St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church in West Oakland is expanding its childcare program to provide 24/7 care. The program serves infants to 5-year-olds, offering full and...
For their 1981 masters’ degree thesis project, U.C. Berkeley students Marlon Riggs and Pete Webster produced a 30-minute documentary film titled “Long Train Running” that traced...
From the 1962 Northern California High School Invitational Basketball Tournament program. McClymonds High School Warriors basketball team photo of 1962. Photo includes Joe Ellis, front row...
Mack original, Ed Thomas says playing for McClymond’s basketball team in the 1950s and ’60s was a great time in his life. At 6’3’’ he played...
A strong partnership between the West Oakland Health Council and UC Berkeley’s School of Optometry will now bring eye care to West Oakland residents. On Monday,...
By Virtual Murrell While growing up in (Harbor Homes) in West Oakland, I learned academics and how to play team sports, especially the game of basketball....
Prescott Circus Theater performs. Photo courtesy of Gary T. Thomsen. Seven young stars from the Prescott Circus Theatre, an afterschool and summer youth circus program born...
The McClymonds 100th Anniversary Committee is hosting fundraising casino bus trip to raise money to support the annual alumni picnic in September. The bus trip to...
Mother Vera M. Baggett celebrated her 99th birthday on May 5, with family, friends and members of her 6 a.m. prayer group. Mother Baggett, as she is known at...
Caption: West Oakland fire survivor sign up at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist to receive donation from the community raised by the Oakland San Pablo Fire...
A tent fire that broke out Monday night at a regulated campground at 35th & Magnolia streets destroyed 12 tents. The cause of the fire...
Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s Alpha Nu Omega Chapter (ANO) partnered with the City of Oakland, Bottoms Up Farmers, and City Slickers to volunteer...
The West Oakland San Pablo Fire Relief Advocacy Committee has raised close to $50,000. May 15 will be the first distribution date set to support families...
By Ngoc Nguyen A local environmental advocacy group last week launched a first-of-its kind monitoring project, installing air quality sensors in the densely packed neighborhoods near...
The New McClymonds’ Committee will host its first Saturday Reading and Math School, April 15 at the West Oakland Public Library at 1801 Adeline Ave. The...
The West Oakland San Pablo Fire Relief and Advocacy Team, composed of local pastors and leaders of community-based organizations, is seeking unite the community to raise...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
The West Oakland Health Council (WOHC) is now open Thursday evenings and Saturdays. The health center at 700 Adeline is open Thursday evenings until 8...
The Oakland Unified School District was moving ahead with a proposal to place a charter school with middle age children on the McClymonds High School campus...
By Brandon Aninipot This past Sunday, a few of MACK’s State Championship football players, cheerleaders, and other students from the OUSD Alternatives in Action Program...
Oakland Port Services, a locally owned small business that provides unique services for independent truck drivers at the Port of Oakland, has received an eviction notice...
Sharing his vision for the future, newly appointed West Oakland Health Council (WHOC) CEO Benjamin Pettus says “a change is coming” at the health center, which...
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