Immigration
Oakland based photographer Leon Borensztein photographs his daughters disability over three decades.
On Sunday, October 22, 2017 hundreds packed the grounds at the Oakland Museum of California to participate in the 23rd Annual Days of the Dead community festival. The festival included dance and music performances, arts and crafts, and delicious Mexican foods.
The San Francisco Bay Area Cuban Festival brought live music, salsa dancing, dominos, and food to Oakland.
Approving the construction contract for Glenview Elementary School, adopting an electronic enrollment system and updates on programs for district English learners dominated the school board meeting on Wednesday night.
People from around the Bay Area gathered at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in downtown Oakland on Sunday to create art and signs protesting the Trump administration’s travel ban. “It’s a really discouraging time right now,” said Raeshma Razvi, director of IC3: Incubating Creativity, Community and Civic Engagement, which put on the event. “Events like this show that a lot of us are together. [It’s about] strengthening and amplifying Muslim-American voices.” The most recent version of the travel…
East Bay Liberians look on as Liberia holds pivotal presidential election.
A new law bars the expansion of for-profit immigration detention facilities in California, marking strong opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to expand detention centers and ramp up deportations.
Syrian refugees in the Bay Area are struggling in rebuilding their lives with the language barrier.
Specialty Foods, Inc., Oakland’s first African grocery, marks 40 years in business.