Williams Chapel Baptist Church recently had a face-lift as the historical church was remodeled inside and out with a grand sanctuary and stair lift to accommodate...
The federal overseer with authority over the Oakland Police Department this week finally explained why he overruled the City Council decision to house intake of all...
Charges were filed last week against two individuals in the murder of 8-year-old of Alaysha Carradine. The announcement was made Tuesday morning at a press conference...
Oakland, CA – It was the latest NFL game ever scheduled but that didn’t stop the Raiders from coming out and playing good football in Sunday’s...
Oakland, CA – The Tigers offense got shutout and they never knew what hit them. A rookie pitcher took the mound, pitched a stellar game and...
The city’s hard line decision to evict Bill’s Aboudi’s Oakland Maritime Support Services (OMSS) to start it’s Army Base development project – evicting small businesses and...
Oakland, CA – It’s been almost a year when these teams met in the American League Division Series. Fate has brought them back together to kickoff...
Oakland Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor visited the 7th and 8th grade classrooms at Barack Obama Academy for the second straight year. Pryor spoke to the students...
School is back in session, and many students hoping to put their best foot forward found a way to do it at the First African Methodist...
A year ago, the Oakland Unified School District entered an agreement with federal civil rights officials to reduce the number of suspensions of African-American students in...
Oakland, CA – A controversial summer led to the Raiders awarding Terrelle Pryor with the starting job. But after a concussion last week, Matt Flynn was...
The Oakland Private Industry Council (Oakland PIC) was awarded a $2.5 million-per-year contract this week by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to manage the county’s...
The Oakland Army Base Development project has taken a significant turn this week as city staff confirmed on Tuesday a temporary and partial solution to address...
Though the Neptune Society of Northern California has won city approval to build a mega crematorium near the Oakland International Airport, opponents remain determined and rallied...
On Thursday morning, the advocacy branch of the Christopher LaVell Jones Foundation #TheirLivesMatter met with the Oakland Police Department to discuss demands raised the families of...
In the book, “Pryor Lives!: Kiss My Rich, Happy Black…Ass!”, Cecil Brown tells the story of a mega-popular counterculture icon, from the perspective of someone he...
After a recent ruling by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo, the construction of a new mega-crematorium in East Oakland, which could burn as many...
Concerned housing activists are meeting with the city on how to revive a stalled community land trust designed to create hundreds of affordable houses in Oakland.
United by their words and experiences, Sistah’s with Ink (SWI) was founded last year to encourage women from around the world to share their gifts...
Oakland, CA – The best news of the night was that the Texas Rangers lost to the Kansas City Royals. The sellout crowd at O.Co erupted...
Bars. Concerts. Boutiques. Coffee Shops. First Fridays. Art galleries. Downtown Oakland is about more than corporate meetings and business suits meeting nowadays. It has become reflective...
Tenacious as ever, Oakland police accountability activists are seeking to regain momentum in their efforts to house all intake of complaints against Oakland Police Department officers...
As big rig trucks begin to park more and more on city streets, the need remains high for the parking spaces formerly provided by Oakland Maritime...
It was just hours away from the big championship bout in Las Vegas this past weekend between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez, as another champion, Oakland’s...
Oakland will be receiving a $4.5 million grant from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to hire new police officers, Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced...