The City of Oakland is hosting a public meeting Monday, Jan 8 for Oakland’s small, minority and women-owned construction firms to learn about the latest proposal...
District 6 City Councilmember Desley Brooks is sponsoring an ordinance that would set aside 5 percent of the city’s capital improvement project costs to support some...
Upgrade, a computer sciences program at Laney College is poised to change the face of technology. Housed on the campus of Laney College, Upgrade prepares both...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) Basketball is back in Oakland with the addition of their latest team, the Oakland BayHawks. The ABA league is America’s largest...
Vernon Hal. Photo Courtesy of East Bay Express. Oakland public schools’ Senior Business Officer Vernon Hal, who has served the district for two decades, turned in...
From left to right: Richard Valle, Alameda County Supervisor, District 2, Dr. Asif Maan, Chief of the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) within California Department of...
Drummers Set the Cultural Tone of Kwanzaa at Defremery Park Honoring Ujima and Queen Mother Makinya. Photo By Carla Thomas. Kwanzaa came to the Defremery Community...
Aaron Goodwin (left) and Councilwoman Desley Brooks. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. On December 23rd Desley Brooks and Aaron Goodwin celebrated their 10th Annual Christmas Party for...
The Golden State Warriors (GSW) have been the darlings of the NBA for the past 3 years winning 2 of the last 3 NBA titles. Their...
Trailblazer Ballerina Misty Copeland Inspires Black Ballerina Angela Watson who performs as “Clara” and “Dragonfly” in the 2017 San Francisco Nutcracker Ballet. Humble and graceful, Misty...
“Ladies in Red” founder Brenda Knight reported to the Post News Group that despite providing care to her husband of 45 years for his chronic heart...
Director of Patient Care Services Wanda Pene interviewed LVN Aquila Ward about wound care in the home setting, because it can be an important part of home health care, and a...
OUSD was required to borrow $100 Million when they only needed $37 Million. Assemblymember Sandre Swanson pressured state schools Supt. O’Conncell for three years, resulting in return...
By Huberta Jackson-Lowman, Ph.D. & Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D The ongoing practice of the enslavement and trafficking of Black African migrants in Libya is a human...
Agnus the Play, a murders’ futurist trial set in 2047 written by Ise Lyfe and Matt Warner, will debut off-Broadway January 18th through February 11th in New York....
By Kyle Pennell Have you ever wondered how green Oakland is and how we are contributing to protecting the environment and combating climate change? One major...
More than 100 students showed off their green thumbs at Cleveland Elementary School in Oakland last week as part of the school’s Salad Day. The second-...
By Rashidah Grinage December 13, 2017 saw the inauguration of the Oakland Police Commission, which resulted from the will of the 83 percent of Oakland voters...
The McClymonds High Warriors took their 13-0 record into Visalia, southeast of Fresno, to take on the Golden West High School Trailblazers Saturday night in the...
Graphic Artist Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. Douglas displays his artwork on tour in Auckland, New Zealand. Graphic...
By Alvina Wong After four months of organizing by Laney students, faculty, and staff, Chinatown and Eastlake residents, and Lake Merritt environmentalists, the Peralta Board of...
The State of California, which is legally responsible for overseeing the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) budget, is “culpable” for the ongoing financial crisis caused by...
By Dirk Tillotson The meek will not inherit the earth in Oakland’s system of public school choice. Given the likelihood of school closings, they may inherit...
Left to Right: Beverly Greene, Schatzie Allen Jefferson and Dana Lang celebrate at the COMTO Scholarship Dinner. The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) of Northern...
Mary Alice Cobb-Hill was born in Oakland, March 16, 1945. She passed away on December 9, 2017 at Kaiser Hospital, Richmond after suffering a stroke. Mary...
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