Eight San Leandro schools participated in the Alameda County Golden Sneaker Contest during the month of March for healthy and greener transportation to and from school....
The city’s successful solar initiative GoSolarSF will receive an additional $2 million in funding for the fiscal year 2013-2014, according to Mayor Ed Lee. The additional...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris this week appointed Venus D. Johnson to a three-year term on the State Bar’s California Commission on Access to Justice. Johnson,...
By Ken A. Epstein SEIU 1021, which represents 1,500 city workers, along with other unions that represent Oakland employees, held a rally at city hall and...
By Benjamin Todd Jealous One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings – and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last...
By Carla Thomas The women of Zeta Phi Beta Inc. hosted its 34th annual Christian Women of the Year Awards and Scholarship luncheon entitled “Virtuous Women...
By Andrew Cohen, UC Berkeley News The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice has never shied away from difficult subjects, and its spring symposium—Race, Domestic,...
When Oakland Police officers responded Wednesday evening to a call concerning an armed robbery, Oakland police shot and “grazed the lower right jaw of an unarmed...
By Tanya Dennis Banks are encouraging underwater homeowners to short sale their properties, that is, sell their home at a loss rather than go through foreclosure....
The City’s Community and Economic Development committee will discuss approval of a budget for the West Oakland Job Resource Center, including allocating money generated from the...