From left to right: Gregory C. Garrett, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, Alameda Health Consortium; OUSD Board of Education Director Shanthi Gonzales, District 6; Alameda...
Mack students after graduation ceremony from left to right: Gianna Smith, Princess Byrd, Najee McDonald, Albert Mitchell, D’shun Rodgers, Gary’ontae Smith. Photo by Dione Green @dion.green....
The following is an open letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf, City Council Members, City Administrator Landreth and Staff, dated June 11: Recently about 30 groups focused...
Project Beanstalk co-founders Glenn Ray Brooks and Isaiah Johnson presented their business idea to a host of panelist judges and advisers at the People’s Pitch Event...
Keith Brown, Oakland’s newly elected teacher union president, is still cleaning out his classroom at Bret Harte Middle School as he prepares to take the helm...
The City of Oakland is updating our process to identify and select capital projects for funding. Capital projects improve and maintain Oakland’s public facilities and infrastructure....
The Oakland Athletic League (OAL) has a history of grooming phenomenal athletes such as NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton, MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson,...
Stephen Curry steps down from his float to greet over a million screaming fans. Photo by Brandon Aninipot. The Golden State Warriors brought Oakland it’s third...
City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, one of Oakland’s most popular progressive political leaders, ended months of speculation about whether she would jump into the mayoral race when...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Council- member In Part I of this article, Councilmember Brooks wrote that “The Council, Mayor and Administration have once again...
Clarissa Doutherd Parent leader Clarissa Doutherd kicked off her campaign Sunday for District 4 representative on the Oakland Board of Education, speaking to a large gathering...
Oakland Post reporter and contributing editor Ken Epstein has received the 2018 John Swett Award for Media Excellence for reporting on education issues, an annual statewide...
Katrina Marsh has been named Acting Executive Director of Oakland Parents Together (OPT). She replaces Henry Hitz, who is retiring at the end of June. Marsh’s...
Leila Mottley, 16, a student at Oakland School of the Arts, has been chosen as Oakland’s 2018 youth poet laureate. Serving until recently as the 2017...
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,...
By Cat Brooks Last week, I was in Sacramento with a statewide coalition lobbying for SB1421 and AB931. AB931 would dramatically change the legal standard law...
Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth has hired Maraskeshia Smith as her new Assistant City Administrator. Smith has more than 18 years of government experience with an...
24-year-old Miriam Yarde at the Oakland Davita Dialysis Center. Yarde needs a kidney and spends four hours, three times a week connected to the dialysis machine...
Left to Right: Regina Jackson (EOYDC President), Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rosalind Hudnell (President of the Intel Foundation), Janice Mathis (President of National Council of Negro Women)...
As the Oakland’s mayoral races take off, City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan will address the question, “What’s Next Oakland?” at a reception on Thursday, June 7, 5 p.m....
Members of East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods demand the city keep its promises to cleanup trash and illegal dumping. Photos by Ken Epstein. As the City Council examines a...
Ahead of the June 5 elections, here are our recommendations: Yes on Measure A Alameda County Sales Taxes for Childcare and Early Education Yes on Measure...
Incumbent District Attorney Nancy O’Malley (right) answers a question from Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) along with her opponent, Pamela Price (left), at a townhall forum at...
As part of the budget adopted 11 months ago, the Oakland City Council directed $2.2 million in state funding to anti-displacement and homeless prevention services – particularly...
Youth from all over the Bay Area competed in the Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet at UC Berkeley and honored athlete and legend Tommie Smith. This...
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