All ye news consumers are probably thinking more about Afghanistan in these last two weeks than at any point in the last 20 years.
Local Rapper and founder of Vegan Mob, Chef Toriano Gordon, offers traditional BBQ and Soul Food made with plant-based proteins and organic ingredients.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm last Friday to California’s 13th Congressional District for two events highlighting innovative responses to the global...
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Social justice lawyer Janani Ramachandran is a runoff election for State Assembly District 18, which will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Let’s show his loved ones that they are not alone, and that we are here to help. Anything you can contribute helps.
Millions of students are returning to in-person classes at California’s public schools, amid parents and teachers’ fears about the inability to vaccinate children under 12 and...
The City’s COVID-19 testing site at 7th and Brannan streets will administer 500 tests per day starting August 18 to help control the spread of the...
New Evacuation System for Alameda County
Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died last year, liked to tell activists that building a better world depended on people being willing to...
The West Contra Costa Unified School District welcomed back more than 27,000 students and 3,000 staff members for its first day of 100% in-person instruction in...
Top health officials and medical experts joined on August 18 to announce that booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available beginning on September 20.
In an effort to ensure safety as the Delta variant has caused a surge in COVID-19 cases both nationally and locally, Oakland parents and teachers are...
The island country of Haiti is experiencing yet another spate of political and environmental difficulties.
As Oakland schools struggle with a rocky opening of the new school year amid a continuing pandemic that is spreading among students and teachers, the Board...
Free Virtual Event to Feature Films, Poets, and Panel Discussions
Oakland resident Ranza Raye Devereaux will turn 105 on Aug. 18, 2021.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber this week called on state residents to know their voting rights in the upcoming election...
The plaque, initiated by former Oakland City Councilmember, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, in 2019 on the 12th anniversary of Bailey’s death and erected 14 years after his...
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber launched the 2021 Ballot Bowl: Registration Rumble, an inter-collegiate competition organized to drive voter registration among students attending all of...
“On August 3 in Perris, California – a Riverside County city located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles -- Lincoln Cooper and Fortunate Hove Cooper...
Just in case Black businesses in the state are not aware, the California Legislature recently passed the $100 billion California Comeback Plan. It is the biggest...
Throughout America’s history, the majority of its political force has been white. But African Americans had often been involved in supporting roles such as advisors, legislators,...
On April 5, 2021, the Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission unanimously voted to elect Chaney Turner to serve as its chairman.
Eveta Jackson, 37, has been chosen as a co-principal to oversee Bayside Martin Luther King Jr Academy in Marin City.