Hundreds of women convened at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Oakland Bay Area Chapter (NCBW-OBAC) 20th annual Madam...
NAACP National President Derrick Johnson will be a guest speaker at the NAACP-Oakland Branch’s 4th Annual Service Awards Gala on Thursday, April 19 at Scott’s Seafood in Jack...
LIFE ElderCare, in a new partnership with Lyft, has launched VIP Zip to provide transportation solutions for older adults. Unreliable transportation can leave seniors stuck at...
The Oakland Film Society hosted the 16th annual Oakland International Film Festival (OIFF) from April 3-7. The festival commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of...
Andreas Nikitaras was born Feb.12, 1942 in Leros, Greece. He and his family came to America in 1950. His father, Nicolaos Nikitaras opened the Bank Club...
The Oakland City Council’s Public Works Committee this week unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan to fund more school crossing guards. Kaplan’s Resolution...
The Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee this week postponed a discussion of the city’s handling of late payment penalties that are paid to nonprofits...
Mitchell Hardin, Jr. passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fremont, CA on April 5, 2018 at the age of...
Mark Zuckerberg’s misuse of the data personal information of his faithful Black Facebook users requires that he establish a small $100 million-dollar fund to repair the...
Rev. Frank Pinkard is a pastor at Evergreen Baptist Church on West Macarthur Blvd. in Oakland. He was active in the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968,...
On April 10, the Community and Economic Development Committee and the Life Enrichment Committee will hear Oakland City Councilmember-At-Large Rebecca Kaplan’s resolution to encourage the community development...
Congresswoman Lee with Memphis Sanitation workers who striked with Dr. King fifty years ago for equal pay and safer working conditions. Photo from @RepBarbaraLee twitter account....
Community organizers, parents and educators convened last week at Oakland’s Kingston 11 Jamaican Restaurant to take part in a kickoff for the State of Black Education...
Carla Thomas, June Williams, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Jennifer Madden Former First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at Oracle Arena on March 28th for...
The next Post Salon will discuss the question: what should the City of Oakland do with publically owned land? The following alternatives will be discussed: Should...
Oakland Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan is proposing a resolution to help improve safety for young people by allocating more funding for school crossing guards. “To encourage our...
The Oakland International Film Festival will be held next week, Tuesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 7, featuring 65 films over the five-day period. This year’s main...
Black Americans have twice as much unemployment as white workers. You can see one of the causes if you walk by any construction site and count...
Pamela Price, who is running for district attorney of Alameda County, says that as D.A. she would look into allegations that the probate court is guilty...
Left to right: Author and Advocate Sheryl Grant, Life Coach Tracy Webb, Lori Allen of LinkedIn, Case Manager KaSelah Crocket, and LaChelle Eddison of Robert Half...
NAACP celebrates phenomenal women of the community at the African American Museum and Library of Oakland. Front row, from left to right: Allie Whitehurst, Chairperson; Honorees:...
Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott Elementary to notify the school community of the possible...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city you can see cranes, building materials stacked near...
Students and supporters celebrated before the group left for their10-day study trip. Photo By Ken Epstein. More than two dozen students from McClymonds High and other...
More than 1,100 students in grades 6-12 and their families gathered in Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland for the 18th Annual Latinx Student Honor Roll...
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