City Councilmember Desley Brooks speaks Tuesday in front of City Hall about her proposal for city funding of pre-apprenticeship job training programs. She asked city officials to “listen...
Hundreds of women convened at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Oakland Bay Area Chapter (NCBW-OBAC) 20th annual Madam...
NAACP National President Derrick Johnson will be a guest speaker at the NAACP-Oakland Branch’s 4th Annual Service Awards Gala on Thursday, April 19 at Scott’s Seafood in Jack...
LIFE ElderCare, in a new partnership with Lyft, has launched VIP Zip to provide transportation solutions for older adults. Unreliable transportation can leave seniors stuck at...
The Oakland Film Society hosted the 16th annual Oakland International Film Festival (OIFF) from April 3-7. The festival commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of...
Andreas Nikitaras was born Feb.12, 1942 in Leros, Greece. He and his family came to America in 1950. His father, Nicolaos Nikitaras opened the Bank Club...
Gema Quetzal Cardenas Gema Quetzal Cardenas, 16, of Oakland, has been appointed to the California State Board of Education and is also serving as a student...
The Oakland City Council’s Public Works Committee this week unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan to fund more school crossing guards. Kaplan’s Resolution...
The Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management Committee this week postponed a discussion of the city’s handling of late payment penalties that are paid to nonprofits...
Ramona Bishop, long time teacher and school administrator, is working with a group of parents, students and educators, to create a network of charters schools in...
