Ken A. Epstein
Protesters Disrupt Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Demand Services for Formerly Incarcerated
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers After months of rallying the community in the Jobs Not…
Oakland’s Minimum Wage IncreaseTakes Effect
Posted in Labor By Conway Jones Voter-enacted ballot measure FF, which raises the minimum wage in Oakland from $9…
Proposed Coliseum City Project Could Cost Oakland 8,000 Jobs
Posted in Coliseum City, Economic Development, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Whether the proposed massive Coliseum City project would…
Oakland Celebrates African Americans Who Have Made the Community Strong
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community Councilmember Desley Brooks (right) honored (L to R) community leaders and activists Cat Brooks…
Oakland School District Leaders Earn Top Salaries
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor By Ken Epstein Teachers and others in the school community are complaining that Oakland Unified School…
Does Oakland Unified Want Input or a Rubber Stamp on School Headquarters Development?
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor Oakland Unified’s headquarters at 1025 Second Ave. By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District has…
Construction Chief Tim White Pushed Out of Oakland Unified
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor Interim Replacement Heads Company Found Guilty of Bribery in Three School Districts By Ken Epstein The…
Campaign to Save Chabot Space & Science Center’s Planetarium Projector
Students visit Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland. The Eastbay Astronomical Society is launching a program…
Berkeley City Council Approves Investigation of December Protests, Bans Tear Gas, Baton Strikes
Posted in Berkeley, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Judith Scherr Two months after Berkeley police injured peaceful protesters with batons,…
Our Schools Need Latino Teachers
Posted in Arts and Culture, Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor By Francisco Ortiz, Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and Kitty Kelly Epstein Marisol, a…