Between January to July, the Healthy Streets team, a coordinated response department for homelessness, engaged with 2,961 people living on the streets, but less than a...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 14 - 20, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 7 - 13, 2024
Remember Oakland five years ago when Kamala Harris invoked her Asian mother and announced a run for the presidency. And then came Iowa. She wasn’t ready....
In corners of America dominated by MAGA disinformation, the concept of identity politics is vilified. It goes hand in hand with the anti-DEI wave that’s trying...
In a few weeks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the world will be watching history unfold as Kamala Harris steps into her own as...
Dear Vice President Kamala Harris: From Charlotta Bass to Rosa Parks to Shirley Chisolm, Black women have never been afraid of a righteous fight. All three...
Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs is running to be the next lieutenant governor of California in the 2026 gubernatorial elections, he announced last week. Tubbs, 33,...
On June 21, President Joe Biden announced in a letter posted on social media that he is ending his candidacy for a second term and throwing...
State Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins’s campaign for governor in 2026 announced last week that Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) is a supporter. Weber endorsed Atkins’s...
California county assessors reported significant increases in the value of properties subject to locally assessed property tax, increasing property tax revenue statewide. The average increase in...
California has the largest state economy in the United States with a nominal Gross domestic product (GDP) of approximately $3.9 million in 2023, reported the U.S....
Californians’ personal income increased by 8.2% in the first quarter of 2024 due to higher wages, salaries, and property income, stated the July report released by...
President Joe Biden not seeking re-election isn’t just good for Democrats looking to stave off a second Donald Trump presidency, but it’s good news for the...
The State of California has allotted $3.3 billion in funding to build inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment centers to address the state’s mental health and...
In a one-two punch kicked off by President Joe Biden’s announcement last weekend that he would not seek a second term, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 31 - August 6, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 24 - 30, 2024
...there I was, sitting in the living room where I was raised, learning from my father that a CAT scan had revealed that the basilar artery...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 17 -23, 2024
On June 26, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $5 million pilot program to eliminate up to $500 million in medical debt owed...
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,...