Oakland Job Programs

Ken A. Epstein

Oakland “Dumps” Waste Management

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Waste Management (WM) lost out on…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Mayoral Candidates Talk Army Base Jobs

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Transportation By Ashley Chambers Oakland is in the midst…

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Ken A. Epstein

Brooklyn Basin on a Fast Track, Largest Residential Development in City’s History

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Media, labor groups and civic leaders were almost…

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Ken A. Epstein

New Fund Helps Oaklanders Get Jobs at Army Base

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Economic Development, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers Community groups and leaders have come together to…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayor Takes $200,000 of Youth Jobs Money

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Oakland Job Programs By Ken A. Epstein The city’s workforce Investment Board (WIB) has approved spending $200,000…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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West Oakland Neighborhood Center in Limbo

Posted in Community, Oakland Job Programs By Post Staff Concerns are being raised about why the city has failed to…

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Ken A. Epstein

Unlike Oakland, Richmond Contributes to Federally Supported Job Programs

By Tasion Kwamilele Oakland’s Workforce Investment Board takes one-third of its federal job and training funds to…

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