Sacramento, CA – As teams get better the Kings are falling further behind in the playoff race. What appeared to be an easy task has become...
A front-page article published recently in the New York Times examines the battle in Oakland over the growing power of corporate-backed charter schools, which the Times...
By Damian Trujillo, NBC Bay Area A San Jose police officer who was fired last year after sending what some called racists tweets is back...
You know your own mind. After thinking things through, you have your opinions and while you’re willing to listen to what others say, you’re also...
By: Angela Bronner Helm Tech giant Google announced last Friday that its philanthropic arm would be donating $1 million to Bryan Stevenson’s Alabama-based non-profit, Equal...
By Lee Hildebrand Shirley Scott reigned as Queen of the Jazz Organ from the time she joined tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’s combo in 1956...
By Paul Rockwell Paul Robeson is a legendary figure in American history. He was not only a famous scholar, athlete, linguist, singer and actor, but...
The San Francisco Business Times has reported on a new plan to build up to 800 units near Richmond BART Station as part of the Richmond...
Sandré Swanson won an exclusive endorsement from the California Teachers Association (CTA) in his campaign for the California 9th Senate District seat. CTA joins Congresswoman...
By Troy Williams With all the news in mainstream media about the dangers of so many men returning home from prison, you would think that...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard A coalition of local organizations and community leaders is proposing a November ballot initiative that would mandate that a certain...
By Sheryl Huggins Salomon, Ebony.com Fifty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the agenda and style of the legendary...
Deborah Perry was the winner of the “Live Your Dream Award” at the annual Soroptimist dinner on February 3, 2016. The Soroptimist International of Marin...
After a tearful press conference, an anti-displacement ballot initiative was filed March 3 at Oakland City Hall by a coalition of Oakland renters, clergy, teachers, homeowners,...
Services for Californians totaling $15 billion were cut from the state budget between 2008 and 2013. By 2010, the Alameda Court system began feeling the...
Oakland, CA – If we have to credit the heroics of Stephen Curry to have one of the greatest artist of all time add another show...
The Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC) recently hosted a recruitment event for the transportation company Uber, Tuesday, March 1 at the West Oakland Career Center. Uber...
The fight to build affordable housing on a parcel of public land by Lake Merritt has once again turned into a tug-of-war between the East 12th...
Westlake Middle School students, parents and teachers are angry and confused after learning in the past week that the district has decided to “co-locate” a charter...
Residents from a number of community groups attended the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee, calling on the committee to support a temporary “moratorium on evictions...
Brooklyn Basin, a $1.5 billion waterfront condominium project now being built near downtown Oakland, may be a great deal for developers but not so good for...
Being born Black in this country comes with certain challenges. Being born Black, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Intersex, Queer or Questioning (LGBTIQQ) in this country presents...
Sacramento, CA – One of the most entertaining games of the season took place last Saturday at Chesapeake Arena. The Oklahoma City Thunder fell to the...
A memorial fund has been established for Carl Breaux, 60, and Jacari Cook, 28, to help the immediate family with funeral expenses. Donations can be...
BySue Sturgis, Common Dreams As the federal trial over North Carolina’s restrictive voter ID law wrapped up last week in Winston-Salem, the North Carolina. NAACP...
