Community
Harlem Globetrotters Meet Local Youth with Disabilities, Play Wheelchair Basketball
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Education/Schools/Youth Harlem Globetrotters play wheelchair basketball after school at Edna Brewer Middle School in Oakland….
New City Leadership Team Takes the Helm
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Responsive Governmen By Ken Epstein Tuesday was a day to celebrate the changing of the…
Lynette McElhaney Has the Backing to Become Next Council President
Posted in Community, Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein District 3 Councilmember Lynette McElhaney appears to have the necessary votes to…
Berkeley City Council Hears Police Abuse Claims, Fails to Act
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Judith Scherr More than 100 people came to a raucous Berkeley…
East Bay Town Hall Meeting Seeks Solutions to Police Impunity
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein A town hall meeting seeking solutions to the “strained…
Growth Is Exploding in Oakland, Say Developers
Posted in Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government, Uncategorized By Ken Epstein Local business people packed into the grand ballroom…
Housing Issues Will Be a Priority for New District 2 Councilmember Abel Guillen
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Ken Epstein Abel Guillen, recently elected as the District 2 representative on of the…
Black Students at Alameda’s Encinal High Hold Silent Protest
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter Special to the Post The Black Student Union (BSU) at Encinal High School…
Rashidah Grinage Passes the Torch at PUEBLO Celebration
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety John Yuasa Takes Over as Executive Director By Ken Epstein Rashidah Grinage is…
Fremont, Castlemont and McClymonds High Schools May to Be Turned into Charters
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Ken Epstein Many long-time educators and Oakland parents are raising serious questions about a…