When the class of 2012 graduates at Oakland’s Civicorps Elementary School on June 8, it will be the last time that any of the 150...
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Oakland gears up for the 7th Annual Walk to End Poverty
On the morning of Saturday, May 19, Oaklanders will participate in the 7th Annual Walk to End Poverty. The event is hosted by the Alameda...
At the Youth Speaks Poetry Slam, Bay Area poets talk love and money
At the 16th Annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Finals, thirteen young people between from across the Bay Area held the audience captive with their poems...
Teachers, parents talk about how to overcome communication barriers
On Thursday evening, parents and teachers from schools around the Oakland Unified School District gathered in the gymnasium of the International Community School in the...
OUSD board denies Lazear Elementary charter application
The OUSD board voted 5-2 to deny the application of Lazear Elementary, which is slated to close after this school year, to convert to a...
OUSD board discusses giving more power to schools
If the Oakland Unified School District is going to keep schools from leaving to become charters, it needs to change its policy on local school...
Dale Sky Jones to become new head of Oaksterdam University
After a federal raid in early April on Oaksterdam University, an education center located in downtown Oakland that trains students to work in the marijuana...
Artist hopes to bring stories of Lake Merritt to your ears
Scott Oliver can tell you a lot about Lake Merritt. He can tell you that it’s not really a lake but a tidal lagoon. He...
Oakland kicks off the city’s first Veg Week, a celebration of meatless eating
Oakland’s inaugural Veg Week starts this weekend. A number of events geared toward community education about meatless lifestyle choices will be taking place from April...
For little-known Oikos University, an uncertain future after campus shooting
Until April 2, when a shooter killed seven and injured three students and staff members at Oikos University, few in Oakland had even heard of...
Mourners gather to commemorate victims of Oikos University shooting
Over 800 people gathered Tuesday night at Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland to commemorate the seven killed in Monday’s shooting at Oikos University....
Oakland police identify shooting suspect in Oikos University attack
Police have indentified 43 year-old One L. Goh as the suspect in the shooting deaths of seven people today at Oikos University. Goh, a naturalized...
Seven dead, three injured in Oikos University campus shooting
As of 2:45 pm on Monday, the Oakland Police Department has confirmed that a total of 10 people were injured, of whom 7 died, at...
