The Black-Eyed Pea Festival Perhaps Elliott and Shawlaya Johnson know people who carry hot sauce in their handbags. Perhaps they experienced a spill. But now you...
The West Oakland Residential Community Leaders will commemorate the first day of our arrival from Africa by slaveship in 1619 till today, when the country is...
The City of Oakland held a workshop Aug. 10 at the West Oakland Youth Center. to seek input on the potential impacts of a proposed citywide...
Lee takes on domestic terrorism, white supremacy, racism and hate speech. “We are more powerful than the NRA.” Congresswoman Barbara Lee held a healing vigil and...
Less than two weeks before the start of school on Monday, Aug. 12, 150 new OUSD teachers took part in the New Teacher Institute. It was...
The San Francisco-based non-profit Career Girls held a workshop Saturday, Aug. 3 at the 12th Annual “Attend & Achieve” Back to School Rally at Oakland City...
Twelve years ago, Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey was murdered. He was serving as Editor in Chief for the Oakland Post at the time and had previously...
On July 16, the Oakland City Council passed an ordinance that re-established the Cultural Affairs Commission. This legislation paved the way for the body’s return after...
Members of the community were invited to meet the new chief curator of Oakland’s African American Museum & Library on July 20. Bamidele Agbasegbe Demerson actually...
Jeffrey Taylor, a longtime educator and community worker, has been named the new principal of McClymonds High School in West Oakland. The public was invited to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it has entered into a final voluntary resolution with the City and Port of Oakland in...
Lynette Gibson McElhaney plans to install a commemorative plaque in the Black Arts Movement Business District to honor Chauncey Bailey, the former Chief Editor of the...
Dr. Joe L. Smith, president of Bay Cities Baptist Minister’s Union announced that their annual citywide revival will be held August 19 through 23 at the...
The Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce honored eight Black women leaders who have broken the glass ceiling in various areas in the community on July...
This time Police were welcomed and helped direct traffic Thousands of people showed up this past Sunday for Oakland’s second annual BBQ’n While Black festivities at...
Chauncey Bailey, the editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post, was shot down and murdered early in the morning on Aug. 2, 2007 in front of a child...
Holy Names University has announced the appointment of Dr. Sheila Smith McKoy as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. A native of Raleigh, NC, Smith...
“Restore Oakland,” an ambitious, one-of-a-kind community hub, opened its doors this week with plans to provide local residents with access to housing rights legal services, eviction...
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan has responded to reports that Oakland Airport has been used for ICE deportation flights. Kaplan had previously authored the successful...
Vann: “Mayor Schaaf has never taken the homeless issue seriously.” Schaaf finally says, “We now need to act with a sense of urgency” The number of...
Today, a new program, Oakland Goes Outdoors, was launched at the Children & Nature Network International Conference in Oakland. The program is one of the nation’s...
65-year-old Oakland tradition continues with the recognition of Kemba Shakur, executive director of the nonprofit Oakland Urban Releaf, an organization dedicated to planting and maintaining trees...
Oakland’s beloved 19th annual Art+ Soul festival, held in the heart of the downtown area on July 27 and 28, will feature a range of musical...
The Joyce Gordon Foundation of the Arts is presenting its third annual outdoor community youth arts festival “Oakland Youth Ait Explosion! (OYAE!),” powered by Better Together...
Mayor Libby Schaaf attended a concert performed by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center Concert Hall Shanghai, China, Sunday, July 14....
