Ashley Mcbride

When Shalonda Gregory joined MetWest High School as principal in 2020, she had moved across the country from Kentucky, in the middle of a pandemic, to lead a school with high staff turnover that had lost two principals in recent years. Her task was to com... See more

A coalition of Bay Area environmental groups are planning to protest at Chevron’s Richmond refinery and a Berkeley Chevron station this weekend to oppose the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela and the company’s role in contributing to pollution i... See more

A coalition of Bay Area environmental groups has called a protest at Chevron’s Richmond refinery on Saturday to oppose the Trump Administration’s actions in Venezuela and Chevron’s role in polluting the Richmond community. The corporate giant is the only ... See more

At its first meeting of the calendar year, the Oakland Unified School District board re-elected Jennifer Brouhard and Valarie Bachelor as president and vice president for a second one-year term. They’ll be responsible for guiding the board and the distric... See more

A month after a shooting at Skyline High School injured one student and saw two other minors arrested, students and parents want more campus safeguards, but with more focus on a positive campus culture and less on punitive measures. The Oakland Hills camp... See more