Stay updated with breaking news from Marilyn Bechtel. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
OAKLAND, Calif. – At a six-hour special meeting Nov. 27, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for an immediate, ongoing ceasefire in Gaza, joining other communities across the U.S.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Outside, the cool overcast day cast a somber pall. Inside, it felt as if the warm rays of the sun had graced the tribute to Nell Ranta, who passed late last year at age 100, and the rebirth of her beloved center, the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library/Community Center, closed for three...
OAKLAND, Calif. – In the wee hours of the morning May 15, Oakland educators reached tentative agreement with the Oakland Unified School District on a new 2.5-year contract with big wins for compensation of teachers who had been the lowest paid in the surrounding Alameda County.
OAKLAND, Calif. – As their strike reached the one-week mark on the afternoon of May 10, hundreds of Oakland teachers, counselors, social workers, substitutes and other educators gathered with parents, students and community members outside the hall where a meeting of the Oakland Unified School Boa...
OAKLAND, Calif. – After seven months of working without a contract, and negotiations the union says have been marked by management’s constant canceling of bargaining sessions, making non-serious offers and sending negotiators without decision-making authority, the Oakland Education Association a...