Alameda County D.A. Adds Hate Charge to Defendant Facing Trial for Assault with Deadly Weapon

By Carla Thomas On Wednesday, March 7, new Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price added a second charge to a man already accused of a hate...

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Black and growing up in a white household. What is life like in that setting? Well, Colin Kaepernick, who was

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Preserving Wildlife and a Way of Life

By Ben Jealous For decades, hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River have been killing off salmon that must traverse them to spawn, Southern Resident orcas...

COMMENTARY: 3 OUSD Board Members ‘Set the Record Straight’ on School Closures, Budget

“We were elected to end a harmful era of unjust school closures and mergers carried out in Oakland’s Black and Brown communities” On March 1, 2023,...

State Parks Visitors Can Collect Digital Badges in New App-Based Passport Program

By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Foundation State park visitors can now track their adventures in California’s 280 parks and earn badges along the way in...

OPINION: Mayor Sheng Thao’s Decision to Fire Police Chief Difficult but Necessary

By Jose Dorado and Mariano Contreras After a 30-day suspension and the inaction of the empowered Police Commission, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made the difficult but...

North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church Feels the Love as Checks Come in to Defray Tax Bill

Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and present checks for the Alameda County...

The Case Against SB357—Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked—Why Us?

Part 1 By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Motivated to protect trans, Black and Hispanic people from persecution by police, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)...