The Oakland Athletic League (OAL) has a history of grooming phenomenal athletes such as NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson,...
Stephen Curry steps down from his float to greet over a million screaming fans. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. The Golden State Warriors brought Oakland it’s third...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Council- member In Part I of this article, Councilmember Brooks wrote that “The Council, Mayor and Administration have once again...
Katrina Marsh has been named Acting Executive Director of Oakland Parents Together (OPT). She replaces Henry Hitz, who is retiring at the end of June. Marsh’s...
Vote tallies in the June 5 election are not yet final, but the results of most races are clear. Mark Leno holds a slight lead over...
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 Desley Brooks | District 6 City Councilmember Oakland is part of two metropolitan areas—San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara—that currently rank as places with the best...
By Cat Brooks Last week, I was in Sacramento with a statewide coalition lobbying for SB1421 and AB931. AB931 would dramatically change the legal standard law...
Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth has hired Maraskeshia Smith as her new Assistant City Administrator. Smith has more than 18 years of government experience with an...
24-year-old Miriam Yarde at the Oakland Davita Dialysis Center. Yarde needs a kidney and spends four hours, three times a week connected to the dialysis machine...
Left to Right: Regina Jackson (EOYDC President), Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rosalind Hudnell (President of the Intel Foundation), Janice Mathis (President of National Council of Negro Women)...
As the Oakland’s mayoral races take off, City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan will address the question, “What’s Next Oakland?” at a reception on Thursday, June 7, 5 p.m....
Members of East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods demand the city keep its promises to cleanup trash and illegal dumping. Photos by Ken Epstein. As the City Council examines a...
As part of the budget adopted 11 months ago, the Oakland City Council directed $2.2 million in state funding to anti-displacement and homeless prevention services – particularly...
Youth from all over the Bay Area competed in the Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet at UC Berkeley and honored athlete and legend Tommie Smith. This...
Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Tamela Mann will headline the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the California Conference of the Western Episcopal District. The sesquicentennial anniversary marks 150...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Donald R. Hopkins. Donald Ray Hopkins, an attorney activist who worked for civil rights causes and served as district representative for Congressman Ronald...
Kenzie Smith (left) and Onsayo Abram at last Sunday’s “BBQing While Black” event at Lake Merritt in Oakland Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan announced this week that she...
Councilmember Kaplan Challenges Sale of Public Land for Charter School By Rebecca Kaplan The Community and Economic Development (CED) committee of the Oakland City Council voted...
Cheryl Sudduth isn’t your typical political candidate. She presents a much-needed voice in politics, dedicated to social & economic equity, racial justice, educational system evolution,...
The Malcolm X Jazz and Art Festival is Sat. May, 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Oakland’s San Antonio Park, 17th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. Free....
A recent racist incident at Lake Merritt, where a white woman called police on African Americans who were barbecuing at Lake Merritt, sparked a protest to...
Student member of the Oakland Board of Education Gema Quetzal Cardenas told City Council members public land should be used for affordable housing. Photo by Mona...
“I support you 200 percent on your re-election to the Oakland City Council,” said former 18 A.D. Assembly Member Sandré Swanson, enthusiastically endorsing Councilmember Desley Brooks...
“It’s time to turn the tables” on the developer- and financier-led displacement agenda that currently runs Oakland, says mayoral candidate Cat Brooks, radio host, actor and...
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