U.S. reports first human bird flu death. What does it mean for California, which has highest number of cases?
California has reported 37 cases of human infection from avian influenza, about 56% of the country’s total. And on Monday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that nation’s first human read more…
What has become of the effort to bring a historically Black college to Oakland?
The Oakland mayor’s office had been working to bring a Historically Black College to the city. That effort is now uncertain, after Oaklanders voted to recall Sheng Thao, who officially read more…
Youth works in spotlight at Oakland Asian Cultural Center art show
Sydney Seibold uses art to tell stories about her experience as an Asian American. Seibold, 16, a student at Gateway to College, was born in Tokyo to a Thai parent read more…
Complete Oakland election results: Mayor Thao officially leaves office
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s tenure officially ended Tuesday, when Oakland City Council certified the November election results that included the vote to recall her. The local elections were complicated this read more…
Tickets available for Oakland Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ this weekend: ‘My message to our community is, we need you. We want you.’
“The Nutcracker” ballet has been performed at Christmastime for more than 100 years, but not quite the way the Oakland Ballet is staging it this weekend. “Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker” read more…
Oakland residents worry about state of city amid leadership change and growing concerns
When Cherry Chan moved back to Oakland last year after living in Hawaii, she found a city that was struggling with a host of social issues, among them, brazen property read more…
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