Oakland Post (California)
The Oakland Post is the largest African-American weekly newspaper in Northern California, headquartered in Downtown Oakland. It is one of five local newspapers published by the Post News Group, along with the "Berkeley Tri-City Post", the "Richmond Post", the "San Francisco Post" and the "South County Post". At its height, the paper circulated 55,000 copies a week. History. The "Oakland Post" founded in 1963 by Thomas L. Berkley and his spouse, Velda M. Berkley as the first paper of the Post News Group. Headquartered in downtown Oakland The weekly serves the San Francisco Bay Area  communities of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and San Francisco. After Thomas Berkley's death in 2001, his widow, Velda Berkley became the sole owner of the paper. In December 2004, Berkley sold the "Oakland Post" to Paul Cobb, the former director of the Oakland Citizen's Committee for Urban Renewal (OCCUR). Before acquiring the paper, Paul Cobb had worked as a reporter for the "Oakland Post" for 39 years. Thomas Berkley's daughter, Gail Berkley, is still an executive editor of the "Oakland Post". The paper continues to publish news and advertising, circulating 25,000 copies a week. Murder of Chauncey Bailey . In June 2007, prominent African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey had been promoted to editor-in-chief of all five Post newspapers. On the morning of August 2, 2007, Chauncey Bailey was killed by a gunman at close range, as he was walking to his nearby work, around 7:30AM at the southeast corner of 14th & Alice Streets; across from a boundary of Oakland's Lakeside Apartments District. Oakland Police described the murder as an assassination. Witnesses said a single gunman wearing dark clothing and a ski mask approached Bailey, shot twice and ran away to a waiting get-away van. Oakland