Article highlights Li’l Bobby Hutton’s role as an early member of the Black Panther Party, and his tragic killing by police at age 17.

He was too young to have experienced Too Short’s rap battles first-hand, but old enough to lug the energy of that time around ...

San Jose was the epicenter of Bay Area baseball on Wednesday night, as the San Jose Giants and Oakland Ballers battled for ...

A nonprofit organization that supports youth in West Oakland is set to lose its city funding this year, after the City of ...

With the exodus of other professional teams, the Oakland Roots stand strong in representing the historic sporting city ...

Special to The OBSERVER - Black players are central to the 57-year Oakland A’s story. As the team prepares for its Sacramento ...

Texas suffered significant injury news on Monday. According to On Texas Football reporter Bobby Burton, Texas wide receiver ...

The city wants to rename the intersection of 7th and Campbell streets after the activist and real estate developer.

Veteran activist’s vision for melding affordable housing with economic empowerment bears fruit in West Oakland ...

Suzanne Cope, a NYU professor, has spent the last decade studying revolutionary groups, including anti-fascist women in Italy ...

Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...

Oakland voters consider giving the mayor's job to progressive icon Barbara Lee, despite her progressive politics. Lee addresses public safety and homelessness.