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East Bay Post (eastbaypost.com) is an independent digital regional newspaper founded in 2026 as part of the Bay Area News Network, covering Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Walnut Creek, Concord, Fremont, and communities across Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California. It is editorially and corporately independent of the East Bay Times and MediaNews Group.
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties, California
Oakland’s annual Día de los Muertos Festival returns to Fruitvale Transit Village on Sunday, Nov. 1, featuring a 34-foot La Catrina sculpture handcrafted in Tutepec, Mexico, followed by a Nov. 2 celebration at UC Berkeley.
The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Andre Jones, and David and Andy Duong enters its third week in Oakland federal court with continued cross-examination of FBI Special Agent Katherine Barclay.
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland has partnered with the urban Indigenous women-led Sogorea Te’ Land Trust to present the puppet show "Hummingbird Saves Fire," running through Nov. 29.
More than 400 cars carrying 385 Oakland residents lined up along Edgewater Drive in East Oakland on Saturday to dispose of more than 30 tons of mattresses, appliances, and furniture during the city’s second free Bulky Block Party since relaunching the program in July.
Eleven-year-old Alameda fifth-grader Carmelo Kamler and his father, Josh Kamler, have donated more than $2,000 in profits from their year-and-a-half-old skateboard and streetwear brand Devious to Beyond Celiac, the Celiac Disease Foundation, and the Celiac Community Foundation of Northern California.
U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced $1,031,000 in Fiscal Year 2026 federal Community Project Funding for Mills College at Northeastern University Oakland to install emergency blue-light phone towers and security cameras.
Voters in Berkeley are deciding on Measure Z, a November ballot measure that would levy a six-year square-footage parcel tax to capitalize a $40 million public bank offering low-interest loans through partner credit unions and community banks.
Oakland’s Rules and Legislation Committee voted 4-0 to place a proposed $30 hourly minimum wage measure before the full City Council on Dec. 1, where councilmembers can adopt it directly, send it to the 2028 ballot, or order an economic impact study.
