Sources are concerned Mayor Schaaf advocated for rules change to remove Kaplan. The Alameda County Mayors’ Conference will decide on March 14 whether it will...
By Barbara Lee Since my election to Congress in 1998, I have attended every State of the Union. I have always believed that this event should...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Ro Khanna recently introduced the Marijuana Justice Act, the companion bill for Senator Cory Booker’s S. 1689. The Marijuana Justice Act...
From Africa in Transition, Blog Post by John Campbell Far from dissipating, African anger is building over President Donald Trump’s negative characterization of Africa on January 11. African leaders...
Representative Barbara Lee honored two UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidates for their efforts to halt a Republican tax proposal that would have forced graduate students to pay...
This week, Oakland’s City Council unanimously passed Citywide Councilmember, Rebecca Kaplan’s Resolution to clarify that Oakland’s Police Department is to not collude with ICE, including in...
By Darin T. Wesley In Oakland, most electeds claim to play nice. But with whom? At whose expense? As rents skyrocket and affordable housing becomes a distant...
City staff, along with Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan (front left) and Abel Guillén, hosted a meeting Monday evening at City Hall to hear community feedback on proposed...
District 6 City Councilmember Desley Brooks is sponsoring an ordinance that would set aside 5 percent of the city’s capital improvement project costs to support some...
By Jeremy Cloward, Ph.D. and Makenna McDonald In ancient Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of the richest men in Roman history and a member of...
By Rashidah Grinage December 13, 2017 saw the inauguration of the Oakland Police Commission, which resulted from the will of the 83 percent of Oakland voters...
The City of Berkeley will spend an additional $2.4 million this year to shelter the homeless, creating a total of 320 bed spaces, the largest amount...
With the final approval of the City Council, the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site in the foothills of East Oakland will be transformed into a...
New rule change for Alameda County representatives was proposed by former Piedmont mayor who resigned for anti-LGBT and racist comments City Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan – who...
Speaking at Tuesday’s Community and Economic Development(CED) Committee meeting, Councilmember Abel Guillén urged his colleagues to pass stronger regulations that would restrict development in the area...
From left to right: K Patrice Williams, President; Latressa Wilson Alford, Vice President; Danette Mitchell, Secretary; Peggy Cohen Thompson, Political Educator Director, the Honorable Dezie Woods-Jones,...
Dr. Willie P. Blair, BAPAC State Interim President. Photo by Steve Peterson Photography. The Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC) elected a new interim president...
The first year of community college will be free for thousands of California students under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The signing announced October...
Veteran firefighter Darin White has been named Oakland’s new fire chief. An Oakland native with 30 years in the fire service, 20 of which were dedicated...
Racial profiling of African American motorists persists in Oakland despite the years of data-filled reports the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has been required to collect and...
The Oakland City Council Finance Committee met on September 12th to discuss numerous items, including the call to establish the City’ Public Access Channel. Currently, Oakland has...
By Edrees Saied, DACA recipient As a foreign-born citizen, I am devastated with the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Over 800,000 young undocumented...
Oakland is facing a public health crisis caused by illegal dumping, which has increased by 100 percent in the past five years. City employees are working...
After Councilwoman Gayle McLaughlin announced that effective mid-July she would leave her seat to focus on her campaign for lieutenant governor, last week the Richmond City...
By La Clinica de La Raza The Sweet Influence of a Harmful Product and Addictive Habit. Research proves many smokers today get hooked at a young...
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