The lawyer for  the family of a one-year-old  who was shot in the head last week in Oakland, Calif. said the child is brain dead and will soon be taken off life support, KRON 4 News reports. RELATED: Second Child Shot By Mom In Texas Welfare Office Dies Baby Hiram Lawrence was one of seven […]
Johannes Mehserle, the Oakland transit offer convicted of shooting and killing Oscar Grant on new years day in 2009, is back in court in a federal civil rights case brought by a man who said Mehserle roughed him up weeks before the Grant shooting. According to reports, Kenneth Carrethers, 43, is seeking damages against Mehserle and […]
After being evicted from its original encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza outside of Oakland’s City Hall, and after weeks of  highly publicized confrontations between protestors and authorities, Occupy Oakland is fighting hard to stay alive. In the spirit of the Oakland demonstrations, which have moved to the forefront of the national Occupy movement, Good Magazine […]
Since being evicted by authorities from their original encampment, Occupy Oakland protestors have been forced to move once again. See also:Â Al Sharpton’s New MSNBC Commercial Features Pie See also:Â Alex Haley House Museum Police forced some 200 protestors from a vacant lot in west Oakland Tuesday evening after the owner of the lot denied allowing demonstrators […]
Victims of a caught-on-tape incident where a brazen driver plowed through Occupy Oakland protesters are seeking justice, as the driver has not been questioned, cited or arrested more than a week since the incident occurred. See also: Delois Blakely: ‘Sister Act’ Lawsuit Alleges Disney, Sony Stole Her Story See also: More than Common…Extraordinary! Footage of the incident that […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Occupy Wall Street protesters had just a few hours to celebrate what they saw as their biggest victory so far: the peaceful shutdown of the nation’s fifth-busiest port. Then the rioting began. A day after some protesters clashed with riot police, set fires and shattered windows in Oakland, Calif., demonstrators across the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland’s police chief says he takes responsibility for a crackdown on anti-Wall Street protesters, who have accused police of seriously injuring an Iraq War veteran during a clash earlier this week. See also:Â Michael Moore Visits Occupy Oakland Interim Chief Howard Jordan’s comments came Friday as Occupy Wall Street protesters maintained demonstration […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — A  good samaritan who distributed meals to the homeless and less fortunate was killed in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday. Paris Powell, 29, was shot in the head while delivering food from his family’s van on the 1000 block of 47th Avenue in Oakland. Powell’s wife and 3-year-old step daughter were also struck, but […]
Nationally, Black mothers have five times as many abortions as white mothers. It’s this reality that inspired a controversial anti-abortion billboard campaign that is driving a wedge between activists in Oakland, California. Anti-abortion organization, Issues4Life, created the campaign to bring awareness to what they describe as an abortion aided genocide of Black children. Abortion rights […]
The majority of Oakland’s libraries are in danger of having their doors shut, as Mayor Jean Quan tackles with budget proposals to handle the city’s $58 million deficit. One of them is the African American Museum And Library, which is home to rare books, papers and memorabilia documenting black life in the Bay Area since […]
OAKLAND, Calif.—The City of Oakland will pay $300,000 to a parolee who said an Oakland police officer planted a gun on him. RELATED: Top 9 Black Stand-Up Comedians Assistant City Attorney Barbara Parker tells the San Francisco Chronicle that the Oakland City Council voted 5-3 in a closed session on Tuesday to pay the amount […]
A video has been posted on YouTube of two groups of women throwing chairs, bottles, and tables at an East Oakland Denny’s Restaurant. Apparently the brawl was between a group of girls from “P-Town” and a group of girls from “The Town,” presumably Oakland. RELATED STORIES Texas Pee-Wee Football Coach’s Brawl Caught On Tape US […]
