District 3 City Council incumbent Carroll Fife recently kicked off her campaign for reelection, speaking to an enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd at ForTheCulture Oak, 701 Clay St....
On Aug. 9, in downtown Oakland at Oakstop, a co-working and event space, dozens of journalists and broadcasters convened to hear an historic announcement from NBA...
William (“Bill”) Pierce Coburn, longtime Oakland architect who helped Oakland and Berkeley preserve its architectural heritage, passed away on July 24. He was 80 years old.
Celebrating African American legacy through food, music and art, Oakland’s Ninth Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival will be bigger and better at its new location at Marston...
West Oakland is now the proud location for the new 100% affordable housing complex for low-income families. The Black Panther Apartments gets its name from developer...
Acta Non Verba,a youth urban farm project fighting food insecurity and diet-related health issues in Oakland, recently lost its city funding despite protests by community members...
After moving into different rental units for the last seven years, The Center for ArtEsteem, a Black-led, West Oakland based non-profit, has bought and renovated a...
The summer of 2024 promises to be a season of reckoning for both the City of Oakland and Alameda County. The ever-present threat of gun violence,...
Donald Gilmore, executive director of the Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Rev. Gerald Agee, founder and pastor of Friendship Christian Church (FCC), recently hosted the...
As a natural order of the human condition, we cannot escape death. Akin to life and living, death and dying are a part of our journey...
Sidney Carey was born in Dallas, Texas. He moved with his family to West Oakland as a baby. His sister is deceased; one brother lives in...
Oakland, along with other cities in Alameda County, conducted their biennial ‘Point In Time’ census count on Feb. 1 to gain a thorough understanding of the...
Black political representation in Oakland and Berkeley was spurred by the Black Panther Party’s political organizing which began with the support of Shirley Chisholm’s bid for...
It was chilly Monday evening at the reopening of the Interfaith Council of Alameda County’s (ICAC) Safe Car Park Program in West Oakland – a stark...
Nine candidates have filed to run for the Alameda County District 5 Board of Supervisors seat in the March 2024 primary election race to replace current...
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Oakland City Council is scheduled to hear an item authored by Rebecca Kaplan, with co-authors Nikki Fortunato Bas, and Carroll Fife,...
Mattie L. Lovett is going to be 102 years old on July 21. Born in Arkansas, she migrated to Las Vegas, Nevada, and then to San...
The City of Oakland has received a Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 grant of $10 million to support housing, infrastructure, streetscape, and transit access for...
Please join Supervisor Carson & Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare Services - Health Equity Division for a virtual kick-off listening session providing key updates regarding the search...
The city failed to reveal to the judge that “many of the evicted and unhoused Wood Street residents will be rejected by shelters for an overnight...
In a press statement, Mayor Sheng Thao said that placing Armstrong on paid administrative leave was not punitive but was a standard procedure when investigating possible...
In recent weeks a total of more than $600,000 has been donated to an Independent Expenditure Committee supporting Ignacio de la Fuente, a mayoral candidate who...
This free event is for Pre-K - 2nd graders. Tarsha Jordan, career educator and author of “Bonita the Bumble Bee” books, is presenting this event on...
When Southern migrants came to California during the World War II era, they transported their music with them. Music served as a reminder of home; it...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, La., and his family moved to West Oakland in 1942 when he was...