A conflict over a skate park in West Oakland has become the latest skirmish over what some see as the wave of gentrification that is sweeping...
Richmond attorney Mister Phillips serves on the Contra Costa Democratic County Central Committee, representing District 1, which includes El Cerrito, Pinole, Richmond, and San Pablo and...
Valisha Fullard has been named the new named new executive director of the California Autism Foundation. For the past six months, she has been serving as...
OCCUR will present its 3rd workshop in the 2014 OCCUR/San Francisco Foundation Model Built on Faith Capacity Building Series, featuring Dr. Marsha Pendergrass Maloof, a managing...
District 6 Councilmember Desley Brooks has announced a free amnesty bulk-dumping project to take place across East Oakland Saturday, April 12 – Wednesday, April 16. According...
Next week, on April 24, Take Your Daughter – and now Sons – to Work Day will celebrate 21 years of fostering young minds and introducing...
Antwon Cloird is the founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Men and Women of Purpose, a non-profit organization that provides “real” services to the re-entry...
The Oakland Raiders hosted a private screening for season ticket holders of the movie “Draft Day” Wednesday night at the Bay Street AMC movie theatre. Raiders...
By Randie Ellington ARPB Toastmaster and current District 57 Humorous Speech Champion Michael Alexander placed second in the competitive and well attended Division D International Speech...
The Black Community Crusade (BCC) will hold its monthly town hall meeting at the New Missionary Baptist Church, 1439 Michael Ave on April 24 from 6-8pm...
Causa Justa: Just Cause (CJJC), a multi-racial, grassroots organization that works for social justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents, released a report this week...
The Black American Political Action Committee’s 7th Annual “Judge George D. Carroll Community Service Awards Reception and Fundraiser” will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2014,...
Olympic Cycling Legend Nelson Vails is coming to Marin on Saturday, April 12th to host the Bay Area premiere of his documentary, Cheetah, The Nelson Vails...
The City of San Leandro and Friends of San Leandro Creek have announced that the annual Earth Day and Watershed Festival take place on Saturday, April...
Charles S. (Chuck) Stone Jr., a pioneering journalist who worked as a newspaper columnist, university professor and a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists,...
The founder of the website “Outdoor Afro,” Rue Mapp of Oakland, has been selected as the recipient of the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) 2014 Communications award....
By popular demand, a second meeting about Marin County’s Climate Action Plan has been added by the County Community Development Agency (CDA) staff.In addition to the...
The Stockton Branch of the National Association For the Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) will host its Annual Religious Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, April 5, 2014...
The 2014 Marin Women’s Hall of Fame was hosted last week at the Peacock Gap Golf Club, 333 Biscayne Dr. in San Rafael. More than 350...
Qualified Richmond residents will be given priority when it comes time to hire construction and other workers for Chevron’s proposed $1 billion refinery modernization project, according...
The Oakland Raiders – FB Marcel Reece WR Rod Streater, CB Taiwan Jones, P Marquette King and LS Jon Condo – participated in the first ever...
The Epsilon Phi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated celebrated their 35th anniversary with the Christian Woman of the Year Awards and Scholarship Luncheon...
As local artists, students, and non-profit, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. (AHC), have worked together, they have slowly began to transform Oakland with their Super Hero Mural...
The face of leadership is changing. More African American women are being represented in the political arena. They manage communications for state leaders, represent politicians in...
The Greenlining Institute was created 21 years ago to fight against the practice of denying economic opportunities to people of color. Continuing its mission, it is...