups To Council Members, Mayor, City Staff, and Members of the Public:Three principles should prevail in upcoming discussions of public land: 1)...
Teachers and parents protest budget cuts at school board meeting earlier this school year. Photo by Ken Epstein. Oakland and several other school districts were hoping...
The debate at the City Council meeting went on for hours into the night, deciding the fate of the Oakland Police Commission. Would it be allowed...
Mack students after graduation ceremony from left to right: Gianna Smith, Princess Byrd, Najee McDonald, Albert Mitchell, D’shun Rodgers, Gary’ontae Smith. Photo by Dione Green @dion.green....
The following is an open letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf, City Council Members, City Administrator Landreth and Staff, dated June 11: Recently about 30 groups focused...
Project Beanstalk co-founders Glenn Ray Brooks and Isaiah Johnson presented their business idea to a host of panelist judges and advisers at the People’s Pitch Event...
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....
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