Yes, prisoners are in prison, right or wrong, but that does not mean they should be allowed to die from something that possibly could have been...
With a 19-1 vote, the Judicial Council of California voted to end two emergency rules that put temporary halts on evictions and foreclosures. They are scheduled...
Oakland residents are invited to Eastmont Mall August 22-23, 2020, to attend the largest COVID-19 testing event ever staged in the East Bay. Umoja Health, a...
A happy mix of Oakland Street Academy staff and parents planned the school’s approach to distance learning together at an evening Zoom meeting. It...
Educators in Marin County are still very cautious about the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also concerned about the recent school reopening...
Lobbying firms, public interest advocates and some California constitutionalists are concerned about what would happen if the Legislature approves a rule that would allow lawmakers to vote in their absence. They are also urging Californians to vote ‘no’ on a...
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is taking initiative and working with the city and vendors to prepare for full-time distance learning for the upcoming Fall semester...
The Healthy Air Alliance, a California-based organization committed to reducing environmental pollution and the Rev. Dr. William D. Smart Jr., president and CEO of the Southern...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won...
With the federal COVID-19 rent protections provided in the CARES Act about to expire, any plan to assist tenants who have fallen behind on their payments...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress authorized a $10 billion loan to the postal service as part of a coronavirus relief package. Still, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin steadfastly...
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — “The best science we have available right now tells us the debate is over we all should be wearing a face-covering to prevent...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced July 17, 2020, his plan for learning and safe schools ahead of the 2020–2021 school year, as the California Department of Public...
Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, on Thursday Wells Fargo unveiled the...
A recent report from the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project (CEDP), a coalition of economic researchers and legal experts committed to preventing eviction due to COVID-19, predicts...
Workers at Berkeley’s Whole Foods grocery store on Telegraph Avenue have expressed concerns for their safety and are claiming inadequate clean-up and dissemination of information. Five...
Prison officials announced July 10 that an estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be eligible for early release by the end of August in order to stem...
Nursing homes have become ground zero in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with outbreaks causing high rates of illness and death among vulnerable residents living...
COVID-19 isn’t only a physical complication, it’s a mental ailment as well and very few can really ignore or escape the harm done by the effects...
For several months, the most vulnerable have been suffering. COVID-19, in the form of shelter-in-place, has created another level of isolation, not only for adult victims...
Memorial Services for David Ramon Scott are scheduled for 1 p.m., July 18, 2020 at Delivery Missionary Baptist Church, 1649 12th Ave., Oakland. Please remember that...
Richard Johnson is an inmate at San Quentin State Prison. K-53293, 3.W.2 For those of us who still believe in the word of God and...
Alarmed by the state surge in the COVID-19 infections, members of local medical and nonprofit organizations vehemently petitioned the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to...
The NCAA has just ruled that mandatory football practices can begin in July, anticipating a full season of college football. This is nuts. The pandemic isn’t...
During Gov. Gavin Newsom’s daily COVID-19 update to Californians on June 26, he announced that the state will begin “smart,” or “targeted” testing, for the disease....