Nearly 33,000 affordable housing units are currently stuck in predevelopment in the Bay Area and need some $7.6 billion to complete, according to new research from...
An out-of-town developer is trying to build a 40-story high-rise in the middle of Oakland’s Black Movement Arts and Business District against strong community opposition. At...
“Black developers should have the same opportunities that any other developer has to build great projects that benefit the community,” said Don Gilmore, executive director of...
“We are still living in a time and place where we need to make sure we elevate the experiences of Latinos,” said Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland),...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — RAND’s study of the Sacramento Probation Department’s Career Training Partnership (CTP) program suggests that hiring ex-offenders from career training programs, like ours, can...
“We’ve got to prioritize preventing low-income families from becoming homeless, or being priced out of San Francisco, just as much as supporting people who are experiencing...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — In an appeal to District leaders, NAACP Washington, D.C. Branch President Akosua Ali, along with nearly two dozen advocates, cited DC Water’s capital improvement...
“Lockeford residents will soon have access to one of the world’s leading delivery innovations,” said Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Ripon), whose district includes the town. “It’s exciting...
This struggle is not over, and the work must continue, as today the Black unemployment rate continues to far exceed the white unemployment rate in America....
The Giving Machines are vending machines that, rather than dispensing drinks or potato chips, dispense love, hope and support to those in need. Three Giving Machines...
Jerome Taylor, an employee of Uncle Willie’s and a family member shared, “When Marriott showed us their plans, we indicated they were encroaching on our property,...
Advocates claim about a dozen of them showed up on November 8 to support residents. One of them, Annmarie Bustamente, said their presence “definitely helped the...
Elaine Brown, former Black Panther Party leader and CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises (OAW), has teamed up with master developer McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS),...
Families will soon move into two newly rehabilitated single-family homes on Manila Avenue near the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Mayor London N. Breed and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) announced the expansion of CityBuild, a nationally recognized construction training program that provides...
In 2022, the voters of Oakland will have an opportunity to elect the next mayor for our city. The Mayor of Oakland is the head of...
Founded in 2007, Water and Education International (WEI), devotes its time and resources to providing water and education to villages in developing countries like Haiti.
On August 2 residents will be relocated to a portion of the same East 12th Street remainder parcel and will stay on-site until the program opens....
Amenhotep suffered from severe dental problems, arthritis, and possibly obesity in his later years. After ruling Egypt for 38 years, he died in 1353 BCE.
New streetscape design enhances pedestrian safety, activates public spaces, and creates a more vibrant Haight Street corridor
Avanza 490 opens its doors to 80 families and provides 100% affordable housing for San Franciscans
The heart of Oakland as a progressive, working-class city and the unusual reality of thousands of decent-paying jobs employing Black workers are all at stake.
They will visit in 40 cities, towns, sovereign Indian Nations and cultural/historic sites to meet with elected officials, civil rights leaders, judges, tribal leaders, labor, cultural...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Workers of color “often don’t get rained up to be superintendent or foreman, they get dedicated to labor on-site,” Nate McCoy, chair of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly 1.3 million job opportunities are projected in the oil and natural gas and petrochemical industries through 2030, and minority workers represent a...
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