COVID-19 Oakland school board approves COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students age 12 and older By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | September 23, 2021 The district board voted to enact a mandate that will go into effect no earlier than Jan. 1.
Bay Area Mills College merger with Northeastern University finalized with trustee vote in favor By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Foundation | September 14, 2021 Mills College will continue to grant degrees before and after the merger is finalized, tenure will transfer, and staff will become employees of Northeastern, too.
Education Curry family’s bus brings nutrition, literacy message By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Foundation | September 9, 2021 The Eat. Learn.
Arts & Entertainment Pride group revitalizes ‘All Black Lives Matter’ Lake Merritt mural By J.L. Odom | Bay City News Foundation | September 8, 2021 The original mural was conceptualized by local activists and installed by 300 volunteers in the summer of 2020.
Arts & Entertainment Dorothea Lange at OMCA provokes deep empathy By Matthew Byrne | Bay City News Foundation | September 2, 2021 Lange's photographs showcase a knack for rendering complex social observations in two dimensions.
COVID-19 Oakland teachers, staff demand more COVID-19 testing in schools By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | August 26, 2021 COVID cases among students in OUSD schools are increasing, according to union officials.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland pays tribute to ‘Humpty Dance’ rap legend Shock G By J.L. Odom | Bay City News Foundation | August 25, 2021 Shock G, who died at age 57 on April 22, was a founding and consistent member of the popular hip-hop group Digital Underground.
Oakland How sports arenas became the poster child of California’s housing crisis By Erika Paz | CalMatters | August 24, 2021 Oakland Coliseum development project is under investigation by same state agency that cited for Anaheim and San Diego arenas for skimping on housing.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Symphony conductor Michael Morgan dies at 63 By Georgia Rowe | Bay City News Foundation | August 21, 2021 The longtime music director of the Oakland Symphony, died on Aug. 20, 2021.
Bay Area Attorney General to open independent review of Oscar Grant killing By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | August 17, 2021 The investigation will focus on the role of former BART police Officer Anthony Pirone in Grant's death at the Fruitvale BART station in 2009.