(Left to right) Student from QwaQwa, South Africa; Parish Kendricks, McClymonds Alumni; Jorge Abundis, Senior at McClymonds; Albert Mitchell, Senior at McClymond; Desean Neabeak-Brantley, McClymonds Alumni....
Tenants’ rights advocates flood state capitol building, vow to take issue to ballot box A bill to repeal statewide restrictions on rent control is dead in...
From left to right: Anaya Nassor, Ayanfe Durham and Brenda Hudson. By Dirk Tillotson Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make....
Mack football team wins two consecutive state championships The Oakland Unified School District is holding a parade through the city Friday, Jan. 19, 1 p.m., to...
By Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D Co-Founder The ABPsi, Professor Emeritus SFSU As many of you know, 50 years ago, a small group of professional Black psychologists and students...
Photo courtesy of Tenants Together. By Sarah Carpenter A bill to repeal statewide restrictions on rent control is dead in the water. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing...
City staff, along with Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan (front left) and Abel Guillén, hosted a meeting Monday evening at City Hall to hear community feedback on proposed...
The school board of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) voted Monday to give itself a raise despite their multi-million dollar budget deficit. Each of the...
Speakers line up at Oakland Board of Education meeting. Photo by Oakland North. Despite the calls to close schools in Oakland and other cities – as...
By Oakland Community Leaders There is a 13-to-1 racial wealth gap between the median White family and the median Black family in the U.S. You can...
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) is holding a meeting Thursday, Jan. 11th to propose a faith-based homelessness solution plan for the City of Oakland,...
Dancers of the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company. Photo Courtesy of Diamano Coura. The beat of drums and high-energy dancers of men and women in...
Michael Morgan, Conductor and Music Director of the Oakland Symphony, will discuss issues of interest to LGBTQ audiences at The Commonwealth Club of California Thursday, January...
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...