Muslim scholar Ahmad Rashid Salim speaks to a full classroom of students who gave up their lunch hour to learn about the different sects within Islam...
The first stop on the March 17 “Trash Tour” was outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house, which tdhen made its way through flatland neighborhoods in East Oakland,...
By Jonah Strauss, Homeless Advocacy Working Group In the rapidly-developing architecture of homeless support in Oakland, there are two missing building blocks: a large and sustainable...
A group of nine young leaders from East Bay schools, organized and led by Regina Jackson of East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), will participate in...
Members and supporters attend March 8 meeting of Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC). Rev. Ken Chambers is shown at bottom, second from right. The City...
Registered nurse Monica Ramos of West Oakland holds a sign at a rally on March 20 outside of the OPD calling for the arrest of BART...
Faithfully, every Monday afternoon, hundreds of Oakland’s growing homeless population and needy families that live on the streets or under freeway overpasses , are served nutritious...
Businessman Virtual Murrell talks with the Honorable Willie Brown at the Niagara Movement Democratic Club’s 45th Anniversary at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in Oakland. Photo by Carla...
By Janet Gilmore UC Berkeley has received more than 89,000 applications from high school students seeking admission to the 2018-19 freshman class, and an additional 19,000...
In a couple of weeks, Culture Keepers, a cultural exchange program will take 28 Oakland students to Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in “The South Africa...
A recently passed San Francisco ordinance is designed to provide consumers with more informed choices, but Diane Sullivan, an advocate for low-income families, says it will...
Photo Caption: Panelists of Airbnb’s “The Evolution of Black Travel” at MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. (left to right) Janaye Ingram, Airbnb National Director of...
Sun Kim, protested in downtown Sacramento at the NRA headquarters. By Sun Kim | California Black Media Protesters of all backgrounds converged on the Sacramento headquarters...
High school students at OUSD headquarters participate in “Changing the Narrative: A Dialogue With Oakland Youth and Black Techies” prior to attending a Black Panther screening...
Oakland residents and others demonstrate March 7 when Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke in Sacrament. Protesters said: “Sessions go home. We won’t be bullied.” Photo courtesy...
Safe Passages CEO Josefina Alvarado-Mena. By Katie Bazyluk Safe Passages, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is doubling its efforts to serve immigrant families in light of the federal administration’s recent...
(left to right) Journalist, Al Jerome A. Chede and community advocate, Uche Uwahemu with honorees and keynote speaker, war crimes investigator, Hassan Bility, Massa A. Washington, a...
California Senator Kamala D. Harris will give the 2018 commencement address to UC Berkeley’s graduates on May 12, 2018. Harris, the second African-American woman elected to the...
Oakland Firefighters Union Local 55 has endorsed Desley Brooks in her re-election to the Oakland City Council District 6 seat. The fire department’s Field Operations Bureau...
Two clubs engaged Berkeley City College (BCC) students on Tuesday, March 6 to call the Capitol in support of a gun suicide prevention bill, AB...
Team is Sponsored by Barrett Terrace Apartments and Barrett Plaza Townhomes. Youth Front Row, Left to Right: Gilvontae MCKneely, Natan Munoz, Shiloh Mitchell, Harmony Robinson, Symphony Wilson,...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (left)and Anita Hill. Photo by Sarah Carpenter. About 2,000 people filled the Oakland Marriott Ballroom last Saturday to hear Anita Hill speak about...
Supporters of the Affordable Housing Act, an initiative for the November ballot, rallied last Saturday in East Oakland. Photo By Ken Epstein. Affordable housing supporters held...
Mayor Libby Schaaf declined to recommend reappointment of Rebecca Kaplan to the position Oakland residents lost the only representative they have had in over two decades on...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard In the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 students and staff, West Contra Costa...
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