The district also is beginning the process of selling or leasing school properties. The Board of Education is moving ahead with a second set of school...
Bas wins $12 million for Community Land Trust affordable housing fund Voting Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council adopted a two-year, $3.2 billion budget, partially resolving...
Astronomically at least, the solstice is the first day of summer. It’s the longest day of the year, when the sun reaches its highest elevation in...
Father Augustus Tolton, the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black priest, who is slated to become the church’s first Black saint, was born into slavery in Missouri...
New facility addresses growing needs for senior care With the opening of its new, state-of the-art center in downtown Oakland, Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) continues...
Ebony Iman Dallas is the featured artist at Joyce Gordon Gallery’s June 2019 Year of the Woman. Dallas’ work, “Through Abahay’s Eyes” (Through My Father’s Eyes),...
Grand Rising Children of My Ancestors: As the gray rainy days of winter make way for the warm sunny days of summer, it is an especially...
Reiki, acupuncture, herb treatment for low-income women with cancer The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic (CMC) is celebrating its recent relocation with an Open House to friends, community...
Learning Black History Year Round When she was 7 years old, Bessie Blount Griffin was slapped on the knuckles for writing with her left hand. So...
God on Wall Street As each day goes by, it seems like the discussion about reparations for African Americans is as isolated today, as it was...
MLK: “America has defaulted on its promissory note to citizens of color” Thomas Jefferson: “God is just and his justice shall not sleep forever.” On the...
Eighty youth leaders will spend seven weeks this summer visiting more than 30 cities, towns, sovereign Indian Nations meeting with leaders and activists as part of...
After opening three community cabin sites, the City of Oakland is continuing its plan to create more sites and has also laid plans to open RV...
Ray Leon, a popular staffer at Oakland City Hall, is retiring after more than 28 years of service to Oakland residents. A longtime aide to District...
The conflict between Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration and city workers is intensifying after Oakland officials declared an impasse in negotiations with two major employee unions just...
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will present the 13th iteration of its Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) this year at 14 sites in...
The African American Family Outreach Project will present its third free workshop of 2019 with the focus on understanding serious mental illness, substance abuse disorders and...
The relationship between a mentor and mentee is unique. It’s an asymmetric relationship built on understanding, trust, and altruism. It transcends a biological connection and requires...
A huge mural honoring the life and legacy of Oscar Grant was officially unveiled last weekend, 10 years after he was killed on the platform of...
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an...
The Henry J. Kaiser (HJK) Convention Center redevelopment proposal is being fast-tracked by the city despite significant community concerns—including lack of affordability, an operational model developed...
Rhonda Craft, 59, of Sacramento, has been appointed inspector general for the California Department of Transportation. Craft has served as director of the Office of Traffic...
Mrs. Daisy Murray is a woman absolutely dedicated to the Lord. So much so that the widow of Rev. C. L. Murray, who was pastor of...
Dalvin Butler, an Oakland native and aspiring college administrator, recently graduated from the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California (USC). Butler, 27, earned...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alva Vernon Johnson, 51, of Elk Grove, was selected to serve as director of the California State Lottery. Johnson was director...
