Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who's also running for the United States Senate seat presently held by Dianne Feinstein, blasted the Tennessee House Republicans for voting to...
Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson became the 57th mayor of Chicago Tuesday night when he defeated fellow Democrat Paul Vallas in a run-off election. Johnson garnered...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 12 - 18, 2023
Police in San Francisco are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for gunning down...
Over the next few months, up to $200,000 will be awarded to Marin County community-based organizations to help overcome barriers and connect communities to parks. The...
One word, uttered under breath by a California lawmaker, captured a sentiment, at times boiling over into anger, among legislators struggling to get more California students...
The Post sorrowfully announces the death of Jack Chandra Naidu, who worked with us for more than 40 years. He succumbed to complications of open-heart surgery...
The University of the Pacific hosted San Joaquin Council of Governments and its partners as they launched the Stockton Mobility Collective at a Rise 'N' Ride...
As heavy storms keep pounding California with torrential rains and a record Sierra snowpack is poised to melt and send rivers surging over their banks, more...
For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California's mental health system, this time by overhauling the...
California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs...
The atmosphere was fully charged at the 25th annual Madam C.J. Walker Business and Community Recognition Luncheon and Empowerment Forum held by the National Coalition of...
Robert Henry Johnson, a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, and playwright, passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. His body was identified in March. Johnson will be missed...
The founder of a widely used money transfer application was stabbed to death in San Francisco early Tuesday morning. Bob Lee, 43, was identified by friends...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is asking internet service providers to make internet connections affordable for seniors and people with disabilities. The resolution unanimously passed...
Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black...
The 14th Annual Powerful Women of the Bay Awards Luncheon in recognition of Women’s History Month was held on March 30th at Scott's Pavillion in Jack...
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25) last week introduced bicameral legislation to create the “César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National...
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is partnering with Richmond’s NIAD Art Center and other Bay Area organizations serving artists with developmental disabilities to present “Into the...
The Public Policy Institute of California is reporting that absenteeism is on the rise among all students in California, and Black children are among the top...
McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects her to temporary jobs around the...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 5 - 11, 2023
Throughout Selma, Ala., there are streets named Frederick D. Reese Parkway and F.D. Reese. In March of each year, the city hosts F.D. Reese Day. Yet...
This week in 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated leading a bold effort to teach America an urgent lesson: racism is not just...
More than 300 residents in Santa Cruz County remained in emergency shelters on Monday due to recent storm damage as the state awaits approval of a...