At least 2,000 people attended Youth Speaks’ 5th Annual Life is Living Festival hosted at DeFremery Park on Saturday, Oct. 12. With food vendors, local artist...
The Habesha (Eritrean and Ethiopian) Women’s Health Expo (HWHE) will host a health expo on February 8th to raise awareness in the Habesha community about healthy...
Lights, camera, action! It’s been an off-season of “glits and glam” for quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Leading the San Francisco Forty-Niners to the Super Bowl last year...
Local business leaders came together this week in Oakland to talk about what “visionary companies” are doing to respond to climate change and lower the country’s...
A proposal to redirect $200,000 in federal youth job funding to hire a single city administrator, who would serve as the city’s youth employment coordinator, was...
Mayoral candidates Joe Tuman and Bryan Parker have taken Mayor Jean Quan to task following the mayor’s controversial comments in an interview with the National Journal...
Oakland’s Workforce Investment Board takes one-third of its federal job and training funds to pay for administrative overhead. But other nearby cites, including Richmond, not only...
Williams Chapel Baptist Church recently had a face-lift as the historical church was remodeled inside and out with a grand sanctuary and stair lift to accommodate...
Poised and primed for success, a group of young women filled the Juniper Networks Aspiration Dome in Sunnyvale, eager to soak up advice from outstanding career...
School is back in session, and many students hoping to put their best foot forward found a way to do it at the First African Methodist...
The Oakland Private Industry Council (Oakland PIC) was awarded a $2.5 million-per-year contract this week by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to manage the county’s...
The Oakland Army Base Development project has taken a significant turn this week as city staff confirmed on Tuesday a temporary and partial solution to address...
Though the Neptune Society of Northern California has won city approval to build a mega crematorium near the Oakland International Airport, opponents remain determined and rallied...
On Thursday morning, the advocacy branch of the Christopher LaVell Jones Foundation #TheirLivesMatter met with the Oakland Police Department to discuss demands raised the families of...
After a recent ruling by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo, the construction of a new mega-crematorium in East Oakland, which could burn as many...
Bars. Concerts. Boutiques. Coffee Shops. First Fridays. Art galleries. Downtown Oakland is about more than corporate meetings and business suits meeting nowadays. It has become reflective...
It was just hours away from the big championship bout in Las Vegas this past weekend between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez, as another champion, Oakland’s...
In his first regular season game, Charles Woodson received a warm welcome from the sellout crowd at the O.Co Coliseum. It was the Oakland Raiders first...
By Barbara Grady Stating it is already at work to revamp teacher evaluation processes along with several other changes, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) this...
Since the early 1960s, the California State Package Store and Tavern Owners Association (CALPAC)has been working to improve the relationship between African American liquor license owners,...
Zennie Abraham has earned a place in the sun as a video blogger (vlogger). From music to politics and hard news to sports, his vlog Zennie62...
In a live show at Yoshi’s on Sunday, Sept. 8, artist Deja Bryson let everyone know exactly who she was, belting out her original songs “Move...
It’s no longer a secret. Terrelle Pryor was named starting quarterback over Matt Flynn. Raiders head coach Dennis Allen chose not to disclose the starter the...
When Coco Crisp is in the lineup, he gives a spark to the offense; and, that is exactly what’s needed for the Oakland’s A’s. But if...
By Steven Tavares A bill giving the Oakland City Council a blank slate to enact stronger gun control measures than the rest of the state heads...
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