School district leaders sent a “critical budget” memo to all staff this week announcing an immediate freeze on spending at schools and central office departments, saying...
Oakland, CA – The fate of the Oakland Raiders has finally come. The NFL Owners voted in favor of the Raiders move to Las Vegas. For...
Outcomes and opportunities for students in Oakland vary dramatically across schools. For anyone who is interested in why this is, and what can be done to...
By Assemblymember Rob Bonta In times of crisis, all options must be on the table. Many parts of California are suffering from a rental housing affordability...
By Ned MacKay The pipes are calling and the clans will gather at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont on Saturday, April 1, for the annual...
By Brett Israel, UC Berkeley News Many international travelers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, openly considered skipping the games to avoid...
The Palestinian youth folkloric group Shoruq, which means “sunrise in Arabic,” performed in Oakland last weekend, part of a 10-city tour of the United States....
The McClymonds High School community – including parents and students – took over the school board meeting Wednesday evening demanding the board hear their pleas to...
Gwendolyn Annette Howard, who serves as pastor of the First Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, on 86th Avenue, in Oakland, received her Doctoral Degree in...
In order to help create opportunities for those directly impacted by the War on Drugs, Oakland Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan is hosting a community forum to inform...
Covered California’s annual open-enrollment period may be over, but if you are still uninsured, you may be able to get financial assistance to help you purchase...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard The fascinating Chrisfino Kenyatta Leal, who went from a life prison sentence to becoming manager of campus services at RocketSpace, a...
Faith leaders, Native activists, and community members held a march this week to protest the destruction of sacred burial sites and call for religious tolerance in...
Sculptor and former news anchor Dana King who the artist who created the larger-than-life size bronze sculpture of historic political leader William Byron Rumford, located...
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee led a bipartisan coalition of House members in demanding the Trump Administration halt escalating military engagement in Syria. The coalition included:...
Oakland Raiders fan and community groups are continuing their effort to mobilize fans of all 32 National Football League (NFL) teams to urge owners to keep...
Enrollment is open for the Jacari Cook Construction Trades program, which begins April 11, at 10 a.m. at the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC). The...
Public Education in the United States is under attack. We cannot teach children who are hungry or disabled. If House of Representatives Bill 610 passes,...
The elegance of high fashioned women in hats and gloves set the tone for the recent 12th annual Golden Girls Bridging the Generations Hats &...
By Monée Fields-White, The Root Singer, guitarist and songwriter Chuck Berry, a giant in the history of rock ’n’ roll whose turbulent private life was marked...
Over 10,000 residents— mostly in low-income neighborhoods – have suspended licenses City agencies are joining together to conduct outreach to the city’s most vulnerable unemployed and...
By Niall Kavanagh, UCSF News Norman Tanner was searching for something but he didn’t know what. In Southern California, most weren’t like him – a young,...
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News Dozens gathered at Sather Gate Monday to mourn the lives of 40 Guatemalan girls who were killed by a fire...
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...
Hailing from Kumasi, Ghana in West Africa and now living in Oakland, Ellen Manu-Bimpeh has been running Sankofa African Arts & Jewelry for over 20...
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