Marin must plan for future population growth by state law, right along with the other 57 counties in California and all the state’s cities and towns....
The press conference was led by the NAACP Oakland Chapter, representatives from the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Minority Contractors Northern California,...
Of the 53 public speakers at the meeting, 32 opposed approving the EIR, raising significant concerns about the impact of the project. Speakers included representatives of...
“Women can sometimes be left out of conversations around funding and technology. If our business isn’t technology-focused, we can find ourselves left out of finding ways...
“As part of any major corporate development or sports stadium plan, local governments in California make the creation of a Community Benefits Fund part of the...
Newsom’s budget proposal received plaudits from the Bay Area’s state legislators, who argued that it positions the state well to combat immediate issues while also investing...
Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of...
Established within the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), the new office will formalize and build on the work the state carried out as part of...
“The City has rushed the Final EIR in order to meet the arbitrary end of the year deadline set by the Oakland A’s,” according to a...
In his book, “Branding Faith,” Phil Cooke wrote, “Whatever the purpose, the goal is to win the hearts and minds of the largest audience possible and...
The Planning Commission will consider whether the Final EIR was completed in compliance with state law, represents the independent analysis of the city, and provides adequate...
“The Port — along with our federal and state partners — is ready to do everything we can to help provide room and relief to help...
California’s updated guidance differs from the CDC’s in one important way. The state is recommending that people who quarantine after a positive diagnosis take a follow-up...
This struggle is not over, and the work must continue, as today the Black unemployment rate continues to far exceed the white unemployment rate in America....
With the mission of bridging HBCU baseball with its historic Negro Baseball League roots, We Ball Sports, headquartered in Atlanta, will design integrated apparel, and distribute...
“We, as a community, should hold everybody to task around the issue of equity,” West Oakland community leader and environmental advocate Margaret Gordon said. “The A’s...
The campaign allows the workforce to make biweekly paycheck deductions or one-time donations to nonprofit federations that assist a variety of charities. Employees can also pick...
Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, in 1966. After the Watts riots in...
Oaklanders said they did not want this development to be built at the Port because the Port is Oakland’s biggest economic asset, and Port businesses will...
“How we will bring ‘Hope and Healing’ to an anxious City will be our opening focus,” said Greg Hodge during his remarks. “We will pay attention...
Before knowing that his passion for financial education would grow into what he calls a “new-age Teen Summit” (referring to the early 1990s BET weekly show...
"When partners work together with employers it means that unemployed residents of the City of Oakland Residents can be employed," Germaine Davis, the Oakland Private Industry...
The Dec. 22 action is one in a series of steps the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to support students and borrowers, make higher education more affordable,...
“We’re about balance, inclusion, and stating the case precisely so that it doesn’t face paralysis of analysis or become just another study,” Brown said. “We have...
The screening process is a pre-requisite to being invited to apply for a commercial cannabis permit and associated land-use approvals necessary to open a commercial cannabis...