The Marin City Library will offer two programs – one on urban farming and another on brewing beer at 164 Donahue St. in Marin City. “Urban...
Richmond Community Foundation is releasing of its next round of capacity grants. This Spring 2014 grant making round will provide $50,000 for a limited number of...
As we celebrate Black History month, the HIV/AIDS community pays honor to a life and contribution of Junie Tate Sugar, an advocate for HIV/AIDS, and Transgender,...
Benjamin James Yerger December 8, 1930 -February 5, 2014 Ben died peacefully after being ill for several years. He was born in Hope, Arkansas to his...
America’s gun culture costs lives and feeds our fears. Consider the most recent injustice in Florida, the verdict in the Michael Dunn case, and the most...
Kaiser Permanente will sponsor a community health clinic Saturday, March 1 at the University of the Pacific (UOP), offering health screenings, dental and other services to...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown that chronic stress generates long-term changes in the brain that may explain why...
The Delta Center for the Arts, LH Horton Gallery, at San Joaquin Delta College, 5151 Pacific Avenue, will host the art exhibit ‘Themes of Black Identity...
Vallejo residents can safely dispose of expired, unwanted or unused medications for free Mondays – Thursdays between 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Vallejo Police...
By Dan Siegel I am announcing my support of the campaign organized by Local 1021 of the SEIU and a coalition of community organizations to increase...
A hearing was held Tuesday by legislators to push for sweeping reform in conditions faced by thousands of prisoners in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay and...
“Winter’s Tale” warms the heart, love burns Akiva Goldsman is no stranger to the movie industry. His successful collaboration with Will Smith has spawned a number...
Imagine how parents feel losing both of their children in the matter of seconds. That’s what the family of Justice and Mario Toliver has to confront....
Councilmembers are raising concerns that Phil Tagami’s company Rotunda Partners II has not begun making payments on 20-year, $12 million loan from the city to develop...
Federal Judge Thelton Henderson has fired the compliance director who has been overseeing the Oakland Police Department, saying that police reform will be better served by...
Andre Hall founded Uplifting the Community Development Corporation (UTCDC) in Oakland in 2012 to address the physical, emotional, and emotional issues affecting populations living in minority...
“Generations: Black LGBT History Experience” is a free gala event sponsored by local organizations will take place Friday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m....
By Jonathan Morales Despite this past weekend’s rain showers, drought conditions persist in California, and SF State is asking students, faculty and staff to cut back...
The San Francisco-Oakland span of the Bay Bridge was officially named Tuesday after former California and Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Hundreds of...
I love Arizona! Yeah, you heard me right. I’m a native – almost born, raised product of the 48th state in the Union. So, of course,...
Did you know that one pint of blood can save up to three lives? That is what Eileen Randle tells everyone she comes into contact with,...
“I’m a football player, and I’m gay.” With those words, Michael Sam, an All-American defensive end from the University of Missouri, demonstrated courage far beyond that...
Well known artists and musicians performed to a packed audience at the Fox Theatre in Oakland Saturday evening for a special benefit concert in support of...
Over 60 people attended the first Habesha Women’s Health Expo (HWHE) last weekend at the African American Art & Culture Complex, an event designed to raise...
The workshop series, “A Model Built on Faith and Community,” kicks off its 2014 schedule with a new workshop, “The Social Justice Tipping Point: How Involving...