Oakland is a city facing the loss of its racial, age, economic, cultural and social diversity, driven by the loss of affordable housing and a huge...
By Rebecca Kaplan In recent years, we have suffered from the cyclical epidemic of responding to problems by aiming at the wrong targets. Some...
Former member of the Oakland Board of Education Alice Spearman died on Tuesday, May 26. She was 63. Spearman died of complications following a heart...
The Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) has been awarded a $14.2 million grant to expand career-based education to over 2,700 at-risk students in the East...
Fresh fruits and vegetables just became more affordable to low-income families on food stamps, and small farmers just got a much-needed boost, thanks to the USDA’s...
By Lee Hildebrand “I’ve always been pretty determined,” San Francisco-born singer and songwriter Perri Arnette McKissick, known professionally as “Pebbles,” told England’s Blues & Soul magazine...
By James Moore Jr. As a second-generation Oakland native, I have fond memories from my youth of the Oakland Auditorium, now called the Henry J....
By Rasheed Shabazz The message was blunt: if Black people in Oakland do not harness opportunities in the tech field, they will continue to be...
Before Tuesday night’s Oakland City Council meeting, the proposal to sell a city parcel to build a luxury apartment tower at Lake Merritt seemed like a...
Responding to the city’s long-term failure to meet the needs of the unemployed in Oakland, the City Council voted this week to award the Oakland Private...
The Oakland Unified School District has adopted a new policy that will allow it to revisit how it will spend its construction bond funds, raising concerns...
By Omar de la Cruz Having spent my entire life in Oakland, I know the many faces and channels of the city. As a resident...
Whether you’re looking to have some fun, get in a good workout or train for a competition, boxing is a great outlet to get in shape...
The Oakland City Council is set to vote Tuesday evening on a controversial proposal to sell a city-owned parcel to build a luxury apartment tower at...
By Rasheed Shabazz Oakland actor, director, playwright and filmmaker Michael Lange died on May 20. He was 65. Lange is best known for his...
For the fourteenth straight year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is celebrating the academic accomplishments of African American students across the district. Over the 2014-15...
The John George Democratic Club recently recognized two West Oakland students – fifth grader Alexis McCain and sixth grader Yahya Munsar – for their winning contributions...
Oakland residents are strongly advocating for a citywide privacy policy that would monitor the use of a surveillance system used to collect and monitor data, respond...
Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Oakland Technical High School this week to continue his advocacy for increased technology instruction in American schools and greater representation of women,...
By Yahya Munsar, winner of the John George Award “Black Lives Matter” – we’ve heard it many times, but what does it actually mean?
Carolyn Russell, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recently received the Women of Distinction Empowerment Award from First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) in Oakland for...
The Oakland Unified School District is moving ahead with its plan to tear down the district’s old administration building on Second Avenue and East 10th Street...
The City Council took a first step this week to enact a policy that has been four years in the making and could improve the level...
A local community group has not yet received a reply from City Attorney Barbara Parker about their complaint that the City of Oakland is violating local,...
Disability Rights of California has filed a complaint against the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on behalf of the district’s special education students, alleging that “OUSD’s...
