Just days after the controversial trial of George Zimmerman being found not guilty on all charges on Saturday, there has been much public outrage in response....
Members of the struggling Black community of San Francisco’s BayView Hunters Point have plenty reasons to feel as though they got the “short end of the...
African American high school students can be seen walking to 1746 Broadway Ave. in downtown Oakland headed to a summer program. But instead of being taught...
The Bay Area Restore Section 5 Movement held its first East Bay meeting to organize an “in the streets” non-violent, voting rights demonstration to protest the...
While most teenagers are going out and enjoying their summer, a group of juniors and seniors from high schools all over the bay area decided to...
Medicare covers a variety of heath care services that you can receive in the comfort and privacy of your home. These include intermittent skilled nursing care,...
At the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee meeting on last Thursday, Council President Pat Kernighan requested a special council meeting to censure Councilmember Desley Brooks...
In the future, when people talk about the extra difficulties in getting things done in Oakland city government, they may bring up the Army Base tenant...
A group of local nonprofit job agencies, calling themselves the Oakland Workforce Development Network, are calling on the City Council to reform the way the Oakland...
On July 6, members of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s Association (VHPA) from around the nation held their 30th reunion at the Hilton hotel in San Francisco.
Last month, the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act and put the rights of voters of color at risk. This week, Oakland residents can step...
Gina Hill, the new principal at the Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, remembers that while she was growing up in Cincinnati, she attended schools that had...
Marin City experienced its first officer involved shooting in a nearly a decade, raising questions about whether this normally calm city is being affected by the...
If you have been trying to follow the fight over City College of San Francisco by reading the Chronicle, you are probably confused.
Not just anybody can turn a means of transportation into a work of art, but it is especially developed by Paul Brown, who has a...
A monthly art walk is probably the last place most people would expect a shooting to occur, but in Oakland last February, that is exactly what...
By Ken A. Epstein A city council committee last week began a discussion of limiting or eliminating the right of landlords to raise rents to cover...
By Brea Hammonds Eleven-year-old Ebony Morris won four matches at the USA Judo Junior Olympics in June in Irving, Texas, before losing to Hannah Wagner from...
Oakland workers rally at City Hall during one-day strike Monday. Negotiations are continuing between the city and over 3,000 workers in SEIU Local 1021 and IFPE...
The Fair Housing of Marin (FHOM) Board of Directors has appointed Caroline Peattie as executive director, effective immediately. Prior to her appointment Peattie was serving as...
The San Leandro Public Library and BrewMaster of San Leandro are presenting a free Millennial Academy workshop about home brewing beer on Saturday, July 20, 2...
By Brea Hammonds Former San Francisco supervisor Willie B. Kennedy, 90, passed away Friday, June 28 after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week.
By Jesse Brooks San Francisco’s 43rd annual Gay Pride celebration drew over 1.5 million people in a jubilant expression of the theme, “Embrace, Encourage, Empower,” as...