By Ken Epstein The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week recommended a manual recount of the Oakland mayoral race and other close ranked-choice election results...
By Ben Jealous It strikes me that the days we’re living through represent a metaphor for our national dilemma. Jan. 6 and the weight of history...
By Ken Epstein The newly elected progressive majority on the Oakland Board of Education voted this week to save five schools that a previous school board...
By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News Foundation The Sierra Nevada snowpack and California reservoirs received a huge boost from recent and ongoing storms, but not...
By Nat Bates (Former Richmond City Councilmember Nat Bates, who at age 91 was the nation’s oldest elected official, penned this farewell speech for his final...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee was officially sworn in as United States Representative for California’s 12th Congressional District, representing the people of the East Bay in the 118th Congress. “I...
By Brandon Patterson Civil rights activist Charlene Mitchell, a long-time Communist Party leader and freedom fighter, passed away in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022....
The Richmond Standard Richmond is exploring expanding the number of cannabis dispensary and delivery services permitted to operate in the city and incorporating equity in the...
The Richmond Standard A recount in the District 2 election resulted in a victory for Cesar Zepeda by three votes over Andrew Butt, according to the...
By Ken Epstein As Mayor-elect Sheng Thao prepares to take office, many Oaklanders are looking forward to the possibility of creating a new era in which...
By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Foundation California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside 17 other attorneys general, announced a $5.7 billion settlement agreement with the pharmacy...
Report says A’s proposal “underestimates” costs and “overestimates” revenue projections By Post Staff Dr. Nola Agha, a nationally recognized sports economist and University of San Francisco...
From City Hall Reports The City of Oakland took another step toward establishing the Public Bank of the East Bay. The Oakland Finance and Management Committee...
HNU’s site could become a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) campus, said Post Publisher Paul Cobb By Ken Epstein Holy Names University (HNU), which has...
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Steve Prudholme traveled from Malibu to South Bend, Indiana, for 10 days last month to cheer on his daughter,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Civics of technology derives from a lot of related concepts, but it’s about how we can use technology to further civic engagement, the...
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, will introduce a bill on Monday that will solidify California’s status as a...
By Ken Epstein As Holy Names University in Oakland struggles with deep financial difficulties, local elected officials and community leaders are coming forward with offers to...
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation Newly proposed state legislation seeks to motivate companies to turn their parking lots into functional-use solar farms. Senate...
More than 100 recipients received state COVID-19 economic relief funding with County assistance San Rafael, CA – Laila Rezai and Darlin Ruiz have something new in common....
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation A San Francisco-based guaranteed income program that gives monthly checks to pregnant Black women received $5 million to expand...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To further resist the threat of authoritarianism, we must lift up young leaders who will be democracy’s champions for this and future generations....
By Curtis O. Robinson, Sr., M.A., Harvard University fellow, ’19, Senior Pastor, Faith Baptist Church So, when I say that Faith Baptist is Oakland’s first Resiliency...
By McKenzie Jackson, California Black Media California’s government may have a faceoff with a $25 billion budget shortfall in the upcoming fiscal year as tax revenues...
By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media “This is my home, and with my whole heart, I’m ready to serve, and my pledge to you is...
