A captain of the Pittsburg Police Department and Pinole Valley High graduate has been named San Pablo’s new police chief. Rathnesh (Ron) Raman, a 21-year veteran...
Today, at Laney College the Oakland Raiders and the NFL partnered with Pro Football Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz and the Muñoz Agency to host an...
Children paint in the colors for butterflies at the Youth festival. Photo by Tobaji Stewart A bright, breezy day welcomed the first Oakland Youth Art Explosion,...
Michael Chukes poses next to his sculpture “Escaped Convict.” Photo by Tobaji Stewart. Saddened, angered and disappointed by the brutality against black men by police, Michael...
By Kellen Browning, Kaiser Health News When Marci Maxey’s father moved to Texas to take care of her ailing grandmother last August, the Sacramento resident found...
The California Black Chamber of Commerce is holding a luncheon “Fireside Chat” with University of California President Janet Napolitano, moderated by Alice Huffman, president and CEO...
Meklit said her album was inspired by an encounter with Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke. Ethiopian-American artist Meklit has released her new album “When the People Move, the Music...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee toured Highland Hospital’s adult Level 1 Trauma Center and the Intensive Care Unit, which the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized with...
Renowned Bay Area percussionist John Santos will collaborate with SFJAZZ, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in a six-week...
More than 30 local students had the opportunity to receive free eye exams before school starts this year. The Vision Van stopped by the Richmond Public...
The American Red Cross of the Bay Area will be honoring five community members and a special organization from Alameda County for their acts of courage...
The Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC) is hosting multiple hiring events this month for local companies seeking to hire drivers. First Student, the leading school bus...
Greenlining Institute Environmental Equity Legal Counsel Joel Espino. The Greenlining Institute is supporting the California Air Resources Board’s approval of a clean vehicle investment plan stemming...
By Matt Reed courtesy SF State News Alvin Alvarez hopes to bring research on effects of racism into communities Alvin Alvarez has spent more than 20...
Top Row, Left to Right: Bill Whitaker, Sweta Vohra, Emily Taguchi, Durrell Dawson, Marjorie McAfee, Center: Shilpi Gupta, Bottom Row, Left to Right: Daphne Matziaraki, David...
Malik Wade (lower left) and students from the SIG program. Malik Wade has been under pressure all of his life. A San Francisco native born and...
A wide range of vehicles will be available for public purchase starting Saturday, August 12, when the Marin County Department of Public Works starts an online auction....
Delphine Metcalf-Foster (center) Retired Army veteran Delphine Metcalf-Foster was elected National Commander of the nearly 1.3 million-member DAV (Disabled American Veterans) this week at the organization’s...
One of those who will step up to work on the city’s new Department for Violence Prevention is CEO of Adamika Village, Daryle Allums, who will...
The Eighth Fire,” described by as “a prophetic collaborative experience of three multimedia artists channeling the roots of Afro Indigenous thought and art” and inspired by...
Hayward, CA – Entering the Web.com Tour was a brilliant idea. After coming off a dramatic comeback in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship. Stephen Curry...
Oakland, CA – The Kendrick Lamar Tour stopped through Oakland last night but before he took the stage, his merchandise was a huge success in San...
Donald Foster, a respected journalist and community activist who has worked in Oakland and the Bay Area for decades, is himself now facing eviction and fears...
The Oakland Public Ethics Commission decided to hire an independent hearing officer to determine whether Councilmember Lynette McElhaney used her elected position to “interfere” with the...
Left to right: Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Marc Morial and Angela Glover Blackwell spoke Wednesday evening in Oakland about the risk of President Trump´s policies to African Americans. Photo...