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Post Excluded from Mayoral Debate
Posted in Community, Politics Publisher Club: “Why would MGO Demo Club shut out the most loyal Demo readers and voters?”…
Planning Commission Approves West Oakland Customs Inspection Site
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Community, Economic Development, Oakland Job Programs, Politics By Ken Epstein The city’s Planning Commission this week rejected a…
Local Resident Ken Houston Working to Overcome Illegal Dumping and Graffiti
Posted in Community, Environment By Post Staff Ken Houston, the volunteer head of the recently organized East Oakland Beautification Council,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tagami’s Company Seeks to Place High School Next to Parole Office
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment By Ken Epstein Local business owners are raising concerns about negative impacts of a plan…