The Port of Oakland is scheduled next week to decide on signing a new exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) with Oakland developer Phil Tagami and his partners...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and interfaith leaders from around the country on Thursday on the Capitol Hill East...
Sacramento, CA – It’s been five days since Adam Silver has taken over as the new NBA Commissioner. Succeeding David Stern – who held the position...
The First Annual Black History Month Celebration in Berkeley will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1 p.m. 6 p.m. at the Berkeley Community Theater....
If you know anything about football, you know Marshawn Lynch, and if you’re from Oakland, you’ve been rooting for him since his high school days. Lynch...
UC President Janet Napolitano this week announced the formation of a systemwide veterans’ advisory group to address the unique challenges of resuming higher education after or...
Jenetta Marie Johnson, an African American Transgender advocate, wants to go to Bangkok, Thailand to be a voice for incarcerated Transgenders and especially Transgenders of color...
Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle has announced that maritime industry leader John C. Driscoll has named as the port’s new maritime director. “We are...
By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Common Core, like many U.S. education reforms, sounded good when it was first discussed. It was explained that children across the...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this honored Public Defender Brendon Woods this week as the recipient of the Santa Clara County Black Lawyers Association’s Gideon...
Pastors and community leaders in West Oakland have mobilized in their communities to hold weekly night walks to respond to escalating violence in the city...
Police Chief Joseph M. Kreins has retired from from the Vallejo Police Department effective Feb. 1 but will continue to lead the department until a replacement...
Ed Carpenter, USF News This Sunday, ESPN will air the true story of the USF football team’s stand against injustice and racism in 1951. When the...
This week, the Vallejo City Unified School District is conducting a campaign, “Change for Children,” to raise money for children in the Philippines, many of whom...
The Black Youth Leadership Project (BYLP) is inviting students currently in 9th-12th grades from across California to participate in its 15th Annual Legislative Open House to...
The inspection of potentially hazardous cargos that come through the Port of Oakland have been conducted for months in the City of Alameda, even though the...
Rev. Al Sharpton, nationally known civil rights leader and founder of the National Action Network (NAN), was the featured guest pastor at Beebe Memorial Cathedral in...
Senior citizens and youth volunteers served over 100 people at Ebenezer Economic Development Corporation’s recent annual Crab Feed in Stockton. The event was held on Jan....
Dr. Desmond Carson, coach of the Richmond Steelers, physician at Doctors Medical Center and chair of For Richmond’s Health Committee, took the microphone at For Richmond’s...
A kick-off meeting of the Beautification Council in East Oakland this week brought together community, city and county leaders seeking ways to make a dent in...
Oakland has its fair share of violent crimes but when it was reported last Thursday that 14-year-old Mario Tolliver Jr. had shot and killed his sister,...
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Oakland, CA – The last time these two teams met on Christmas day, there were two ejections, two flagrant fouls, and three technical fouls. There’s not...
Mayor Anthony Silva this week named Kurt Wilson as Stockton’s new city manager. Wilson, who is first African American to serve in that position, takes the...
Mary Rudge, Alameda first poet laureate, died Sunday, Jan. 19 from cancer in her home with her daughter. Rudge was 85. She participated the day before...
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