Dockless bikes are available in cities across the country. Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan has co-authored an ordinance with Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Noel Gallo to establish...
The Oakland school board asked the City Council not to sell the property to the charter school Thirty-six people were signed up to speak at this week’s...
Representatives of City of Oakland unions speak at Tuesday’s Council meeting supporting a resolution opposing the Supreme Court’s recent Janus decision Representatives of the City of Oakland’s labor...
“(This) enabling legislation … assures that the staff and the legal adviser will operate under the supervision of the commission and not the city administration,” said...
Left to Right – Civil Rights Attorney John Burris, Oakland to Yale Graduate Akintunde Ahmad and Producer Ephraim Walker. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. Oakland native...
Left to right: Min. Keith Mohammed, Muhammad Mosque Number 26; Dr Patricia Nunley; Rev Dr William Coleman – Restoring the Way of the Ancestors: Black Theology; ...
Children in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland have been reported to be at higher risk of lead exposure than the children who were drinking the contaminated...
International music leaders celebrated the “Roots from the West” program on July 1, at Allen Temple and gave the African American Heritage Hymnal to Per Oddvar...
Left to right – Bay Area Business Roundtable Founder and CEO Bernard Ashcraft honoring Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb. Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb was honored...
Homegrown Heroes: Oakland A’s at 50 Honors three iconic players: Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson (pictured above) and Dave Stewart. In celebration of the Oakland Athletics’ 50th anniversary...
Warriors Sign 5-time NBA All-Star Demarcus “Boogie” Cousins. L to R – Warriors guard Stephen Curry, newly acquired center Demarcus Cousins and power forward Draymond Green celebrate...
Proposal offers a city-subsidized “incentive” for small landlords to displace tenants, says housing rights activist James Vann The Oakland City Council is scheduled Tuesday to decide on a...
By Larry White |Attorney Oakland’s City Council is poised to enact an enabling ordinance that would fill in the gaps in Measure LL, which created the Oakland...
Martin MacKerel (left) and Matthew Gerring protest the Oakland Oversized & Bulk Terminal in front of developer Phil Tagami’s Crocker Highlands home during a youth-led “zombie...
Ray Connell of Holland Partner Group presents a check for $100,000 to Art Shanks, of the Cypress Mandela Training Center, with Greg McConnell of the Oakland...
The Rules and Legislation Committee of the Oakland City Council was scheduled this week to hear a resolution proposed by Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan urging the City...
The older students working on Negro Spirituals in their academic class at summer camp. L. to R. Elysa Pulliam, Morgan Pearson, Makayla Hegler, Jacquirah Smith, Zion...
Valeria Jean Reid, affectionately known as “Libby” to family and close friends, was born to the late Ollie and Emma Mae Reid on Sept. 11, 1929...
Same election tactic resulted in $2,500 fine last week for her former staffer, Peggy Moore Mayor Libby Schaaf may have recently committed the same state...
The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee will hear a community-initiated proposal for a Moratorium on Public Land Sales at the committee’s next meeting, Tuesday,...
Both teams pose for group photo after the game. Photographed by Brandon Aninipot The Jug Life Foundation recently hosted its Water for Life Charity Softball Game...
The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. brought their blue and white along with The Color Purple to MetWest High School in Oakland in May...
Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks addresses the crowd at the Lake Merritt amphitheater on Saturday, June 16, welcoming the community to a “people’s assembly” on housing....
Teachers and parents protest budget cuts at school board meeting earlier this school year. Photo by Ken Epstein. Oakland and several other school districts were hoping...
The debate at the City Council meeting went on for hours into the night, deciding the fate of the Oakland Police Commission. Would it be allowed...