A crowd watches and dances as MJ’s Brass Boppers performs at the Black-Eyed Pea Festival in 2016. Photo courtesy of Omnira Institute. “Laughin’ to keep from...
Local faith-based organizations have stepped up to help create a solution to the human rights crisis posed by the City’s failure so far to effectively respond...
From now until September 14th, families pursuing affordable homeownership are invited to submit pre-applications for brand new single-family homes in East Oakland. These homes are the...
Melissa Welch, MD, MPH, a Bay Area leader in managed care, long-term care, and cultural diversity, has been named Chief Medical Officer for Center for Elders’...
The City’s Housing and Community Development Department’s Rent Adjustment Program recently sent out a notice of a hearing for tenants at Uptown Apartments, commonly known as...
Speaking at a press conference Tuesday calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to phase out fossil fuels are Berkeley Vice Mayor Cheryl Davila, Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb, ...
School Board Candidate Anthony Wilson. Only a handful of candidates are running for the three Oakland Board of Education seats that will be on the November...
More than 100 students, families and staff members of Montclair Elementary School in Oakland came together Wednesday evening, Aug. 15, to honor a beloved music teacher...
Five school community leaders, who have been actively involved in school issues for years, joined representatives of the Oakland Post this week to interview candidates who...
Mayoral candidate Ken Houston introduces “Chip” to children at the Aug. 11 Health & Job Fair. Chip, the Bay Bridge Chicken, honorary member of the Oakland...
By Charles Curtis Blackwell Gentrification was in its early stages. Most of us not knowing it would escalate to what it is today, being the desecration of the...
Civil rights attorney Pamela Price kicked off her campaign this week for Oakland Mayor. In a video announcing her candidacy, Price vowed to bring a new...
Schools in Oakland started early this year, Monday, Aug. 13, one week earlier than in recent years to align the school district’s schedule with local colleges...
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed, highly influential debut album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”, KPFA Radio, Hard Knock Radio, and Marcus Books will...
Allen Temple Baptist Church’s Pastor Emeritus J. Alfred Smith, Sr., has issued a strong statement of support for Councilmember Desley Brooks’ bid for reelection to represent...
From left to right: Oakland Athletics’ alumni Vida Blue, Joe Morgan and Bip Roberts. Photo by Elizabeth Staub, Oakland Athletics. An overflow, standing-room-only crowd of over...
Photo from the Cat Brook from Oakland Facebook page. Joined by about 50 supporters, actress, journalist and activist Cat Brooks, filed her papers Wednesday at City...
As a resident of District 4 for the past 17 years, Joseph Simmons is largely known as the senior pastor of Greater St. Paul Church in...
Deacon Harold Goodman, Chairman along with Mother Wilma Roundtree, 30-year member of the health education ministry, recruiting volunteers for the 41st Annual Holistic Health & Job...
Will Smith, founder of Tailor Made Officials Basketball Association, Inc. (TMOBA) with officiates Frank Knight and Kenny Thomas at Jamtown. Will Smith, founder of Tailor Made...
Eddie L. Brown, Sr., was born in Helena Arkansas on September 8, 1928, to the late George and Annie Brown. Eddie was the second of five...
By George Holland, Sr. | Oakland NAACP President Members of the NAACP Oakland Branch attended the 109th NAACP National Convention held in San Antonio, Texas, July...
The demolition work is being donated by DPR Construction through a Melrose Leadership Academy parent. Melrose is a K-8 school located at 4730 Fleming Ave. near Mills...
As the federal government failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant families Thursday, Bay Area parents and grandparents announced a 3-day hunger strike—the first in...
Whenever August 2 rolls around, I think of how, why, when, where and who shot our inspirational, indefatigable Post Editor Chauncey Bailey dead in downtown Oakland....
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