A Stirring the Pot Minute

On Tuesday, I lost someone who was more than a journalism colleague. She also was a mentor and a dear friend. Dori J. Maynard, presiden...

Dec. 1 marks the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day. It will be a time when many people — in this country and beyond — will gather for cerem...

This past weekend is definitely one I won’t soon forget. Not because I did anything illegal and/or immoral. It was about an “older so...

Sgt. Mark Dunakin. Officer John Hege. Sgt. Erv Romans. Sgt. Dan Sakai . One week ago, these four members of the Oakland Police Department we...

This time, hopefully, he won’t go as far. Johannes Mehserle, the accused former Bay Area Transit Officer who shot and killed Hayward residen...

The time I woke up to find a spot in my ticketed area of the Inauguration: 4:30 a.m. The...

It’s been a day of ups, downs, meeting new people, eating great food and breathing in the sights and sounds of all that is inaugural. ...

It’s the perfect example of community coming together. It was Nov. 4, 2008, that Mar...

Sunday afternoon, I sat in on one of the several town hall meetings held to discuss the shooting of a Hayward man by BART police. The commun...

A moment of silence during Thursday morning’s Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors meeting broke up more than 12 hours of peaceful prot...

In the good ole’ days, people who wanted to get across the country for an import...

One of the questions has been answered: Did Oscar Grant do anything to warrant being shot and killed? No. One look at the video clearly sho...

For Oscar Grant, the New Year only lasted about two hours. The 22-year-old San Leandro resident reportedly was part of two groups of men who...