The Oakland City Council is considering a proposal from an organization that calls itself the Oakland Diversity and Equity Cannabis Coalition that would reduce the benefits...
Hundreds of restaurant workers and community members are calling for a boycott of Calavera, a Mexican restaurant in downtown Oakland, after several kitchen workers were fired...
The City of Oakland’s highest paid employee is a police officer named Malcolm E. Miller, who earned a total of $489,662 in salary and benefits in...
San Francisco, CA – A pair of home runs was enough offensive power to back Jake Peavy in front of a sellout crowd on the 4th...
Oakland, CA – The sports world awaited his decision Monday morning, even I assumed the news would read “Kevin Durant Stays in OKC”. But even I...
Eighteen-year-old Jasmine Lincoln of Oakland has been missing since June 23 at 10 a.m. She is 5’8″ and weighs165 pounds. Witnesses say her then boyfriend...
Iris Canada won a court battle on April 27 of this year to stay in her home at 670 Page Street in San Francisco, a house...
The City Council is poised to place a renter protection measure on the November ballot, but housing advocates and community members are unsure what...
Special to the Post Richmond Mayor Tom Butt after a recent city council meeting posted a blog attack on local company CyberTran International, Inc. ...
Activist Carroll Fife recently received a message with some unexpected, exciting news. “I got a text last week saying ‘congratulations,’” said Fife. “It had my...
A new annual report from the Alameda County Grand Jury raises concerns about the low academic quality of a number of Oakland’s charter schools and the...
The Oakland City Council, operating under the cloud of a continuing police child sex abuse scandal, is set to decide July 19 whether to place a...
In an historic victory for environmental activists and local communities, the City Council voted unanimously at a heated council meeting this week to ban large amounts...
Faith-based and other nonprofit organizations often feel at a loss for finding or affording great grant writers. So how do you find someone with the skills...
A resolution introduced by Councilmember Larry Reid that would maximize the use of available city funds to benefit job seekers and employers was approved at Thursday’s...
Council wants to redirect fees to pay for housing for $100,000-a-year renters, not low-income. For two years, East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) members have...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, House Democrats, and anti-poverty experts at a House Democratic Steering and Policy hearing...
A group of people picketed April 8 at the Berkeley Probate Court, protesting that the court is seizing the property and money of a number of...
Stacey Harris is on a mission to provide for himself and his son in this challenging economy. As a single father who is also struggling to...
By Anne Brice, UC Berkeley News About 100 students, staff, faculty and community members gathered for this year’s Take Back the Night at UC Berkeley....
Maura Dolan, L.A. Times African Americans and Latinos in California are more likely than others to lose their driver’s licenses because of unpaid tickets and...
Parents and teachers are raising concerns that they are being kept in the dark until the last minute about what they consider to be a disruptive...
By Supt. Antwan Wilson Last week this paper ran a story entitled “Oakland Schools in Turmoil as District Threatens to Remove 17 Principals.” This...
Oakland, CA – It was an amazing year and no one fathomed an ending like this. The Golden State Warriors shocked the world winning the NBA...
Por Congresista Barbara Lee Cuando las empresas deciden pagarle menos a las mujeres, las ponen en desventaja por el resto de su carrera profesional....