Month: January 2019
New Year, New Leadership, New Oakland?
Rebecca Kaplan unanimously elected City Council President By Ken Epstein Oakland honored its newly elected city leaders…
Oakland Teachers Are Getting Ready to Strike as Contract Fight Escalates
Educators across the state are demanding more funding for California’s underfunded public schools Starting this week with…
2019 Oakland Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 19
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Politics, Responsive Government, voting rights The Women’s March Oakland 2019 will flood the streets with a wave of…
Roots Families Heat Up Fight to Save Their Neighborhood School
By Ken Epstein Students, parents and teachers at Roots International Academy in East Oakland are reacting with shock…
Community Reacts to Proposed Wave of School Closures
By Ken Epstein The announcement that the Oakland Unified School District is planning to close up to…
Displaced Residents Seek Compensation After City Evicts Them, Tows Their RVs
Posted in Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety Dayton Andrews, Kelly Thompson and Gary Rosenquist speak about the mass towing at a press…
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