OAKLAND POST — heryl Grant was an account executive and sales person for a high-powered corporation, training for the Ms. Olympia contest in the 55+ category,...
OAKLAND POST — Oakland’s Department of Public Works (DPW) and Police Department followed Mayor Libby Schaaf’s city administration’s orders on Tuesday to evict about two dozen homeless...
OAKLAND POST — Presidential candidate Julian Castro visited Oakland on Wednesday Sept. 25. Hosted by Councilman Noel Gallo, Castro was provided a tour of the Fruitvale...
OAKLAND POST — Nationwide, seniors are prisoners of County-appointed guardians taking total control over their lives and exploiting their wards for personal profit. Judges, conservators, guardians &...
Over 100 community members attended a discussion held by leaders of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 on Sept. 21, to oppose the...
OAKLAND POST — Most people will agree that children gain a sense of self by interacting with their peers in healthy emotional environments. A collaborative of...
The East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EB PREC) is working to keep Black, indigenous, people of color and allied communities in the East Bay by...
Couplepreneurs, Reggie Borders and Nicole Felix have been members of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) for 11 months. Reggie, a Veteran who came...
OAKLAND POST — Facing an angry standing-room only crowd of parents, students and teachers who booed their decision, the board voted 5-2 in favor of the “merger”...
By Regina Brown Wilson California Black Media This is a direct appeal to Governor Newsom, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez and our entire state Legislature. I’m writing this...
OAKLAND POST — Student organizers with Oakland Kids First (OKF) secured $3.6 million over the next two years to improve healthy food options for Oakland public...
Running into a wall of outrage from school families and community groups, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) administration and the Oakland Board of Education are...
“If we want any hope in transforming our largest inner cities, we have to start early. It’s all about literacy and the right kind of literacy,”...
Black folks’ love East Oakland’s naturally green environment almost as much as its ancestral rebel spirit. But locally and nationally, there is heightened concern about Black...
On Sept 11, the Oakland Public Works Department plans to destroy about 20 small homes that residents who can’t afford sanctioned housing have built and currently...
OAKLAND POST — Downtown Richmond is set to come alive with soulful sounds of some the Bay Area most coveted R&B, Soul and Funk bands at the...
OAKLAND POST — The grandson of two chefs who made their way to West Oakland during the glory days of the railroads. David Austin Smith grew up...
OAKLAND POST — The March on Washington Movement was the most militant and important force in African-American politics in the early 1940s. It was formed to protest...
OAKLAND POST — On Tuesday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) continued her work to eradicate poverty in the U.S. by bringing together Bay Area anti-poverty advocates for...
OAKLAND POST — The celebration will offer food booths, and a variety of other vendors will be on hand offering cultural and heritage products for sale. No...
OAKLAND POST — While in El Camino College in Los Angeles 22 years ago, Cozmo-El and his wife, Akilah Moor-El used to make desserts and small crafts...
OAKLAND POST — African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that has been presented to the City Council requiring that all jobs on...
OAKLAND POST — Perhaps Elliott and Shawlaya Johnson know people who carry hot sauce in their handbags. Perhaps they experienced a spill. But now you can get...
OAKLAND POST — Entrepreneurial journeys may vary, but all who have started businesses have at least one thing in common: They can look to the experiences...
OAKLAND POST — The American Bar Association will present Congressman John Lewis with the Thurgood Marshall Award at its annual meeting in San Francisco, Sat., August 10.
