Mayor Libby Schaaf directed the city administration to make “inappropriate contributions” to her favored nonprofit organization, The Oakland Promise, bypassing the Oakland Municipal code and paying...
The Community Democracy Project (CDP) is in the final stages of a signature gathering drive to place an amendment on next year’s ballot that, if approved,...
Where have the city’s funds for affordable housing gone? That’s a question City Council President Rebecca Kaplan and council members want to answer as they look...
On Monday, Nov. 18, the celebration of a life well-lived was hosted at the Chase Center in San Francisco for the final goodbye to the beloved...
Living Jazz is an Oakland-based jazz music organization that has been committed to transforming lives through music since 1984. Through education and performance programs that focus...
If your child needs somewhere to go or something to do during the days before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Oakland Parks and Recreation Dept. is offering...
Domestic violence is a social epidemic and continues to plague communities and families. This year, A Safe Place, the only domestic violence crisis shelter in Oakland,...
In the wake of a Nov. 5 City Council meeting during which the City of Oakland denied the East 12th Street Coalition’s (E12SC) appeal to stop...
A Model Built on Faith (AMBOF), the faith-based and nonprofit organization capacity-building program presented by OCCUR and the San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Program will celebrate their...
Bay Area residents and public and private organizations are gearing up for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with one special venue that is going ‘all-out,’ extending outreach...
In ongoing protest, parents and teachers, including members of the Oakland Not for Sale (ONFS) coalition, shut down the school board meeting Wednesday, Nov. 14 . ...
Just 24 hours after sitting on a panel in front of 5,000 Black techies at the annual AfroTech gathering at the Oakland Convention Center, Bernard Tyson,...
We just celebrated Veterans Day, paying tribute to the young men and women who have served our country. Across the country, families gathered at the...
Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) ignored the cultural roadblocks preventing minorities from entering and having success in the field of journalism. He had long considered a career...
The Oct. 31 Post article regarding the Insight Terminal Solutions (ITS) plan to “phase in a ban on the transportation of coal” is riddled with inaccuracies....
On Nov. 5 and 6, the City of Oakland began a clearance operation of a homeless encampment on a privately owned tract of land west of...
The Oakland Post Community Assembly, along with parents and teachers in the Oakland Not For Sale (ONFS) coalition, hosted a community discussion last Sunday aimed at...
They were young, brazen heroes who faced danger and death during their tenure as Oakland’s first Black firefighters. Nearly a century ago on January 1, 1920,...
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), responding to ongoing parent and teacher protests against school closings at school board meetings , moved this week’s Board of...
OAKLAND POST — While establishing a fire lane and cleaning a portion of a Home Depot parking lot where around 50 unhoused residents live, on Oct. 22...
OAKLAND POST — People across Oakland are reacting with shock and anger this week as news spreads that highly respected community elder Wilson Riles Jr. had...
OAKLAND POST — A dinner was held on Oct. 19 in appreciation for the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority — which recently donated a retired ambulance to be...
OAKLAND POST — The Oakland Post Community Assembly, along with parents and teachers at impacted schools, will host a community discussion about the school district plan...
The Oakland Post Community Assembly, along with parents and teachers at impacted schools, will host a community discussion about the school district plan to close dozens...
While establishing a fire lane and cleaning a portion of a Home Depot parking lot where around 50 unhoused residents live, on Oct. 22 and 23...