An initiative established in 2008 between former Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ office and Oakland Unified School District to recruit, support and retain the most outstanding teachers...
The Port of Oakland Employees’ Scholarship Program awarded $35,000 in scholarships to 13 Oakland public high school students who are headed off to attend a four-year...
District 6 residents have observed how workers have been removing a play structure at Burkhalter Park on Edwards Avenue. Councilmember Desley Brooks says there is a...
Media, labor groups and civic leaders were almost breathless with enthusiasm in their praise for the Brooklyn Basin development, 3,100 units of mostly market rate housing...
Ending months of speculation, Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan has joined the crowded field of candidates hoping to replace Jean Quan as mayor of Oakland. With most polls...
A coalition of merchants with businesses in the Fruitvale, San Antonio, and Eastlake districts along International Boulevard are calling for the city and AC Transit to...
Councilmember Noel Gallo is pushing the City Council to consider placing a charter amendment on the November ballot. The measure would create a public safety oversight...
Gospel radio personality, preacher, and songwriter Michael Lewis believes in standing up for your rights. Born in Oakland, he grew up watching the Black Panthers take...
The City of Oakland has agreed to $110,000 settlement in police shooting death of Alan Blueford, 18-year-old man who was preparing to graduate from Skyline High...
Alongside students two or three times his age, 14-year-old King Burdett Jr. took home two certificates in microscopy at a Merritt College Microscopy Program graduation ceremony...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) is praising the Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon pollution standards for existing power plants. “The Obama Administration’s decision to begin cutting carbon...
Hollywood rolled out the red carpet to fight HIV/AIDS as the Black AIDS Institute celebrated its 15th anniversary. The gala, held in Hollywood at the Director’s...
Special to the Post: The Oakland Unified School District’s K-12 Science Fair celebrated future scientists May 21 at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland....
Representing high schools from as far away as Pittsburgh and Pebble Beach, some 120 graduating high school students participated Tuesday night at the College Bound Brotherhood’s...
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Tuesday visited the Cypress Mandela Training Center in Oakland, a nationally recognized program that...
Four experienced Oakland construction workers have been trying for years to qualify for jobs that have been promised to local residents on the Oakland Army Base...
Oakland community environmental leaders have notified the city that they are prepared to file a formal federal Title VI civil rights complaint over the negative impacts...
The office of Concerned Black Men on 1305 Franklin Street in Oakland was packed with community leaders, students and parents for the CBM Cares Mentoring Program...
The Oakland Raiders have long been associated with the phrase “Commitment to Excellence.” This week, the team honored a Yale-bound Oakland high school student who truly...
The Omnira Institute (OI) will hold its annual Juneteenth celebration in Oakland on Saturday June 14. This ritual of remembrance observes the roots of freedom for...
The contest to become the next mayor of Oakland began to get more serious this week, as 10 candidates for the job faced some tough questions...
Supporters of a ballot initiative to raise Oakland’s minimum wage of $12.25 an hour announced they will submit their signatures to qualify for the November ballot...
The public is invited to attend an afternoon of music, food and friends to support the first annual Donors 4 Peace Fundraiser on Saturday, May 31...
Benjamin Todd Jealous, Venture Partner of the Kapor Center for Social Impact and former NAACP President and CEO, will deliver the commencement address at the 2014...
The Golden State Warriors rolled the dice once before, in fact just three years ago former head coach Mark Jackson was introduced to succeed Don Nelson....
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