The Drew Gooden Foundation in partnership with Maurice Braxton hosted the annual Winter Wonderland Toy Drive, Sunday, Dec. 22 at the Booker T. Anderson Community Center.
I am headed to Khe Sanh firebase by taxi from the city of Hue to the mountains of Vietnam close to the Laotian border. It is...
A Vallejo resident was recently victimized in a phone scam in which the perpetrator claimed to be calling from the police department to warn residents to...
Santa and Mrs. Claus flew in by seaplane to Marin City on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 19, to deliver presents to 50 children enrolled in...
San Francisco. CA – An unbelievable yet spectacular way to end a game. NaVorro Bowman’s pick-6 off Matt Ryan was the play that sealed the Forty-Niners...
The holidays wont quite be the same after seeing the new movie, GRUDGE MATCH, the dramatic comedy reuniting two boxing legends for one last competitive bout....
Less than 24 hours after returning from San Diego where the Oakland Raiders faced the Chargers in a hard-fought American Football Conference Western Division contest, members...
Ujamaa (pronounced oo-Jah-mah) means cooperative economics. It is an African Kwanzaa principle that focuses on building Black businesses to create Black economy to further the development...
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced this week that UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann is resigning from her position to become CEO of the...
“Academically talented and politically conscious” is how the 26th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell, described Zephanii (“Ze”) N’shea Smith when selecting her in...
Ringing in the Christmas season, First Baptist Church of Stockton will be hosting “The Colors of Christmas,” inviting the community to celebrate in three services held...
Celebrity artists are coming together to help the E.C. Reems Academy of Technology and Art and the Center of Hope church to restore peaceful alternatives against...
Encinal High School in Alameda is known for its academic rigor, athletic achievements, school pride and diversity. But the recent failure of the school administration to...
The City of Oakland’s Zoning division has issued a ruling this week forbidding entrepreneur Tom Henderson from establishing a U.S. Customs Exam Station at the old...
When portrait artist Virginia Jourdan saw the spread of women from her church Wings of Love Ministries in their colorful hats featured in The Oakland Post...
Retired Air Force Colonel Conway Jones has been elected chairman of the Alameda County Veterans Affairs Commission. Jones will serve a one-year term, starting Jan. 1.He...
The Hannah Gallery will present the Gospel Café on Friday, Dec. 20, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., featuring Thomas Simmons of AFRO SOLO, Carol Thomas,...
Parents, teachers, and school administrators learned about “School Options for African American Families” with guest speaker Dr. Howard Fuller, co-founder of the Black Alliance for Educational...
Two employees working an overnight shift at a McDonald’s restaurant at 170 Lincoln Road in Vallejo were shocked when a masked robber crawled through a drive-thru...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee visited Oakland’s Private Industry Council’s Career Center at 1212 Broadway in Oakland on Thursday morning to show her support to 23,000 local residents...
Cancer is an ugly disease. Pain, nausea, weight and hair loss are some of the most common side effects of treatment. Seeing the beauty in the...
Many of the Vietnam veterans who return to Vietnam speak in terms of paying homage to their brethren whose lives, limbs, and sanity were lost in...
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), more nearly 365,000 Americans have enrolled in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. The...
The Stockton City Council has approved a policy to ban councilmembers from using cellphones during meetings, part of an attempt to enforce better behavior and manners...
The Post News Group, in partnership with Oakland’s R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, will raffle off tickets for one lucky winner and a guest to the...