The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to move forward with the planned expansion of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, which involves moving...
New Direction Christian Academy celebrated its first graduation/promotion ceremony on Thursday, June 15. The keynote speaker for the event was Richmond native Devin Lars, CEO of...
In order to strengthen quality of life and opportunity for all of our communities in Oakland, we need to look not only at what we say,...
Hundreds of community members have signed a petition to the board of the East Bay Regional Park District requesting that they purchase or lease property near...
Greenlining Institute President Orson Aguilar, who helped organize the “No Uber Oakland” campaign, made the following statement in reaction to the announcement that Travis Kalanick has...
Children help put finishing touches on a mural at a lot at 75th and Macarthur Boulevard in Oakland in effort for communities to reclaim public land....
The Oakland City Council voted this week to establish a Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) as hundreds of Oaklanders came to City Hall to support the...
caption: The Interfaith Affordable Housing Luncheon hosted by ‘Millennial’ Pastor Kenneth Anderson on June 15, was attended by over 150 pastors, developers, government officials and individuals interested...
A subdued crowd of about 200 people gathered in front of Oakland’s City Hall to protest last Friday’s verdict in the case of the policeman who...
By Jesse Jackson In his campaign, Donald Trump promised “we’re going to start winning again.” In office, he has defined winning largely in military terms. His...
San Francisco, CA – Lights, camera, action. Up and coming artists are always ready for the spotlight. The local talent in the Bay Area is rising...
By Ana B. Ibarra, Kaiser Health News California State Treasurer John Chiang this week announced grants totaling $20 million for community clinics that serve low-income and...
By Alison Hewitt, UCLA News The keynote speaker at this year’s UCLA graduation was Anita Ortega, a former UCLA basketball star, a first-generation college student and...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, along with nearly 200 Members of Congress, have filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President...
BY Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez, It was a Sure Thing. A can’t-miss, a safe bet that you couldn’t possibly fail – or could you? ...
In celebration of Juneteenth, Congresswoman Lee released the following statement to commemorate the holiday: “Today we pause to celebrate and commemorate Juneteenth – the day in...
By Mary Claire Blakeman, New America Media Although alleged Kremlin connections may ultimately sink Trump’s Presidency, Rev. William Barber contends that homegrown voter suppression poses a greater...
By Jessica Wolf, UCLA News When UCLA political science graduate James Anderson crosses the commencement stage this year, like his fellow members of the class of...
In a boxing rematch after a controversial boxing decision last year, Andre Ward ended the controversy before it could start, when he stopped Sergey Kovalev in...
By Dan Fost, Cal State East Bay News Senior Antonio Garcia recently realized just how formative his years at Cal State East Bay have been. It...
Just days after the end of the school year, the co-located Elmhurst Community Prep School and Alliance Academy are receiving a remarkable boost from The Oakland...
Port of Oakland 2017 summer college interns (left-right): Mario Goins, Molly Curely-O’Brien, Avinash Kaur, Toni Gadar, Emma Carray, Keani Turangan, Port of Oakland Social Responsibility Director...
By Emily Bazar, Kaiser Health News If the federal government does not clarify by mid-August whether it will continue an important health insurance subsidy for consumers...
In his perverse fixation on overturning all things Barack Obama, President Donald Trump now turns his attention to Cuba, the island located 90 miles off our...
Hayward High School student body president Julian Johnson graduated from Hayward High School this week and will be attending Yale University with a major in public...
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