Last weekend, as smoke continued to blow into Oakland from wildfires throughout California and Oregon, Mask Oakland, a queer- and trans-led community relief project that has responded...
During a press conference held on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer announced that the city had agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed...
The East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors is searching for a new name for the Park District’s 2,540 acre Concord Hills Regional Park that...
The Berkeley Fire Department hosted a wildfire evacuation preparedness workshop on Sept. 10. About 340 residents attended the meeting, which was hosted on Zoom. “As the...
As the new school year starts many students have the usual back-to-school anxiety: what to wear for the first day of school, will classes be easy...
Federicka McGee, a Black woman and former statehouse lawyer to five Assembly speakers, was offered the position of executive director with the California State Bar Association...
While many businesses are shuttering during the double pandemic, PSK Collective, launched online in August. Founded by legendary World Rugby Hall of Famer Phaidra Knight, PSK...
Louis Clark Brock, an outfielder whose 19-year career in professional baseball started in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs, has died. Born June 18, 1939, in El...
The original Black Panther Party (1966-1982) left behind a legacy that is often side-lined by the imagery of Black men and women carrying guns in self-defense...
About 175 tenants gathered on the steps of Alameda County’s Superior Courthouse for a rally called Life Over Rent/Nuestrxs Vidas Si Renta No last Saturday. A...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on the 2020 school board candidates, which will be published on the web and/on in...
This is the second in a series of three, profiling the three candidates who are running for the Oakland City Councilmember At-Large position. Rebecca Kaplan, who...
In addition to smoke from the August fires, the Bay Area branch of the National Weather Service noted on Twitter that lower temperatures and weaker winds...
As the 2020 renewal of the 1963 March on Washington was taking place in the nation’s capital it was also observed in many communities around the...
Derreck Johnson is a self-described serial entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Home of Chicken and Waffles in Oakland. 70% of his employees are formerly...
Many of the antics around Lake Merritt are creating a dangerous and precarious situation for the neighborhood’s residents, including those that reside at 1200 Lakeshore. Late-night...
Moms 4 Housing, a coalition of support groups and about 150 local residents gathered outside the Alameda County administration building in downtown Oakland on Tuesday to...
On Aug. 27-28, The City of Oakland cleared five residents who were living in tents from Manila Avenue near Mosswood Park, but allowed them to move...
The clock was ticking as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers circled up to cut a deal to save the state from the wave of evictions...
Sideshows, blaring music, all-night parties and garbage accumulation have become a daily occurrence at Lake Merritt just outside 1200 Lakeshore Ave., the large lakefront high-rise. More...
When the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) failed to support many Black businesses, the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) got busy. Under the leadership...
Specific areas below to support the revitalization of the African American business community during the Biden and Harris era. 1) The Biden administration must place a...
Before George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others were killed by police this year, Joshua Pawlik was killed by the Oakland Police Department (OPD) on March...
On Aug. 21, the City of Oakland posted notices announcing plans to remove some unhoused residents who live just north of Mosswood Park Thursday, Aug. 27....
Kaiser Permanente provided a $1.5 million grant to Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s ‘Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation’ to provide meals to Oakland families. The grant will allow...
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