The Oakland City Council, bypassing opportunities for public input, rushed this week to approve a Schaaf administration agreement with the Oakland Police Officers Association (OPOA) that...
Alan Dones Oakland’s skyline is changing. There are 8,600 new housing units under development. The largest new development is the 40-story tower under construction at the...
Photo by A’s/Twitter Oakland, CA – Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval unveiled the new plan for the A’s ballpark to be located at the Howard Terminal...
Pastor Harold Mayberry, the Senior Pastor at FAME (front) with Oakland police officers and members of the FAME community. Oakland’s First African Methodist Episcopalian Church, located...
They’ve made you laugh, they’ve made you cry but whatever they have done, they did it together as a married couple; David and Tamela Mann. From...
San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell was honored along with ten other CEOs at Business Times’ 2018 Most Admired CEOs Award Gala. Blackwell, an Oakland native,...
City Councilmembers this week took the “first step” to implement the “2018 Oakland Equity Indicators Report,” a recent study that provides data on racial disparities experienced...
The repeal of Costa-Hawkins has not passed on the state ballot this midterm election. Proposition 10 would have repealed the statewide Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which...
Mayor Libby Schaaf easily won reelection this week, while the victory of three new representatives to the City Council could mean a shift in power dynamics...
Top left of right. Pastor Joe Nobles, Pastor Dr. Kevin Ary, Rev. Eric Barfield, Pastor Eli Lloyd D.D. Second step far left not should, Bishop Johnson,...
Marlo Rodriguez is not a typical candidate. Her background is not political science or law. She is a registered nurse. She is running for City Council...
California, the state with the highest rents and most evictions, is the battleground for rent control this mid-term election. The real estate industry and landlord organizations...
In District 6, doing the same thing we have been doing for the last several years will not give us different results. We need new representation...
The Rev. Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble, Assistant Professor at the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, and Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, 430-49th St., Oakland....
Friends of Negro Spirituals invites the public to its free, wheel chair accessible, introductory celebration of its 20th Anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 1 p.m....
The Cat Brooks for Oakland mayoral campaign released the first two in a series of policy platforms created in partnership with impacted communities, on housing and...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur to the Right to Adequate Housing, Lelani Farha, released her new report on Oct. 19 documenting the “global scandal” of homeless...
From left to right: Kristina Duong, David Duong, and Victor Duong. California Waste Solutions (CWS) is doing all it can to vacate its current location in...
The Oakland City Council has unanimously approved $300,000 for a safe parking program for homeless Oaklanders through the Interfaith Council of Alameda County. Rev. Ken Chambers,...
“Desley has the courage to speak naked truth to the powerful people with money who run everything,” says Rev. J. Alfred Smith Sr. Until now, District...
Made possible by a funding initiative by San Francisco Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, a new homelessness prevention program is to be carried out in Oakland by...
Denise Harrison was instated as the 52nd Grand Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star on Sept. 22. The ceremony was held at the...
The Live Free Committee of Oakland Community Organization (OCO) released a report titled “What’s Up With Our Jails?” on Oct. 2. Here’s a continued list of...
Bishop Ernestine Reems (left) with Lady Barbara Bridges celebrating together before the signing of consecration documents of Bishop Damon Bridges, at Restoration for Life Ministries, April...
West Side Missionary Baptist Church, invites you to join is in honoring Pastor Ken Chambers and 1st Lady Michelle Myles Chambers for 27 years of service,...
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