By Wade Woods After several days of twist and turns, residents of the historic Frederick Douglas Haynes Garden housing complex could breathe a little...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard With additional warehouse and distribution companies moving into Richmond, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure West County residents are...
Santa Clara, CA – It did’t take long for the Forty-Niners to make a decision that surprised many. Less than 24 hours after Aldon Smith was...
“I can’t do this time in a sober state of mind,” is a phrase one often hears in prison. Translated, it means that it is...
Your last family reunion was a big one. It was fun, too, and eye opening. You hadn’t really stopped to think about how many...
Fifty years ago, Post Publisher Paul Cobb went South to join the fight for voter registration and engage in Civil Rights activity, taking a stand...
By Anh Le On July 7, President Barack Obama met with Nguyen Trong Phu, Vietnam’s Communist Party Secretary at the White House. April 15 was...
By Post Staff Oakland neighbors held at least 560 block parties Tuesday evening, part of National Night Out, a popular and growing annual celebration...
By Cat Brooks In the early morning hours of June 6, Demouria Hogg, a Black man and father of three, was sleeping in his...
The Oakland school district is doing parent outreach and conducting a publicity campaign to let families know that the first day of school is earlier...
Responding to demands for policy change that would address police misconduct and better protect the lives of Oakland citizens, the City Council’s Public Safety Committee...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard Since leasing its 5,000-square-foot digs at 200 S. Garrard Blvd. in 2013, the Milo Foundation has accomplished significant physical improvements...
Richard Linyard, known as a leader amongst his peers and conscious rapper under the name “Afrikan Richie,” died on July 19. He was 23 years...
Three hundred and fifty young people who have participated in one of six summer camp programs, operated by the City of Richmond’s Recreation Department, will...
President Obama this week announced 10 new TechHire Communities, including Oakland, which has committed to placing 400 individuals in paid internships or full-time jobs by...
By Ryan Reilly and Samantha Lachman, Huffington Post A federal appeals court on Wednesday found that Texas’ strict voter identification law violated Section 2...
By: Peniel E. Joseph, The Root The national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act takes place against the backdrop of a...
By Troy Williams According to its website, “National Night Out is a cohesive effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, neighborhood...
Courtesy of SF State University Communications San Francisco State University is rolling out the red carpet for new students and their families with Welcome...
Despite the opposition of the City of Richmond and a number of health, faith, labor and human rights groups, the Contra Costa County Board of...
The Alameda County Citizens Academy is accepting applications for its Fall 2015 class. Formerly known as the Alameda County Leadership Academy, the Citizens Academy...
By Gerard A. Turner If research has taught us anything in recent years, it is the ever-evolving relationship between the mind and body. Now...
By Michael B Hudson, CMT Integration Inc. Having the opportunity to utilize current technology in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is always a...
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), all members of the CBC Diversity Task Force...
The San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) this week was awarded an $8.2 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal...