The new funding for the projects — India Basin Shoreline Park and the Buchanan Street Mall renovation — was included in the governor’s $584.3 million “Outdoors...
This time, the plaintiffs were smart. They recruited disgruntled recently immigrated Asian Americans who had been rejected from Harvard and organized them as white proxies. With...
The event brought together hundreds of families throughout Oakland for a turkey dinner served by Oakland and Bart police officers, city officials, and community volunteers among...
Regarding commentary about his public visibility during the COVID-19 crisis, Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI)’s view is, “The way this job works, there’s...
In a statement read by her staffer, Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan responded to the demand for $90 million in cuts. “We see this for what it is,”...
The good news is that quality health care coverage is now more affordable than ever before, thanks to the new and increased financial help from the...
“Amid the season of holiday travel and gatherings, coupled with the emergence of the Omicron variant here in the East Bay, it is critical that Oaklanders...
“These four innovative new and exciting projects demonstrate and help fulfill the vision of Mayor Breed’s Homelessness Recovery Plan,” said San Francisco Department of Homelessness and...
Governor Gavin Newsom said he has already asked his staff to work with state legislators on a bill that would allow private citizens to file lawsuits...
“Yesterday, California reinstituted – in counties and in sections of the state where we don’t currently have any indoor masking requirement – a one-month masking requirement...
It is especially important for those who are fully vaccinated to get their booster. This includes those 16 and up who received the Pfizer vaccine at...
The HALS Challenge is a national competition sponsored by the National Park Service to document historic landscape projects. This year’s prompt was to document landscapes in...
Darrick Hamilton, who was expected to bring an economic perspective to the work the group is doing, told the task force that there was some misunderstanding...
There’s something profoundly important about Abrams demonstrating leadership at this moment. Abrams has always been guided by a fundamental faith that people can make the system work. That faith has been...
“As I understand it,” said conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Mississippi Solicitor in cross examination, “You’re arguing that the Constitution is silent and neutral on...
The program creates pathways for individuals affected by the War on Drugs to enter into the cannabis industry. Potential business owners who are living at or...
The settlement requires that CWS refund Oakland ratepayers for those years of overcharging and lower their rates for recycling services going forward. The settlement will make...
To ensure equitable sustainability and prosperity of Oakland’s Head Start/Early Head Start programming, these councilmembers applaud their colleagues’ support for their resolution which will require that,...
The community meeting will be held on Zoom on December 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Register for the meet at https://tinyurl.com/ACOversightDec15 to receive a...
Stop this madness now! Tell the A’s to pay their fair share or get out of town! Give them no public money for a ballpark. None!...
“We’re not going to accept $90 million in budget reductions from the county,” Oakland Education Association (OEA) President Keith Brown told the Oakland Post this week....
“(Reparation) stems from President Lincoln’s promise to give emancipated Black people 40 acres and a mule,” Kamilah V. Moore, who was elected the chair of the...
“CA’s large-scale testing and early detection systems have found the Omicron COVID-19 variant in California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted Dec. 1. “We should assume that it’s...
“We believe that maintaining the integrity of Black community boundaries is integral to electoral representation of Black residents in California and urge the Commission to consider...
Don’t ever forget that the judges who are willing to sacrifice reproductive freedom are usually just as eager to allow states to restrict voting rights. The...