The city went out of its way to acquire state-owned land to exclusively benefit the landlord’s company By Darwin Bond Graham, East Bay Express The...
By Marlene C. Hurd I agree with the opinion published in the March 16 Post, titled “Teaching is Necessary To Show our Youth How To Avoid...
Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob hosted Snellville, Georgia, natives Isaiah Simpson and his mother, Alexandra McDonald, at a Warrior game in Oakland. Mother and son...
The Oakland Film Society and Councilmember Lynette McElhaney are hosting “The 40th Anniversary of Roots – An Evening with the Stars, in cooperation with the Oakland...
Dorothy DeBose, a 76-year-old, life-long East Oakland resident, and her nephew Omar Taylor were joined by dozens of neighbors, friends and supporters this week as they sought...
Eighty-five percent say they want to require developers to hire local workers first Expressing broad unanimity, 92 percent of Oakland residents rank homelessness as an “extremely”...
Oaklanders are in mourning and seeking answers in the wake of a fire that destroyed a three-story transitional housing building at 2551 San Pablo Ave. in...
Event will raise funds to help young women go to college Three local young women are participating in the Nor-Cal All Star “Best of the...
McClymonds High School “Culture Keepers” left Tuesday for two-week trip to South Africa. On Tuesday afternoon, the group met up in the “Plaza of Peace”...
Assemblyman Rob Bonta has named social attorney Pamela Price the 18th Assembly District’s Woman of the Year for her “social justice advocacy, her continued service to...
Outcomes and opportunities for students in Oakland vary dramatically across schools. For anyone who is interested in why this is, and what can be done to...
By Assemblymember Rob Bonta In times of crisis, all options must be on the table. Many parts of California are suffering from a rental housing affordability...
The McClymonds High School community – including parents and students – took over the school board meeting Wednesday evening demanding the board hear their pleas to...
Gwendolyn Annette Howard, who serves as pastor of the First Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, on 86th Avenue, in Oakland, received her Doctoral Degree in...
Faith leaders, Native activists, and community members held a march this week to protest the destruction of sacred burial sites and call for religious tolerance in...
Sculptor and former news anchor Dana King who the artist who created the larger-than-life size bronze sculpture of historic political leader William Byron Rumford, located...
Oakland Raiders fan and community groups are continuing their effort to mobilize fans of all 32 National Football League (NFL) teams to urge owners to keep...
Betty Maze was awarded with an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Theology, Th.D, conferred by the Global University of Theology on March 5. “Betty is an amazing...
Hailing from Kumasi, Ghana in West Africa and now living in Oakland, Ellen Manu-Bimpeh has been running Sankofa African Arts & Jewelry for over 20...
Part 1- Showcasing our kids Elbert McBride says, “In order for me to make a change. I have to be the change.” McBride has changed his...
As the Oakland Board of Education moves ahead with its search for a new superintendent of schools, members of the community are continuing to push for...
Nine years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat from the fifth row on a City of Montgomery segregated public bus, Montgomery’s Women’s...
The Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO) and The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on Saturday, April 15 will honor over 3,000 Latino students who...
Over 50 people East Bay residents canvassed the streets around Telegraph Avenue from Uptown to Temescal last Sunday in Oakland on Sunday, giving posters to...
The East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA) has announced the winners of the 5th Annual “East Bay Innovation Awards” of foremost examples of...