A huge mural honoring the life and legacy of Oscar Grant was officially unveiled last weekend, 10 years after he was killed on the platform of...
Rhonda Craft, 59, of Sacramento, has been appointed inspector general for the California Department of Transportation. Craft has served as director of the Office of Traffic...
Dalvin Butler, an Oakland native and aspiring college administrator, recently graduated from the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California (USC). Butler, 27, earned...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alva Vernon Johnson, 51, of Elk Grove, was selected to serve as director of the California State Lottery. Johnson was director...
City workers are fighting for what we love: the people of Oakland. City services, including picking up illegal dumping, filling potholes, and implementing affordable housing programs...
Last week, the House passed the historic Dream and Promise Act to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of Dreamers and other immigrants. These young...
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NNPA — “One of the reasons that I don’t think it’s an individual problem is that these folks are talking to each other. There are a...
Community says Schaaf’s budget hides $45 million ‘slush fund’ Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf could have responded to City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s amendments to her administration’s...
Roads, facilities, affordable housing prioritized as plan heads to Board The County of Marin will present its 2019-2020 fiscal year budget next week, up 7 percent...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed presented her budget priorities on Friday that included expanding behavioral health beds, creating new affordable housing, and cleaner streets. The budget...
An attorney is targeting businesses on 23rd Street for violations of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), in many cases threatening litigation if they don’t pay...
Jay-Z is making money moves. Forbes announced Monday that Jay-Z has become the first hip-hop artist to rack up a billion-dollar fortune, thanks to lucrative investments...
We can now celebrate that Mr. Leonard Powell, a longtime resident of Harmon Street in Berkeley, has been able to return to his home of over...
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The California Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation to change rules governing when cops in the state can use lethal force, despite last-minute opposition from some families of...
RingCentral Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, recently announced that the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum will now be renamed the...
Writing a budget is about the numbers, and it is also about our values. After the release of Mayor Libby Schaaf’s budget proposal, the law requires...
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren drew over 6,500 enthusiastic supporters to Laney College in Oakland last Friday evening, her largest campaign event in the country so far....
Earlier this year, it looked like California charter schools faced a mortal threat in the face of the first serious attempts in the state Legislature to...
Mike Siegel is coming to town on June 15 for an event to build support for his congressional campaign in the Texas 10th Congressional District. The...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 DTU Journalism Fellows are Tedarius Abrams (Bethune-Cookman), Tyla Barnes (Hampton University), Elae Hill (North Carolina A&T), Miana Massey (Howard University), Emani...
Community Foods Market has opened its doors, making it West Oakland’s first full-service grocery store in over 40 years. A diverse crowd of about 1,500 people...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The House Oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties hearing, titled “Confronting White Supremacy: Adequacy of the Federal Response,” reportedly is the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I couldn't stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who's not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn't honed...
