By Benjamin Todd Jealous “For a country regarded as the paramount leader in a multicultural world, the United States has yet to embrace its own diversity;...
By Brea Hammonds Khailey Kwamilele, 7, recently competed at the Amateur Athletic Union West Coast Junior Olympics in Reno. She ran in the 100-meter, 200-meter and...
By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland City Council this week approved a 30-month contract that will allow a truck yard at the Oakland Army Base to...
By Jaron K. Epstein The Oakland Unified School District is starting this month to move its headquarters to 1000 Broadway (11th & Broadway) in downtown Oakland....
The Board of Trustees and the Chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, Dr. José M. Ortiz have appointed Dr. Eric V. Gravenberg as interim president...
By Ken A. Epstein Oakland’s new two-year $2 billion budget – the first in five years to be based on rising city revenues – focuses on...
Brendalynn Goodall (center), who is president of the East Bay StoneWall Democratic Club with partner Nancy Hinds (right). will celebrate 21 years of togetherness. They were...
By Jaron K. Epstein The George P. Scotlan YouthandFamily Center, founded in 1966 and based at the historic DeFremery Park, is heading up an innovative flight...
Members of BART’s two largest unions overwhelming voted this week to give their leaders the authority to call a strike , while AC Transit workers are...
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By Lee Hubbard The grand marshals at this year’s Pride parade will be a couple, Perry Lang and Ken Monteiro, the first African Americans to be...
Oakland, CA – At the mere age of forty this right-handedpitchergets better each time he takes the mound. Lasting eight frames in his outing tonight, you...
By Spencer Whitney Sydney Nycole Reeves, a 21-year-old singer and songwriter from Berkeley, has been working hard to build her brand in the Bay Area.Her blend...
Abandoned, boarded up, and forgotten about housing complexes sit in communities throughout Oakland. Now, one artist has returned to his hometown to transform one dilapidated East...
By Shaveela Raniga The South by Southwest (SXSW) 2013 Spring Music & Film Festivals, an “Artistry Battle” that takes place annually in Austin, Texas, this year...