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Team Oakland to Compete in International Children’s Games
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth Left to right, Team Oakland athletes Najee McDonald, Briona Rivera, Jaden Nixon, Jordon Dabney, Jeremy Wshington,…
Nationwide Protests Expected After Grand Jury Verdict in Ferguson
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ashley Chambers Residents in cities around the nation – and…
Coliseum City Proposal Remains in Play; Community Raises Questions
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Responsive Government, Transportation By Ken Epstein Many people are furiously committed to…
Growing Bay Area Movement Calls for End to Mass Incarceration
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers A daylong summit to discuss ways to work to end…
Business Center in West Oakland Will Give Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated
By Ashley Chambers A vacant lot left blighted for over three decades on 7th and Campbell streets in…
Mayor Candidate Jason “Shake” Anderson, Committed for the Long Haul
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Elections & Voting Rights, Responsive Government By Post Staff Jason “Shake” Anderson – a U.S. veteran,…
City Considers Prompt Payment to Nonprofits
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City Council is considering an amendment to its…
Mayoral Candidates Consider Plan to Activate Community Involvement
By Post Staff Several of Oakland’s mayoral candidates have expressed interest in creating communitywide action task forces…
Waste Management Loses Vote, Sues City
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash By Ken Epstein The country’s biggest trash hauler is refusing to take no…
Civicorps and City of Oakland Work Together to Train Youth as Truck Drivers
Posted in Business, Climate change, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash Recycling and organics truck driver Wulliam Montolla By Ken Epstein Oakland may…