Month: March 2014
Planning Commission to Rule on West Oakland Customs Inspection Station
Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Health Hearing to Be Held Wednesday, April 2 Ken A. Epstein Reversing its previous position,…
Community Calls for City to Improve Management of Federally-Funded Job Programs
By Ken A. Epstein More than 150 people attended a public hearing to air long simmering frustrations…
Mayor Takes $200,000 of Youth Jobs Money
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Oakland Job Programs By Ken A. Epstein The city’s workforce Investment Board (WIB) has approved spending $200,000…
Oakland’s Army Base Project Reports Over 50 Percent Local Hiring
By Ashley Chambers The city is celebrating recent reports that Oakland residents have been employed for over…
New Report: 62 Percent of Those Stopped by OPD Are Black
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein and Ashley Chambers The City of Oakland has released new police…
Greenlining Institute Moves to Oakland
By Tasion Kwamilele The Greenlining Institute was created 21 years ago to fight against the practice of…
Counterpoints: The Emerging Mr. Bryan Parker
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor Like many voters, when it comes to a multi-multi-candidate…
Overcomers With Hope Offers Youth Digital Arts Training
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Oakland Job Programs By Carla Thomas Overcomers With Hope (OWH) Television Broadcast Digital Arts Media Training Program…
Eight Years Later, Tagami Still Hasn’t Started Rotunda Project
City Fails to Hold Developer Responsible By Ashley Chambers Phil Tagami’s company, Rotunda Partners II, has failed…
Movement Begins Against Increased Standardized Testing of Teachers
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Post Staff It’s tough and expensive to become a teacher. For most people in…