In the 11 years since the State of California declared the Oakland Unified School District bankrupt and seized complete control of district governance and finances, the...
Oakland teachers are still waiting to see if the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will re-establish a curriculum website that provided federally funded history curriculum units...
City agent and Army Base developer Phil Tagami of CCIG lashed out recently in an email newsletter against West Oakland community and environmental activist Margaret Gordon...
Oakland’s renegotiated trash deal may mean better rates and services for the city’s residents. But the agreement does not settle whether Oakland’s food waste will end...
James Head, longtime executive and leader at The San Francisco Foundation, was named this week as the new president & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The...
The Oakland Raiders hosted an intimate event this week with a pre-selected group of local breast cancer patients and their caregivers to kick off Breast Cancer...
The Port of Oakland has named Mike Zampa as Director of Communications, responsible for all internal and external communications at the nation’s fifth-busiest container sea port.Zampa...
As the race for mayor of Oakland comes down to the wire, Governor Jerry Brown this week announced he is endorsing Councilmember Libby Schaaf. Brown, former...
I’m proud to say that Oakland is at the forefront of the national minimum wage movement, according the San Francisco Chronicle, and this November, there is...
By Norman La Force Sometime soon, the Oakland City Council must decide whether to take 53 acres of beautiful free public parkland away from the public...
This year, your teachers say you’ve changed a lot. You’ve grown a couple of inches, which is the first thing they noticed. They say...
Gerard and Christina Gray have been working with the City of Oakland for over a year to get back into their home after a city crew...
City officials seem to be moving full steam ahead on a plan to knock down the Oakland Coliseum and replace it with a glitzy Coliseum City...
Work on a portion of developer Phil Tagami’s Army Base project has been at a halt since March because the job was not built to Port...
An ordinance was introduced at the city’s Community and Economic Development meeting this week to provide additional protections for Oakland residents who could be harassed or...
Plank, an upscale entertainment complex and restaurant, is scheduled to open this month in Oakland’s Jack London Square offering bowling, bocce ball, brews on tap and...
Bay Area residents will have a brief opportunity this week to view the highly anticipated documentary, “Nas: Time is Illmatic,” which delves into the roots of...
“The Morrie Movement: The Influence of ‘Wee Pals’ Cartoonist Morrie Turner” comes to the African American Center of the San Francisco Main Library’s from Nov. 8...
Singer Eban Brown, lead vocalist of the 70s soul music group The Stylistics, knows a thing or two about jazz and clubhouse music. A renowned guitarist,...
The Oakland City Council declared a victory and a truce this week in the month-long garbage conflict with Texas-based Waste Management, the nation’s largest trash hauler,...
Race – more than any other demographic factor – determines levels of individual educational achievement, health and life expectancy, possibility of incarceration, and wealth in the...
Actor and Comedian Chris Tucker floored the audience Saturday night at the Paramount Theatre. Known as “Smokey” in the comedy “Friday” and “Detective James Carter in...
When a person loves to dance, it’s the cherry on top when you get to perform for one of the top NBA teams in the country....
Great Oakland Public Schools (GO), a nonprofit network of educators, families and community leaders, has endorsed four candidates for the Oakland Unified School District Board of...
Fantasy Queens, a local chapter of the Red Hat Society, recently hosted their Annual All-White Luncheon at Pier 29 in Alameda to benefit a homeless women...
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