The Democratic Party needs to pause and reflect on the real issue, which is race and not an aging President. Once again, we see the Kool-Aid...
Last week, California became the 26th state to require high school seniors to pass courses focused on finance literacy, coming behind recently added ethnic studies prerequisite...
After an emotional hearing on July 2, the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted to advance Senate Bill (SB) 1414 with an 8-0 vote. The legislation is...
Last week, the California State Legislature approved a $10 billion bond proposal to modernize and repair K-12 schools and community colleges statewide. The education bond measure,...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) as acting governor while he traveled to Washington to support President Biden and travel...
Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Michigan Democrats to back President Joe Biden, despite wavering support in the key swing state. Newsom asked voters in Michigan to push...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta released the 2023 Hate Crime in California Report on June 29, providing data and resources to support ongoing efforts across the state to combat...
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) condemned the United States Supreme Court Justices 6-3 decision last week granting former President Donald Trump partial immunity from criminal prosecution...
Mayor London N. Breed hosted a send-off reception in her office on Wednesday for eight San Francisco college students who will be participating in a summer...
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) released its 2023 Hate Crimes report in late June revealing that while some years had drops in crime including between...
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has awarded the City of Oakland $15 million as part of the $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant...
The group advocating for the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao held a press conference Thursday morning defending themselves on why they will not hand over documents...
An outdoor event marked the “Grand Opening” of the new Contra Costa County Administration Building in downtown Martinez Tuesday, with local officials and other stakeholders coming...
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to restrict the use of smartphones in K-12 schools statewide, he announced on Tuesday. The Governor stated his intentions amid warnings from...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that state law enforcement authorities seized 5.8 million pills containing fentanyl across the state since the beginning of the year....
Steve Morris, Director of Natural Resources and Environment at GAO, explained that while the pandemic certainly had an effect on food increases, there is not one...
Prior to the pandemic, less than 2% of callers were asking for utility assistance, but in the last year that percentage has grown to 8.2%, according...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 10 - 16, 2024
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao must be wondering how can a convicted felon with 34 guilty verdicts be riding high, while she, an uncharged elected official, fights...
California must act now to confront today’s Black job crisis. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last year reported that 90% of the nation’s unemployed U.S. citizens...
Before being elected to the State Assembly, I spent nearly three decades of my career as a public employee, serving the Los Angeles County Department of...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao finally addressed the public Monday morning after four days of silence following an FBI raid on her home last week and the...
Mayor Sheng Thao’s Chief of Communications Francis Zamora announced his resignation from her administration Tuesday morning, following Thao’s attorney withdrawing representation Monday afternoon. The mayor’s office...
Forget alternative facts and political spin: the first presidential debate of 2024 was an overwhelming flood of falsehoods. The twice-impeached and 34-times convicted felon former President...
Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that an individual has been charged with shooting four of the 14 people injured during the Juneteenth mass...