Upgrade, a computer sciences program at Laney College is poised to change the face of technology. Housed on the campus of Laney College, Upgrade prepares both...
Vernon Hal. Photo Courtesy of East Bay Express. Oakland public schools’ Senior Business Officer Vernon Hal, who has served the district for two decades, turned in...
Trailblazer Ballerina Misty Copeland Inspires Black Ballerina Angela Watson who performs as “Clara” and “Dragonfly” in the 2017 San Francisco Nutcracker Ballet. Humble and graceful, Misty...
By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Basic steps to prevent infections — such as washing hands, isolating contagious patients and keeping ill nurses and aides from...
OUSD was required to borrow $100 Million when they only needed $37 Million. Assemblymember Sandre Swanson pressured state schools Supt. O’Conncell for three years, resulting in return...
Clear blue skies and rays of sunshine poured down on San Francisco City Hall last Sunday, December 17 as family, friends, elected officials, and the city...
The McClymonds High Warriors took their 13-0 record into Visalia, southeast of Fresno, to take on the Golden West High School Trailblazers Saturday night in the...
The City of Berkeley will spend an additional $2.4 million this year to shelter the homeless, creating a total of 320 bed spaces, the largest amount...
The State of California, which is legally responsible for overseeing the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) budget, is “culpable” for the ongoing financial crisis caused by...
Recent protest at Oakland Board of Education meeting. Photo by Ken Epstein. The Oakland Board of Education slashed $9 million from its budget this week, reversing...
‘Amal Sikaffy, owner of Espresso Gourmet Caffe’, will close her doors at the end of the year Downtown Oakland is rapidly changing. The skyline is making...
With the final approval of the City Council, the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site in the foothills of East Oakland will be transformed into a...
New rule change for Alameda County representatives was proposed by former Piedmont mayor who resigned for anti-LGBT and racist comments City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan – who...
Recent meetings of the Peralta Colleges’ Board of Trustees were packed with supporters and opponents of the proposed A’s stadium near Laney College. Photo courtesy of...
NBA Star, Baron Davis, CEO of the Black Santa Company poses with Black Santa and Mrs. C. with a child at their Christmas celebration at Beast...
The Oakland Post last week incorrectly reported that top administrators for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) who voluntarily resigned received up to six months of...
Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell says difficult steps are necessary to maintain stability Hundreds of chanting protesters – teachers and school workers, parents and their children – filled...
By Elizabeth LaFleur, The Greenville News Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has announced that he has Parkinson’s disease, the same affliction that killed his father. Jackson,...
Dr. Julian Vasquez-Heilig ¨Backpack Full of Cash,” narrated by Matt Damon, is a feature-length documentary that explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting...
Oakland youth, clean air activists, workers and labor leaders rallied Wednesday to kick-off a boycott of Phil Tagami’s Rotunda Building in response to the developer’s lawsuit...
Civil rights attorney John Burris held a sign as he marched in last year’s event for Mario Woods, killed by the police on Dec. 2, 2015....
Students from Aspire Lionel Wilson Preparatory Academy in Oakland spoke at Tuesday evening’s Public Safety Committee, asking the city to uphold its Sanctuary City commitment. “We...
On Thursday, the Mentoring Center (TMC) announced a unique collaboration with FamFirst Foundation to provide mentorship and programming at the West Oakland Youth Center. “We are...
During the debate about the development of housing at Oak Knoll, in the hills of East Oakland, many in the community expressed the importance of including...
Speaking at Tuesday’s Community and Economic Development(CED) Committee meeting, Councilmember Abel Guillén urged his colleagues to pass stronger regulations that would restrict development in the area...