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A woman speaks in front of drummers during Baba Mosheh’s Bantaba ensemble performance at the Malcolm X JazzArts Festival.

Photos: Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival celebrates Oakland culture, resistance

Multimedia

May 26, 2026

Drumming, jazz, dance, and resistance transformed San Antonio Park during this year’s Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival.

‘California can be golden again’: An interview with Steve Hilton

Multimedia

May 26, 2026

Steve Hilton outlines affordability, schools, and homelessness proposals in interview.

A new homelessness strategy is sweeping California

News

May 22, 2026

A new homelessness strategy is sweeping California

‘You have to be bold: An interview with Michael Tubbs

Multimedia

May 21, 2026

The former Stockton Mayor is running for California Lieutenant Governor.

Book Excerpt: On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland

Community Voices

May 18, 2026

“Oakland’s funk culture didn’t just slap. It slapped back.”

Photos: Oakland Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year

March 10, 2026

Oakland Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year with Parade and Festival

Photos: Black Joy Parade celebrates culture

February 24, 2026

Smiles, hugs, and affirmation. The Black Joy Parade returned to Oakland on Feb. 22.

Photos: Dia de los Muertos in Oakland

November 18, 2025

Fruitvale’s Día de los Muertos Festival filled International Boulevard with altars, dancers, lowriders, and food.

California’s race for secretary of state shows partisan divide over how to count ballots

May 10, 2026

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.” California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who made history in 2021 as the first Black person to hold the office, is seeking a second four-year term.

Guide helps Oakland families find youth programs

May 8, 2026

Black Youth Book website allows search by age, location, and days

Opinion: Oakland literacy cuts reduces access to quality education

May 6, 2026

Learning walk at Acorn Woodland Elementary in East Oakland shows power of education investments.

Opinion: 510Day is not for sale

May 1, 2026

“510Day It is organic, grassroots, and deeply rooted in the conditions that made it necessary. 510Day is not a brand. It is not a night market.”

Opinion: SCOTUS decision is not just a setback for Black Louisianans

April 30, 2026

“They can redraw the lines. They cannot redraw our resolve.”

Opinion: Oakland charter reform must require equity, not just efficiency

April 21, 2026

Desley Brooks argues that charter reform won’t fix inequity unless equity is required in every decision made.

Opinion: Muslims unite in global Ramadan observance

March 17, 2026

Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam.

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