Community members and the Oakland City Council came together this week to look at the successes and failures of ongoing local attempts to grapple with the...
The Oakland City Council is seeking ways to minimize displacement of tenants and small businesses and leverage community benefits under the federal Opportunity Zone Program in...
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and the San Francisco Public Library’s African American Center are presenting the exhibition “Same Game, Different Smokers” beginning Saturday...
The Community Democracy Project (CDP) is in the final stages of a signature gathering drive to place an amendment on next year’s ballot that, if approved,...
Where have the city’s funds for affordable housing gone? That’s a question City Council President Rebecca Kaplan and council members want to answer as they look...
On Nov. 5 and 6, the City of Oakland began a clearance operation of a homeless encampment on a privately owned tract of land west of...
While attending an Oakland school board meeting on Oct. 23, I was placed in handcuffs. This is only the latest attempt by the school board to...
Over 100 Oakland residents and community organizers attended a public forum at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in West Oakland on Saturday Oct. 4, to discuss...
Over 100 community members attended a discussion held by leaders of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 on Sept. 21, to oppose the...
The Marin City Fatherhood Council held their regular breakfast meeting at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Marin City on Sept. 21. About 20 men and...
On her most recent visit to Oakland, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome” author Joy De Gruy expounded on two areas of American history that impact the way Black...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) is bringing its fight against breast cancer to underserved communities in San Francisco. Demonstrating its commitment to women’s healthcare, the...
For more than 25 years, Diane Shelton held steady government jobs with the state Assembly as a legislative consultant, capitol office director, legislative director and chief...
After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the California legislature this week passed Assembly Bill 1482 (Chiu)...
More than 120 Ladies In Red from Oakland, Stockton, Sacramento, Manteca, Fairfield, American Canyon, Berkeley, Richmond, Vallejo, Hayward, El Cerrito, Roseville, Texas, Arizona and New York...
Questions are being raised by members of the community whether city staff, funds and resources have been improperly utilized to support Oakland Promise, an education nonprofit...
In the midst of a growing homeless population in Alameda Count and as numbers have even doubled in Oakland, city staff is threatening to cut off...
On Sept 11, the Oakland Public Works Department plans to destroy about 20 small homes that residents who can’t afford sanctioned housing have built and currently...
Dozens of bay area groups and organizations as well as large crowds of unaffiliated people are protesting outside of ICE’s San Francisco federal building everyday around...
The 1950s and ’60s were the height of the Civil Rights Movement, but it was preceded by decades of direct action and struggle. The end of...
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County is hosting a regional meeting focusing on housing, homeless solutions and best practices. Refreshments will be served. Thursday July 11,...
Social Services Agency, District Attorney’s Office Lead Special Event at County Fair Alameda County’s leaders are marking Elder Abuse Awareness Month by recruiting the entire community...
The conflict between Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration and city workers is intensifying after Oakland officials declared an impasse in negotiations with two major employee unions just...
A huge mural honoring the life and legacy of Oscar Grant was officially unveiled last weekend, 10 years after he was killed on the platform of...
Dalvin Butler, an Oakland native and aspiring college administrator, recently graduated from the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California (USC). Butler, 27, earned...
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