With six candidates running to represent District 3 for the Oakland City Council, McElhaney has her work cut out as an incumbent already in her second...
Nancy Sidebotham believes Oaklanders deserve better and wants voters to take back City Hall. The owner of a tax business since 1973, Sidebotham is no stranger...
Archie Williams had a run of bad luck that lasted almost 37 years. The ex-convict, who was released from a Louisiana prison through the Innocence Project,...
Last weekend, as smoke continued to blow into Oakland from wildfires throughout California and Oregon, Mask Oakland, a queer- and trans-led community relief project that has responded...
During a press conference held on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer announced that the city had agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed...
The East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors is searching for a new name for the Park District’s 2,540 acre Concord Hills Regional Park that...
The Berkeley Fire Department hosted a wildfire evacuation preparedness workshop on Sept. 10. About 340 residents attended the meeting, which was hosted on Zoom. “As the...
In less than one month, the State Bar of California has been roiled in high-level personnel snafus involving two prominent Black California women. In July,...
Rep. Barbara Lee joined several leaders in Congress and a coalition of grassroots groups, labor unions, and Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the country...
The California Democratic Party African American Caucus (CDPAAC) is calling on all elected officials in California at the local, state and national levels to take a firm stand against...
As the new school year starts many students have the usual back-to-school anxiety: what to wear for the first day of school, will classes be easy...
Federicka McGee, a Black woman and former statehouse lawyer to five Assembly speakers, was offered the position of executive director with the California State Bar Association...
While many businesses are shuttering during the double pandemic, PSK Collective, launched online in August. Founded by legendary World Rugby Hall of Famer Phaidra Knight, PSK...
Louis Clark Brock, an outfielder whose 19-year career in professional baseball started in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs, has died. Born June 18, 1939, in El...
The original Black Panther Party (1966-1982) left behind a legacy that is often side-lined by the imagery of Black men and women carrying guns in self-defense...
California is prone to disasters, natural and otherwise. They range from devastating annual wildfires to earthquakes, droughts, mudslides and extreme heatwaves. A deteriorated electrical power infrastructure...
About 175 tenants gathered on the steps of Alameda County’s Superior Courthouse for a rally called Life Over Rent/Nuestrxs Vidas Si Renta No last Saturday. A...
In East Oakland, The Black Cultural Zone opens the weekly Akoma Outdoor Market with support from Councilmember Loren Taylor and many other community organizations. The Black...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of September 9-15, 2020
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on the 2020 school board candidates, which will be published on the web and/on in...
This is the second in a series of three, profiling the three candidates who are running for the Oakland City Councilmember At-Large position. Rebecca Kaplan, who...
In addition to smoke from the August fires, the Bay Area branch of the National Weather Service noted on Twitter that lower temperatures and weaker winds...
As the 2020 renewal of the 1963 March on Washington was taking place in the nation’s capital it was also observed in many communities around the...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of September 2-8, 2020
Alameda County is going to help thwart the spread of COVID-19 by providing payment to people who have tested positive for the virus who can’t afford...
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