On Aug. 15, the Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 11-3 to pass a bill Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) authored requiring state-funded contractors hired for large-scale infrastructure...
Opposing the recalls of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price and labeling the efforts as a new form of voter suppression,...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 21 - 27, 2024
The Oakland Police Officers Association is the newest set of upset residents calling on Mayor Sheng Thao to resign from office because of her alleged mismanagement...
The preliminary hearing in the case of Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le's murder concluded with Hon. Judge Delia Trevino finding sufficient evidence for the three defendants,...
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to take away state funding from cities and counties that delay implementing an executive order to clear out homeless encampments statewide and...
As we enter the final 90 day stretch of what will likely be the most bizarre presidential election cycle in modern American history, the two leading...
I know the Olympics are over. Consider this me just running through the tape. You know, the one at the finish line. (Remember as the 100-meter...
At a July 22 rally in San Francisco -- where U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris served as district attorney from 2004 to 2001 before becoming California’s...
Despite providing educational and employment programs and reentry pathways, recidivism in California prisons remains high, derailing the rehabilitative mission of the California Department of Corrections and...
California Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) blamed fellow lawmakers and utility authorities for the high cost of -- and unreliable access to -- energy across the state....
After seeing a video of a deputy-involved shooting death of an unarmed Black woman in Illinois last week, the vice chair of the California Legislative Black...
As the world turns its eyes to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games this week, four official delegations appointed by President Joe Biden are representing the...
In a wild turn of events that many had been speculating about and asking for over the last several weeks, President Joe Biden decided over the...
For nearly three decades, Proposition 209 has restricted public institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in employment and education. Then, last year, the Supreme Court’s...
Cooper, 68, will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on October 13, in Springfield, MA. He spent his entire 12-year NBA career...
Oakland has taken a big step towards securing funds that will save the city from major budget cuts by signing a term of agreement for the...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price this week announced that on June 28 the Alameda County Criminal Grand Jury issued a 10-count indictment against Radius Recycling...
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) is leading a concerted effort alongside city, state, and county officials to tackle the urgent issue of homelessness in...
I, along with many other organizations and individuals, are involved in a broad grassroots community coalition, “Respect Our Vote – No Recalls,” to oppose the recalls...
A new grassroots coalition has formed in response to what it calls a major conservative threat to voters’ rights in Oakland and Alameda County, bluntly calling...
Some of those bills are related to hot-button issues under increasing national scrutiny as the country approaches national elections in November, including Assembly Bill (AB) 1825....
According to data estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the coronavirus in California’s wastewater has spiked for eight consecutive weeks. Hospitalizations and...
“The Biden Administration’s CHNV Parole Program provides a safe pathway to apply for protection for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, or Venezuelan migrants fleeing violence and upheaval. We...
Thurmond reinforced the State’s Education to End Hate initiative, a program that has allotted $20 million for school districts to implement anti-racism and anti-bias initiatives in...