Operatic soprano Angela Brown performed “A Woman’s Life” with the Oakland East Bay Symphony at the Paramount Theatre on Friday, Jan. 25. Based on the poetry...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor Some are calling Lailan Huen “stubborn” in the face of the obstacles and challenges to Oakland Chinatown’s newest mural, and some are...
By Ashley Chambers and David Scott Members of the Black Student Union at Skyline High School in Oakland are honoring former Oakland A’s pitcher Michael Norris...
Wells Fargo & Company is donating $300,000 to six non-profit organizations in the Bay Area as part of a $1.5 million in grants awarded across the...
Based on the work of the African American Male Achievement Initiative in the Oakland Unified School District, two local researchers are conducting a research project to...
A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago. Police say Hadiya Pendleton (left)...
Five men are facing charges in the shootings of two Oakland police officers. Nathaniel Joseph Cook was charged with attempted murder, robbery and assault in the...
Beth Eden Baptist Church held it 3rd annual Education and Scholarship Crab Feed Saturday, Jan. 26 at the West Oakland Senior Center. “This year’s crab feed...
Former TV anchorwoman Belva Davis will speak and singers Janice Maxie-Reid and Jeanie Tracy will perform at Downs Memorial United Methodist Church Scholarship Ministry’s annual Black...
William “Bill” Patterson Part One By Ken A. Epstein The City of Oakland has sent back $600,000 in federal funding to provide job training for laid-off...
By Paul Kawata As the nation commemorated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President Barack Obama was also sworn in for his second term...
“The 44th NAACP Image Awards,” a live, two-hour special on Friday, Feb. 1 (8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET), will showcase the best achievements and performances of people...
The City of Chicago will pay pay $10.2 million to a wrongfully convicted man who spent 26 years prison for a murder he did not commit....
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Summer Internship Program is accepting student applications online for about 38 internships that will be available throughout the nine-county San...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor With members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors saying they have no power to prevent the county sheriff from continuing federal...
A Better Chance, a national nonprofit that recruits academically talented and motivated students of color and helps them reach a variety of educational opportunities, has announced...
The Alameda County Arts Commission is promoting an opportunity for county high school students involved in the arts to participate in the State Summer School for...
The City of Oakland and the consulting firm Sand Dollar Group, LLC have teamed up to help local small businesses grow and increase their revenue. They...
By Lee Hildebrand “I get paid to belt and shout, but I actually can sing,” Sista Monica Parker quips in the living room of her Mountain...
The Picklewater Clown Cabaret will host a fundraiser for Prescott Circus Theatre, featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest circus and variety stars and local and...
To honor the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Wells Fargo is joining with the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and other of...
Two UCSF teams have received a total of $16 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study new ways to significantly reduce childhood mortality...
By Danielle Savage Richmond and other local religious leaders talked about their views on legalized abortion as the country this week marked the 40th anniversary of...
Nearly 500 volunteers worked on community gardens Monday, beautifying Richmond Greenway at the 6th Annual Martin Luther King National Day of Service, a project of Urban...