As a resident of District 4 for the past 17 years, Joseph Simmons is largely known as the senior pastor of Greater St. Paul Church in...
Oakland – Almost a year ago today, Stephen Curry along with Under Armour and Chase teamed up to refurbish a state of the art new gymnasium...
National Endowment for the Arts honoree Marion Coleman will be among four standard bearers of Black cultural tradition at a panel discussion Aug. 11 at Laurel...
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and the California Association of Bilingual Educators Political Action Committee have endorsed Tony Thurmond for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. “Californians...
Deacon Harold Goodman, Chairman along with Mother Wilma Roundtree, 30-year member of the health education ministry, recruiting volunteers for the 41st Annual Holistic Health & Job...
Will Smith, founder of Tailor Made Officials Basketball Association, Inc. (TMOBA) with officiates Frank Knight and Kenny Thomas at Jamtown. Will Smith, founder of Tailor Made...
Oakland, CA – After a historic low percentage of African-American players in Major League Baseball, this year has increased by maybe seven percent. While the numbers...
Eddie L. Brown, Sr., was born in Helena Arkansas on September 8, 1928, to the late George and Annie Brown. Eddie was the second of five...
By George Holland, Sr. | Oakland NAACP President Members of the NAACP Oakland Branch attended the 109th NAACP National Convention held in San Antonio, Texas, July...
The demolition work is being donated by DPR Construction through a Melrose Leadership Academy parent. Melrose is a K-8 school located at 4730 Fleming Ave. near Mills...
Oakland City Council Member Dan Kalb, Richmond City Council Member and AD 15 Candidate Jovanka Beckles and Berkeley School Board Member Judy Appel. Jovanka Beckles, candidate...
As the federal government failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant families Thursday, Bay Area parents and grandparents announced a 3-day hunger strike—the first in...
Whenever August 2 rolls around, I think of how, why, when, where and who shot our inspirational, indefatigable Post Editor Chauncey Bailey dead in downtown Oakland....
The following are some of the outpouring of statements on Facebook from Oakland residents following the news that former Congressman, Oakland Mayor and Berkeley City Councilmember...
Ron Dellums, a progressive political giant who was born in West Oakland and represented the East Bay in Congress for 27 years and later served as...
(Left to right) Councilmember Lynette McElhaney, Issa Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Sadako Pointer, and Mayor Libby Schaaf celebrate 18 years of Art + Soul and honor the...
Community activists and others are raising concerns about whether the latest affordable housing proposals backed by Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration would even make a dent in the wave of...
By Charles Blackwell Alan Laird who once operated Expressions Art Gallery in downtown Oakland, and would also visit inmates on death row at San Quinten Prison...
(L to R) – Taj Tashombe, Vice President of External Affairs for the Oakland A’s, Detra Paige, Director of Alumni and Family Relations for the Oakland...
By Lauren Richardson and James Burch An Oakland #SayHerName vigil was called Monday, July 23, by the Community Ready Corps (CRC) and the Anti Police-Terror Project...
“It is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.” – Nelson Mandela While the world was celebrating Nelson...
Deputy Chief Leronne Armstrong Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration and the Oakland Police Department are facing questions about whether they have a serious plan to end racial...
By M.C. Blakeman Echoing the call for a moral force to resuscitate the heart of America that he sounded at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Rev....
Oakland, CA – It was a night to remember, the A’s honored the 1989 Championship team and tied the series in walk-off fashion in front of...
Photo by the A’s/Michael Urakami The A’s also gave the championship team something to cheer about when they defeated the Giants 4-3 that night. The Bay...
