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The first edition of the Express was published in October 1978, during Governor Jerry Brown's first stint as governor of California. [3] The Express was an independent publication at the time and its first editor was veteran journalist John Raeside; 1978 also saw the passage of Proposition 13 and the election of Oakland's first African-American mayor, Lionel Wilson. [3]
The Oakland Post is the largest African-American weekly newspaper in Northern California, headquartered in Downtown Oakland. [1] It is one of five local newspapers published by the Post News Group, along with the Berkeley Tri-City Post, the Richmond Post, the San Francisco Post and the South County Post. [2]
The competition was the Oakland News and Oakland Transcript. The first editorial stated, "There seems to be an open field for a journal like the Tribune in Oakland, and we accordingly proceed to occupy it, presenting the Tribune, which is intended to be a permanent daily paper, deriving its support solely from advertising patronage."
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Frank Kanning Mott (January 21, 1866 – 1958) was the 35th mayor of Oakland, California. [1] Mott was born in San Francisco on January 21, 1866, [2] but his family moved to nearby Oakland when he was two years old.
FBI raids in Oakland — including at the home of Mayor Sheng Thao — have cast a spotlight on a years-long probe into the political influence of the Duong family and California Waste Solutions.
Ayesha Curry’s boutique shop and café in Oakland, Calif. is closing “in order to prioritize the safety” of customers and workers, the business announced over the weekend. Sweet July’s ...
Knowland joined The Oakland Tribune in 1954 as a cub reporter, and trained in all aspects of running the enterprise. A magazine article in Time reported in 1963 that a "jet-setty Joseph W. Knowland" [1] had set himself up in a luxurious office with a bar, refrigerator and television, and an expensive walnut desk grander than the dingy ones used by other Tribune staffers.