City staff, along with Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan (front left) and Abel Guillén, hosted a meeting Monday evening at City Hall to hear community feedback on proposed...
The school board of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) voted Monday to give itself a raise despite their multi-million dollar budget deficit. Each of the...
Steph Curry warms up for his 32-point performance during the Warriors’ Monday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. Oakland’s golden team, the...
By Oakland Community Leaders There is a 13-to-1 racial wealth gap between the median White family and the median Black family in the U.S. You can...
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) is holding a meeting Thursday, Jan. 11th to propose a faith-based homelessness solution plan for the City of Oakland,...
Dancers of the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company. Photo Courtesy of Diamano Coura. The beat of drums and high-energy dancers of men and women in...
Michael Morgan, Conductor and Music Director of the Oakland Symphony, will discuss issues of interest to LGBTQ audiences at The Commonwealth Club of California Thursday, January...
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...
District 6 City Councilmember Desley Brooks is sponsoring an ordinance that would set aside 5 percent of the city’s capital improvement project costs to support some...
Upgrade, a computer sciences program at Laney College is poised to change the face of technology. Housed on the campus of Laney College, Upgrade prepares both...
Lolade Gbadebo and Ron Bridgeforth pose with newly acquired books for Frick Middle School. Photo courtesy of Ron Bridgeforth. By Pendarvis Harshaw On the first Saturday...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) Basketball is back in Oakland with the addition of their latest team, the Oakland BayHawks. The ABA league is America’s largest...
By Jerome Horton Having sex with a person with the specific intent of infecting them with the HIV/AIDS virus is a felony punishable by imprisonment for...
Vernon Hal. Photo Courtesy of East Bay Express. Oakland public schools’ Senior Business Officer Vernon Hal, who has served the district for two decades, turned in...
From left to right: Richard Valle, Alameda County Supervisor, District 2, Dr. Asif Maan, Chief of the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) within California Department of...
Drummers Set the Cultural Tone of Kwanzaa at Defremery Park Honoring Ujima and Queen Mother Makinya. Photo By Carla Thomas. Kwanzaa came to the Defremery Community...
Aaron Goodwin (left) and Councilwoman Desley Brooks. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. On December 23rd Desley Brooks and Aaron Goodwin celebrated their 10th Annual Christmas Party for...
The Golden State Warriors (GSW) have been the darlings of the NBA for the past 3 years winning 2 of the last 3 NBA titles. Their...
“Ladies in Red” founder Brenda Knight reported to the Post News Group that despite providing care to her husband of 45 years for his chronic heart...
OUSD was required to borrow $100 Million when they only needed $37 Million. Assemblymember Sandre Swanson pressured state schools Supt. O’Conncell for three years, resulting in return...
Agnus the Play, a murders’ futurist trial set in 2047 written by Ise Lyfe and Matt Warner, will debut off-Broadway January 18th through February 11th in New York....
By Kyle Pennell Have you ever wondered how green Oakland is and how we are contributing to protecting the environment and combating climate change? One major...
More than 100 students showed off their green thumbs at Cleveland Elementary School in Oakland last week as part of the school’s Salad Day. The second-...
By Rashidah Grinage December 13, 2017 saw the inauguration of the Oakland Police Commission, which resulted from the will of the 83 percent of Oakland voters...
The McClymonds High Warriors took their 13-0 record into Visalia, southeast of Fresno, to take on the Golden West High School Trailblazers Saturday night in the...
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