Councilmember Carroll Fife said that putting the Oakland A’s $12-billion real estate development project on the ballot would ensure that the public has a voice in...
During four and a half hours of discussion, speakers and sub-committee members considered various complex issues having to do with the uses and need for Howard...
Explaining her compromise, Kaplan said the city needs more staff and more effort “to serve transportation projects throughout the City of Oakland, including traffic calming measures,...
Trent Willis, past president of Local 10, called on union members to organize and fight. “We know what we stand for: we stand for equality, we...
Doris Fisher, worth $2.6 billion, has “focused much of her wealth and resources on building charter schools. She and her late husband Donald donated more than $70...
Of the 53 public speakers at the meeting, 32 opposed approving the EIR, raising significant concerns about the impact of the project. Speakers included representatives of...
“As part of any major corporate development or sports stadium plan, local governments in California make the creation of a Community Benefits Fund part of the...
“The Port — along with our federal and state partners — is ready to do everything we can to help provide room and relief to help...
“We, as a community, should hold everybody to task around the issue of equity,” West Oakland community leader and environmental advocate Margaret Gordon said. “The A’s...
Please attend the meeting Tuesday, October 26 and express your opinion; call or e-mail your supervisor and Keith Carson, president of the Board of Supervisors, through...
Billionaire John Fisher, owner of the A’s, has things to do before he can take over Oakland’s public port property to build malls and housing for...
Marvin Norman of Oakland and Antioch, California, died at the age of 55 after enduring a ferocious battle with COVID-19 for more than four months.
Some members of the committee were deeply concerned that this zoning change may have been made without the approval of the City Council or going through...
The plaque, initiated by former Oakland City Councilmember, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, in 2019 on the 12th anniversary of Bailey’s death and erected 14 years after his...
Led by Ray Bobbitt, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group secured an approval from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on July 30 for a non-binding...
The silence comes after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that lawyers on both sides will continue negotiations toward an agreement.
The A’s are seeking to develop 55 acres at the Port of Oakland. The proposal includes a 35,000-seat baseball stadium, which would cost $1 billion, or...
Blackwell, who is African American, accuses Ma of inappropriate behavior, including revealing her bare posterior on more than one occasion. San Francisco’s attorney Waukeen McCoy filed...
Post publisher Paul Cobb said the newspaper has been discussing the different sides of this issue and hopes to help clear up the confusing messages the public...
The growth of high paying jobs is booming at the Port of Oakland as the economy continues to recover in part from the global pandemic.
Virtual Town Hall - July 14th at 6 p.m.
The heart of Oakland as a progressive, working-class city and the unusual reality of thousands of decent-paying jobs employing Black workers are all at stake.
Community experts will speak on the general question: “Will the Placement of 3,000 residences, a mall, and a stadium on Port property harm the Oakland Port?”
The candidates are running to represent Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro in a June 29 special election for California State Assembly District #18, a seat that...
The A’s said on Tuesday said they will start looking into relocating with the backing of Major League Baseball.
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