Incumbent Annie Campbell Washington is not running for reelection in District 4, and seven candidates are campaigning for the empty seat, which represents the Montclair, Dimond...
After months of investigation, the law firm of Siegel, Yee & Brunner filed a claim on behalf of Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks this week against...
Martin MacKerel (left) and Matthew Gerring hold up a sign that reads “No Coal in Oakland” outside of developer Phil Tagami’s Crocker Highlands home on Oct....
Oakland’s third Tuff Shed village has been installed south of Lake Merritt, across the street from Laney College, just next to the Henry J. Kaiser Convention...
The Oakland Post equally endorses Cat Brooks and Pamela Price for mayor of Oakland and supports Saied Karamooz in third place on the Nov. 6 ranked choice ballot. We...
Speaking at a mayoral forum Wednesday evening at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland were candidates (L to R): Marchon Tatmon, Pamela Price, Libby Schaaf and...
Oakland’s demographics are changing. Join the Oakland Mayor’s Commission on Aging for a series of Community Presentation & Listening Sessions to find out how you, your...
By Jovanka Beckles & Rebecca Kaplan We write as leaders who have endorsed Pamela Price for Mayor, and who have endorsed Cat Brooks for Mayor, to urge...
Mayoral Candidate Pamela Price (standing second from left) with a group of volunteers who helped clean Oakland steets. “We need to stop the illegal dumping...
Volunteers, making phone calls and talking to voters, join Desley Brooks’ campaign for re-election to Oakland City Council for District 6. The Oakland Post endorses Desley...
Assistant Pastor Jaqueline Thompson provided opening remarks at the mayoral forum on Sept. 19. Photo by Sue Taylor. Mayoral Candidate Saied Karamooz raised a point that...
This week, the City of Oakland released a new Cultural Plan, its first in thirty years. Titled “Belonging in Oakland: A Cultural Development Plan,” the document...
Councilwoman Desley Brooks has refused to take a position on whether or not the city should adopt a policy which is called a “Project Labor Agreement”...
Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks announced this week that her campaign contributions have surpassed $100,000 in grassroots donations. “Oakland is ready for leadership that can unite...
(l to r) Mayoral candidates Libby Schaaf, Nancy Sidebotham, Cat Brooks and Saied Karamooz. Last Thursday evening, the first debate of the 2018 Oakland Mayor’s race...
Civil rights attorney Pamela Price kicked off her campaign this week for Oakland Mayor. In a video announcing her candidacy, Price vowed to bring a new...
Allen Temple Baptist Church’s Pastor Emeritus J. Alfred Smith, Sr., has issued a strong statement of support for Councilmember Desley Brooks’ bid for reelection to represent...
Photo from the Cat Brook from Oakland Facebook page. Joined by about 50 supporters, actress, journalist and activist Cat Brooks, filed her papers Wednesday at City...
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...
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...
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...
Esther Goolsby spoke at the committee meeting Tuesday, July 17th. A proposed moratorium that would block the sale of public land until the City Council adopts...
The City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee has been granted the authority, announced this week by the City Attorney’s office, to decide which measures authored by...
City Council committees will be considering major issues next week including a moratorium on the sale of public land and placing a “Career Jobs Now!” charter...
Dockless bikes are available in cities across the country. Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan has co-authored an ordinance with Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Noel Gallo to establish...