On view from Jan. 10 to March 28, “Inside Insights” will showcase some 100 works including original paintings, prints and sculptures by San Quentin inmates who...
Oakland’s Youth Poet Laureate program is a citywide effort to celebrate literacy through poetry and connect young writers to far-reaching opportunities. Each year the program accept...
Oakland City Council will be sworn in to office, including three newly-elected members. Immediately after the swearing-in (which starts at 11 a.m.), the Council will...
As students and teachers were celebrating and preparing for the holiday winter break, officials of the Oakland Unified School District held a meeting at Roots International...
The Alan Blueford Foundation hosted their Champions of the Community Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Mingleton Temple Church of God in Christ in Oakland last Saturday....
Oakland – As the kids played in the gym at Frick Impact Academy in East Oakland, Mark Burks had a smile on his face. The founder...
Oakland Raiders Defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins and his wife, Audrey, supported Swords to Plowshares annual Holiday Luncheon for Veterans this year by providing 100 free, hot...
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board has released the first draft of a proposal it calls the “Citywide Plan,” which would reduce the number...
With 2018 coming to a close, TechEquity Collaborative invited Senator Scott Wiener and newly elected Assemblymember Buffy Wicks to discuss their plans for housing policy in...
On Friday, Dec. 14, Oakland City Council convened a special meeting to certify and declare the passage of Measure AA, the Oakland Children’s Initiative, despite the...
This is the Warriors third straight State Championship, which is a first for any California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) team. The Mack Warriors won the California Division...
Though Oakland Unified School District superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell and the school board have both recently proposed that the district collaborate more with charter schools, some...
Backed by friends, neighbors and members of the Berkeley community, Leonard Powell, a 76-year-old African American veteran, won a temporary reprieve in Superior Court this week...
At a meeting that lasted over eight hours, continuing from Tuesday evening until 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, community members and activists from the Anti Police-Terror Project,...
At this week’s City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Administrator Joe DeVries reported on another set of “Tuff Sheds” the city is installing. Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca...
The Post Salon co-sponsored a community dialogue on schools Sunday, Dec. 9. along with Oakland Public Education Network (OPEN), Educators for Democratic Schools, the New McClymonds...
From now until December 28th, families pursuing homeownership are invited to submit pre-applications for four brand new single-family homes in Oakland. These homes feature four bedrooms,...
The county will also eliminate $26 million in existing fees The newly-formed Debt Free Justice California coalition is celebrating a stunning victory after the Board of...
The company joined forces with Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in a charitable effort to distribute turkeys and all the fixings to families in need to...
Memorial Wall dedicated to the 305 children who perished in Guyana unveiled at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland It was fitting, Martin Luther King III said,to bring...
Owner of Atlanta’s Raw Reality Restaurant Brings Punany Wrap to Oakland Tassili Maat, the raw food chef from Atlanta, Ga., will present “Let’s Get Raw,” on...
State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), with co-authors Sen. Scott Wiener, and Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Buffy Wicks, this week unveiled SB 18 “Keep Californians Housed,” which...
The following is the third part of a series profiling the new report from the Dellums Institute/Just Cities for the Housing and Dignity Project led by...
Students at Oakland High School had a special visitor in Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday, Nov. 30. Speaking at a student leadership class, he said, “Learning...
Free Brown, founder of Hope Task Force, isn’t waiting until ground breaks for the tiny houses for the homeless. They need services now, and the Hope...