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Roots Families Heat Up Fight to Save Their Neighborhood School
By Ken Epstein Students, parents and teachers at Roots International Academy in East Oakland are reacting with shock…
Community Reacts to Proposed Wave of School Closures
By Ken Epstein The announcement that the Oakland Unified School District is planning to close up to…
Displaced Residents Seek Compensation After City Evicts Them, Tows Their RVs
Posted in Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety Dayton Andrews, Kelly Thompson and Gary Rosenquist speak about the mass towing at a press…
School District Wants to Close Roots International Academy This School Year
Holiday Robocall upsets parents and teachers at East Oakland middle school By Ken Epstein As students and teachers…
Patricia Williams-Myrick,80, Beloved Oakland Street Academy Principal
Patricia Williams Myrick (right) and her daughter Kelly Mayes in 1976.By Post Staff Dozens of family members…
Open Letter: Support Rebecca Kaplan for City Council President
Posted in Politics, Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council will be sworn in to office, including three newly-elected members. Immediately after…
State needs to help maintain, not close, Oakland schools
By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Oakland school district is considering closing 24 more public schools. Oakland has…
Opinion: School Board Plan to Close Flatland Schools Is a Rerun of a Failed Policy
By Mike Hutchinson The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD school board has released the first draft a…
Opinion: Black Veteran Wins Temporary Reprieve in Fight to Save His Home
Posted in Berkeley, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Probate court reform Supporters attend superior court hearing Monday, Dec. 17 to back veteran Leonard Powell’s fight…
Oakland Teachers Share Frustrations Over Charter Schools
Public school advocates say a proposed 625-student charter school in the Fruitvale District would drain students from…