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2026 Oakland Primary Election Guide: How to Vote, What’s on Ballot

May 7, 2026 Oakland Voices

Your guide to voting in Oakland’s June 2 primary election, from deadlines to ballot choices.

‘Fearless protecting Californians’: An interview with Katie Porter

May 7, 2026 California Black Media

“I can’t be bought,” Katie Porter said. The gubernatorial candidate said she’s the only one not taking corporate money.

Opinion: Oakland literacy cuts reduces access to quality education

May 6, 2026 EdSource

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

Alameda County DA’s race has three visions for reform and public safety

May 5, 2026 Oakland Voices

Pamela Price, Ursula Jones Dickson, and Gopal Krishan are running for District Attorney.

Remembering Carl Anthony, Oakland environmental justice leader and urban planner

May 4, 2026 The Family of Carl Anthony

Carl Anthony, pioneer of environmental justice movement, dies at 87

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Opinion: In Oakland, we are building and loving

May 4, 2026 Michele Hamilton

Oakland’s history holds pain and power, but its people continue to resist, build, and thrive.

510Day returns to Lake Merritt on Mother’s Day

May 3, 2026 Rasheed Shabazz

The anti-gentrification event started in 2016.

What Oakland voters should know about the four ballot measures on the June ballot

May 3, 2026 Oakland Voices

Measures A, C, D, and E appear in the June 2 primary election.

WATCH: Brotherhood of Elders launches election video series

May 2, 2026 Saleem Gilmore

Editor’s Note: As part of Oakland Voices’ June 2 primary election coverage, we’re featuring the latest installment of “Real Talk About the Town,” a voter education series produced by the Brotherhood of Elders Network and

Opinion: 510Day is not for sale

May 1, 2026 Needa Bee

“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.”