In a town hall style interview on Fox News, President Trump claims that stop and frisk policy would help major cities decrease crime. Speaking with Sean Hannity, Trump name dropped Oakland, Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore as cities that have more crime than Honduras and Afghanistan. “Everybody gets upset when I say that they say ‘oh […]
Some people deserve to be behind bars and the Oakland man who released from jail and went right back in 40 minutes later is one of them. 32-year-old Robert Lee Music was arrested almost immediately following his release from jail due to the COVID-19 crisis. Correctional facilities around the country are filling out non-violent and […]
According to new confirmed reports, landlords in Oakland, California can no longer use criminal history as a means to qualify or disqualify tenants, making it the first city in Cali to ban the practice. The vote was passed on Tuesday of this past week and any landlord caught in violation can receive a fine of […]
It’s an end of an era in Oakland. An ugly finish for the Oakland Raiders was matched by some ugly scenes from their fans Sunday in the team’s final game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Dozens of extra security guards surrounded the sidelines in the fourth quarter to prevent fans from storming the field. That […]
Real people do real things for the culture. Colin Kaepernick didn’t want to go pop bottles or have a lavish party for his birthday this year. Instead, he decided to do something else The quarterback spent his 32nd birthday feeding the homeless in Oakland, California, TMZ reports. Kaep brought out a food truck for the people living […]
Oakland Raiders fans made clear on Monday night their feelings towards Antonio Brown. As the Raiders jumped out to a 14-0 lead against the Denver Broncos on “Monday Night Football” at the Coliseum in Oakland, fans could be heard chanting “f— AB” throughout the stadium. ….. pic.twitter.com/6UeH0XIlTh — Viral Sports (@NotScTop10plays) September 10, 2019 The […]
Things are about to get really trippy for residents in Oakland, California! According to a report by the Associated Press, city officials have voted to decriminalize adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other psychoactive plants in California’s eighth most populated city. This news comes after speakers testified to the City Council that psychedelics […]
King Of The Dot’s star-studded “Town Bidness” battle rap card this weekend is to be held over two days in Oakland, CA featuring a host of the cultures finest and most in-form. Long established as the premium number two rap battle league in the world following SMACK/URLTV, the Toronto-based KOTD has a relatively lackluster 2018 […]
Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry and singer John Legend will join President Barack Obama in Oakland later this month for an Obama Foundation initiative.
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch is known for interesting answers to interview questions and on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, he lived up to that. Lynch goes on to discuss gentrification where he grew up in Oakland, saying he tries to combat it by giving back to the community with […]
Oakland’s Mistah F.A.B. came through Sway In The Morning on Shade 45 w/ Heather B to promote his new album Year 2006. His new release features E-40, Too $hort, Snoop Dogg, Berner, Serius Jones and his new book D.O.P.E – E.R.A also dropped on the exact same day. FAB came through with an extended interview […]
Bay Area rapper and icon Philthy Rich brought his annual backpack and shoe giveaway to Mistah FAB’s DOPE ERA store in Downtown Oakland on Saturday. Students of all ages submitted their good grades for a chance to see Philthy and get free Red Bottom Christian Louboutins and new backpacks for the upcoming school year. Many […]
Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry helped raise over $21,000 for the family of Nia Wilson, the 18-year-old young woman who was murdered on an Oakland BART train platform last month. He spoke out about Wilson on Tuesday before a showcase game for young Bay Area athletes and urged his audience to donate to Wilson’s […]
Nia Wilson, an 18-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in Oakland’s Bay Area Rapid Transit’s MacArthur Station and now her family is suing the transit company. 27-year-old John Cowell, who is white, was arrested for killing Wilson and stabbing her sister Malika Harris, but the family believes that it was in BART’s negligence that the killer […]
Aggravating new evidence has risen about the man arrested for stabbing a young Black woman at a BART Station in Oakland. Court records demonstrate that John Lee Cowell, 27, has a dark and violent past, with various arrests for battery and harming innocent individuals. At age 18, he was apparently arrested for thumping a man and […]
A California man has been arrested for stabbing two sisters in the neck on a train platform in Oakland, ending a day-long manhunt. One of the victims, Nia Wilson, died as a result of her injuries. John Lee Cowell was arrested by Bay Area Rapid Transit police on Monday night after he allegedly stabbed 18-year-old […]
Community members and activists are asking for urgent help in finding the man who fatally stabbed a Black teen and critically injured her sister in Oakland, Ca. late Sunday. The horrific and gruesomely violent attack has shocked some on social media. Nia Wilson, an 18-year-old teen who attended Oakland High School, was fatally stabbed in […]
After the content of a recent Migos interview was released, there had been much attention and backlash around Offset’s insight into what exactly made him propose to Cardi B. No different from any news surrounding the Bronx rapper, whether good or bad, people love to discuss Cardi and any and everything that is associated with […]
E-40 is not only a master of marketing new slang, he has also proven, over his 30 year stretch in the rap game, that he knows how to reinvent himself. It appears he will continue to remain relevant and once again carry the Bay area on his back. Fans and critics did not expect the […]
Despite losing this season’s NBA Championship, the Bay Area loves their superstar Stephen Curry and with that being said, the Golden State Warrior is now a larger than life mural right above Interstate 880 in Oakland, CA. Curry is pictured at the back of a basketball gym, decked out in a pair of Under Armour […]