By R.M. Arnold, The Public Ethics Commission (PEC) staff released a report Monday accusing Councilmember McElhaney of violating the city’s ethics rules when seeking to get an out...
Author Norm Stamper, Measure LL organizer Rashidah Grinage, police expert Deacon Reginald Lyles and host Lakeshore Baptist Church Pastor Jim Hopkins at July 26 public forum:...
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law that increases access to free and reduced lunches for students, AB 1502, authored, by Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, (D- Richmond)....
Austin Carter, 13, learns how to properly use an inhaler during his visit at the Breathmobile clinic in Oakland in May. Photo by Heidi de Marco/California...
By Ngoc Nguyen, Kaiser Health News James Lockett sits on his bed and opens the drawer of his nightstand, revealing a stash of asthma inhalers: purple...
City Council President Larry Reid and Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington (In blue dress) speak at press conference in favor of a ban on the sale of...
This week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced a set of amendments to the FY 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, seeking to increase federal funding...
West County LEGO Robotics is providing summer camp for youth at four Richmond recreation centers – Shields, Nevin, Parchester and Brooker Anderson – funded by the...
Gay Plair Cobb, Oakland Private Industry Council CEO, speaks Tuesday at Community and Economic Development Committee meeting. Photo by Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic...
Following a hearing this week with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other top city officials, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson issued a court order Wednesday requiring the City...
Oakland City Council members are moving forward with a proposal that would close a loophole in the rent law that allows unlawful evictions. The Community and...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has joined a friend-of-the–court brief supporting transgender rights for veterans in the case Fulcher v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs before the U.S. Court...
Krista Stryker. Photo by Paul Curatolo. Krista Stryker’s life was transformed by medical marijuana. It may have in fact, saved her life. Late last year, she began...
April 18, 2017 Press Conference on Steps of San Francisco City Hall Announcing Landmark Ordinance against Menthol. Photo by Malaika Kambon A silent public health tsunami...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein toured UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco on Friday, July 7, highlighting the importance of safeguarding Medicaid for the health of children and...
John Williams, a single father of 4 sons, was looking to move from Sacramento back to the Bay Area but he was worried about the rising...
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released the 2016 edition of the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Hate Crime in California report. The report’s findings: Over the...
In September 2001, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) was the only member of Congress to object to an Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a resolution...
Shonda Scott is the creator and CEO of 360 Total Concepts, a management and marketing company headquartered in the Bay Area, providing businesses with program management...
The Marin Community Foundation has awarded a $3.85 million grant to the Center for Community Life in Marin City. The award will be part of the...
Do you know the top five skills and competencies an executive director needs to address the many challenges facing your organization? OCCUR and the San Francisco...
UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare has won a five-year $3.4 million grant to fund recruitment, scholarship and research efforts in the school’s new Latino Center...
Oakland City Council meeting in June 26. Photo on Facebook by Cat Brooks. In an act of civil disobedience, Oakland residents, city workers and community shut...
Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods hosted press conference Thursday announcing a coalition to oppose plans to hold all in-custody arraignments at the new Dublin courthouse...
The City of Richmond is reevaluating how to address damaged sidewalks that have led to an increase in injury lawsuits in recent years. From 2012 to...
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