By Desley Brooks | District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city you can see cranes, building materials stacked near...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (AD 15) presented and congratulated Irma L. Anderson on receiving Woman Of The Year 2018 Award. Irma L. Anderson has been a civic...
The Xi Gamma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and its non-profit arm, the Twenty Pearls Foundation, will hold a free community health and...
Muslim scholar Ahmad Rashid Salim speaks to a full classroom of students who gave up their lunch hour to learn about the different sects within Islam...
The first stop on the March 17 “Trash Tour” was outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s house, which tdhen made its way through flatland neighborhoods in East Oakland,...
A group of nine young leaders from East Bay schools, organized and led by Regina Jackson of East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), will participate in...
Faithfully, every Monday afternoon, hundreds of Oakland’s growing homeless population and needy families that live on the streets or under freeway overpasses , are served nutritious...
Businessman Virtual Murrell talks with the Honorable Willie Brown at the Niagara Movement Democratic Club’s 45th Anniversary at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in Oakland. Photo by Carla...
By Janet Gilmore UC Berkeley has received more than 89,000 applications from high school students seeking admission to the 2018-19 freshman class, and an additional 19,000...
Photo Caption: Panelists of Airbnb’s “The Evolution of Black Travel” at MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. (left to right) Janaye Ingram, Airbnb National Director of...
Two clubs engaged Berkeley City College (BCC) students on Tuesday, March 6 to call the Capitol in support of a gun suicide prevention bill, AB...
Team is Sponsored by Barrett Terrace Apartments and Barrett Plaza Townhomes. Youth Front Row, Left to Right: Gilvontae MCKneely, Natan Munoz, Shiloh Mitchell, Harmony Robinson, Symphony Wilson,...
Supporters of the Affordable Housing Act, an initiative for the November ballot, rallied last Saturday in East Oakland. Photo By Ken Epstein. Affordable housing supporters held...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard In the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 students and staff, West Contra Costa...
Leticia Márquez-Magaña Balancing science and personal stories, representatives of SF Build are working to spread techniques for creating more inclusive classrooms through a series of faculty...
Gardeners’ Guild, Inc., a Bay Area leader in landscape contracting that is based at 2780 Goodrick Ave. in Richmond, has job openings in multiple positions. “We...
(Left to right) Dane’Nicole Williams, Hailey King, Dazhane Labat, Tyrone Thompson, Madiagne Sarr, Kamani Taylor visited Mandela House in Soweto, a must-see stop for anyone visiting...
Laney College has become a regular host of teach-ins for social justice. A “teach-in” is an informal lecture or discussion on an issue of public interest....
Dance instructor Traci Bartlow leads attendees at Wo’se Community Church in a group dance for their “Lindy Hoppin’ Jazzy Juke” reception in East Oakland. Photo by...
By Wanda Blake Every year, more information is published about the history and contributions of Blacks in America. Three years ago I was introduced to several...
The Oakland City Council honored nine individuals and organizations at this week’s city council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in honor of Black History Month. Councilmember...
The 20 minute drive from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas to the palatial J.W. Marriott Resort and Spa on Rampart went by quickly. The freeway...
In recognition of the extraordinary commitment, the complex has been renamed the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights. Diller Family’s Commitments to the University...
Ernest Clark, Jr. Photo by Anintard Henderson, Photographers@large. By Randie Ellington If you have ever met Mr. Ernest Clark, Jr., you would remember him for many...
On the first Sunday in February—Black History Month —a book-signing took place at Allen Temple Baptist Church with a remarkable author who has been making history all his...
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