The African American Family Outreach Project will present its third free workshop of 2019 with the focus on understanding serious mental illness, substance abuse disorders and...
The relationship between a mentor and mentee is unique. It’s an asymmetric relationship built on understanding, trust, and altruism. It transcends a biological connection and requires...
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an...
Rhonda Craft, 59, of Sacramento, has been appointed inspector general for the California Department of Transportation. Craft has served as director of the Office of Traffic...
Dalvin Butler, an Oakland native and aspiring college administrator, recently graduated from the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California (USC). Butler, 27, earned...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alva Vernon Johnson, 51, of Elk Grove, was selected to serve as director of the California State Lottery. Johnson was director...
Last week, the House passed the historic Dream and Promise Act to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of Dreamers and other immigrants. These young...
Jay-Z is making money moves. Forbes announced Monday that Jay-Z has become the first hip-hop artist to rack up a billion-dollar fortune, thanks to lucrative investments...
We can now celebrate that Mr. Leonard Powell, a longtime resident of Harmon Street in Berkeley, has been able to return to his home of over...
When the powers that be came to Paula Fass to ask her to take over as the faculty director at UC Berkeley’s The Magnes Collection of...
As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month comes to an end, Candi Yano, a professor at the Haas School of Business and in the Industrial Engineering and...
The California Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation to change rules governing when cops in the state can use lethal force, despite last-minute opposition from some families of...
The Arab American Foundation presented their 2019 Award for Individual Achievement to former Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport at their annual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards...
More than 1,000 apartments, retail and commercial space to revive Seventh Street Decades after BART rolled through West Oakland destroying what was once a vibrant, Black,...
Heralded for the success of the museum he led from idea to fruition, Lonnie G. Bunch III is the first African American to lead the Smithsonian...
The setting is a quaint old church in San Francisco about to close if attendance doesn’t increase. As Mother Superior struggles with these impending woes, in...
Long hours worked by Erica Alfaro’s parents, picking berries in the fields of California, motivated her to obtain a master’s degree from San Diego State University....
Learning Black History Year Round There are many stories told about extraordinary slave escapes. Without maps or compasses, many depended on quilts, songs, and even the...
God on Wall Street Someone once said, “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” And if reparations is a crisis in America, it would be...
Vaccination is easy, effective protection Berkeley Public Health has confirmed that a Berkeley resident has measles. While the adult is no longer contagious, those who are...
By the time Memorial Day rolls around, most students at UC Berkeley have split for the summer. Many of the faculty and staff are vacation-bound, too....
“If you had asked me five years ago if I’d be walking out of Berkeley to start a new elementary school in Hayward, California, I would...
Thousands of California teachers, students and school officials—from Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond, Los Angeles and other school districts, marched through downtown Sacramento and rallied at...
Could it get anymore California? Probably not. At the governor’s unveiling May 9 of his sweeping $213 billion revised budget for the 2019 – 2020 fiscal...
Cal Athletics has announced a new effort to prepare student-athletes for success after graduation with a three-pillar program of personal development. The new program, called the...