California law generally prohibits charging a price that exceeds, by more than 10%, the price a seller charged for an item before a state or local...
Oakland’s beloved educator and artist Kev Choice will serve as the online keynote speaker for Black Laney Love Day on August 18.
He loved to travel, read, promote science, technology and the environment, highlighting the accomplishments of African Americans in this country and throughout the African Diaspora.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) in partnership with the grassroots group All of Us or None, will commemorate Black August at Lil' Bobby Hutton...
LAHF started its back-to-school program in 1999, giving out 200 backpacks with supplies. This year LAHF distributed 8,500 backpacks full of school supplies, bringing the total...
The Beth Eden Baptist Church member is now 105 years young and her family neighbors and fellow church members wish her well!!!
As COVID-19 cases surge across the Bay Area amid looming rent evictions, representatives from HUD and HRSA highlighted access to COVID-19 testing and vaccination for persons...
So far in Alameda County, there were 99,681 recorded COVID-19 cases, more than 2,500 more cases than last week, and 1,291 COVID deaths.
Mills College began formal talks to merge with Northeastern in June. In March, the college had said “mounting financial challenges” meant it would most likely close...
Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas called the project a significant upgrade in living conditions, in a news release issued Tuesday by her office.
Led by Ray Bobbitt, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group secured an approval from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on July 30 for a non-binding...
Immediately after Oakland and Berkeley reached the yellow tier of COVID-19 spread, as state restrictions like capacity limits lifted, and as the Delta variant continued to...
Oakland city councilmembers on revised the adopted city budget to deliver more resources to East Oakland, Councilmember Treva Reid’s office said on July 26.
The silence comes after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that lawyers on both sides will continue negotiations toward an agreement.
Oakland’s Richard G. Watson, formerly a vocal performance major at Oakland School for the Arts and Class of 2021 graduate of the nation’s premiere high school...
On July 31, the Lend A Hand Foundation held its 22nd Annual Supply and Essentials Program where volunteers filled more than 8,000 backpacks with school supplies.
To underscore the need for peace in and around our city, an incident occurred just steps away from the Oakland Police Department involving a shooting.
Featuring: Black, Brown, Yellow, Red and White interwoven to create positive comm – unity
Complain about the media representation of Oakland all you want. Last week, in the national media, Oakland was portrayed as a great place to live, work,...
Councilmember Thao’s amendments included direct investments in West, Central, and East Oakland, including West Oakland Community Centers, Central Oakland traffic safety, and Oakland 911 response.
Oakland Chief of Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong has reached out to the community asking for support, and rightfully so. For this is not just an Oakland...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will...
The A’s are seeking to develop 55 acres at the Port of Oakland. The proposal includes a 35,000-seat baseball stadium, which would cost $1 billion, or...
What was originally known as Compassion Meals in Sacramento has now rebranded and blossomed into a vegan fried chick’n food truck based at Lake Merritt in...
State officials announced July 26 that health care workers and state employees will now be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested regularly if...