Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or...
Before we took over management in October 2022, Sojourner Truth Manor was in need of serious repairs and rehabilitation, and we are committed to completing the...
The Cascada de Flores concerts bring nostalgic songs and traditions of Mexico to the audience and allow them to express themselves. The ensemble also offers special...
Along with his older sister, Viola Fletcher, months-old Hughes Van Ellis fled the white mobs and fires that tore through the Greenwood District in Tulsa leaving...
In his veto message, Newsom said he appreciates the author’s intention to support cannabis retailers, many of them struggling to make a profit. However, he is...
“Today is a huge victory for the nearly 2,000 legislative and district staff that have dedicated their careers to public service and have long deserved the...
If the student workers’ effort to unionize is successful, they would be represented by the California State University Employee Union (CSUEU). Over 20,000 student assistants across...
“The issues that are bringing us together as Latinos are California issues, whether it’s housing insecurity and affordability, looking at just the economic disparities that exist,”...
Harvard leadership, including its first Black president, Claudine Gay, came under fire for failing to voice an opinion, or take a formal stance against the war...
Israel has taken over lands that were not part of Israel, has allowed Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian homes in the West Bank, and has...
A graduate of Sacramento State University, Muñoz’s journalism experience includes working for the State Hornet, the university’s student-run newspaper and conducting research and producing projects for...
Black women and girls are at increased risk of being harmed and sex trafficked. A recent report on human trafficking incidents across the country also found...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 11 - 17 2023
A friend of mine who writes for the New York Times recently called me “cynical, but insightful.” I took it as a compliment, though I’d rather...
On Sept. 1, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office obtained a temporary restraining order against a Livermore-based flavored tobacco company, Apollo Future Technology, which does business...
Dr. Kyla Johnson Trammell, superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District, was among the distinguished list of professional and outstanding women being honored by the San...
Between 1990 and 2020, Oakland lost nearly half of its Black population due to economic and social forces. East Oakland, once a middle-class community, is now...
Residents reported seeing a mountain lion at La Moine (Cheese Park) in the May Valley neighborhood of Richmond, along Morningside Drive, on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts is emerging from a three-year break caused by the pandemic to host its 13th Annual Fall Gala in...
The COVID-19 pandemic put an extra strain on Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) healthcare workers. Over half of all clinicians grapple with burnout...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Tuesday the expansion of Drug Court as part of the Alameda County Superior Court’s Collaborative Courts calendar. “There is...
In an article in last week’s edition on conditions facing tenants at Sojourner Truth Manor in North Oakland, the Oakland Post inadvertently failed to include comments...
Gang violence is raging in Deep East Oakland, also known as “Bossland,” where gun shots are heard daily, and recently, youth and the East Bay Panthers...
Oakland families gathered at Lazear Charter Academy last Thursday night to meet the candidates running to represent District 5 on the Oakland Unified School District’s school...
The cities of San Francisco and Oakland each declared Sept. 28 as San Francisco Foundation Day, and the foundation received commendations from the City of San...