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Oakland Post: Week of March 8 – 14, 2023
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March 8 - 14, 2023 The post Oakland Post: Week…
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Preserving Wildlife and a Way of Life
For decades, hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River have been killing off salmon that must traverse them to spawn,…
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COMMENTARY: 3 OUSD Board Members ‘Set the Record Straight’ on School Closures, Budget
On March 1, 2023, the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a one-sided story, which contained inaccurate and hyperbolic statements, about the…
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State Parks Visitors Can Collect Digital Badges in New App-Based Passport Program
State park visitors can now track their adventures in California's 280 parks and earn badges along the way in a…
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OPINION: Mayor Sheng Thao’s Decision to Fire Police Chief Difficult but Necessary
After a 30-day suspension and the inaction of the empowered Police Commission, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made the difficult but…
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North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church Feels the Love as Checks Come in to Defray Tax Bill
Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and…
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The Case Against SB357—Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked—Why Us?
Motivated to protect trans, Black and Hispanic people from persecution by police, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) sponsored the…
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Internet Pioneer Lisa Gelobter Helped Create Technologies for Web Animation
Many Black women have made significant strides within technology, yet they remain significantly underrepresented across the computer sciences spectrum. According…
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OPINION: ‘Dilbert’ Creator’s New Anti-Woke Strategy—’You Are A Hate Group!’
Adams use of a conservative poll as justification to make racist statements against Blacks is more than a little ridiculous.…
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Reparations: California Legislative Analyst’s Office Proposes “Paths” For Payments
This past weekend, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans received insight on how…
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“I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir” by Debra Lee
Everybody's looking at you. They're wondering what you're going to do next, because you often surprise them. They don't know…
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Coming Storm Prompts Flood Warning for Entire Bay Area
The approaching storm anticipated to hit the region beginning Thursday has prompted a flood warning through Sunday for the entire…
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Community Rally Backs Mayor Sheng Thao’s Firing of OPD Chief Armstrong
Supporters of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao held a rally this week, praising the mayor for firing OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong…
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South African Play Explores Impact of Historic Xhosa Prophetess Nongqawuse
Navdeep Jassal, has been traveling in South Africa for the last five months and recently had the opportunity to review…
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Former Marin City Black Panther Party Members Reminisce on Beginnings at Panel Discussion
Marin City community members Charles Huff, Terri Green, and Walter Turner, who are also former members of the Black Panther…
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Help Save North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, the 2nd oldest Black Church in Oakland
North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church (NOMBC) located at 1060 32nd St. is the second oldest Black church in Oakland, at…
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FAME’S Pastor Smith Claims “Triumph Over Tragedy” — Fire Mobilizes a City and a Nation
FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham…
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Alameda County Supervisors Will Allow Tenant Eviction Protections to Expire at End of April: Oakland’s eviction moratorium remains in effect for local residents
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week refused to review the county’s ongoing eviction moratorium, which means the pandemic-passed…
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Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways
A new select committee in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were…
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New State Bill Would Incentivize Converting Vacant Offices into Housing
A new bill authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney would prevent cities from stalling or killing the conversion of empty office…
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Newsom Rescinds COVID State of Emergency, Signaling Shift Away From Emergency Response
Gov. Gavin Newsom formally rescinded California's COVID-19 state of emergency Tuesday, shifting the state's strategy around the virus from response…
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Community safety message about Carjackings
The Berkeley Police Department has noticed a trend of carjackings occurring in Berkeley. Carjackings are a form of robbery where…
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Steven Torrence Hired to Lead County of Marin’s Office of Emergency Management
Steven Torrence, who has coordinated emergency response services in the Los Angeles area for the past 10 years, has been…
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Does Holy Names University Need to Close Down? HNU’s Bond-Holder Says No
When the Holy Names University Board of Trustees declared in December 2022 that the college was closing, they said they…
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Deadlocked OUSD Board Fails to Approve Proposed Budget That Would Cut Programs, Lay Off Teachers, Close Schools
Split 3-3, the Oakland School Board deadlocked on a district budget proposal containing program cuts, layoffs, school mergers and closures…
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