By Greg Dill If you have Medicare, you can protect your identity and help prevent health care fraud by guarding your Medicare card like you would...
From left to right: K Patrice Williams, President; Latressa Wilson Alford, Vice President; Danette Mitchell, Secretary; Peggy Cohen Thompson, Political Educator Director, the Honorable Dezie Woods-Jones,...
The board of directors and staff of Pacific News Service (PNS), the parent organization of the nonprofit New America Media (NAM), has announced that the two...
By Tamika Brown Peralta Colleges (Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt College) are seeking to close equity gaps and remove the economic barriers...
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), in partnership with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), this week began a new round of lead testing of water...
Dr. Willie P. Blair, BAPAC State Interim President. Photo by Steve Peterson Photography. The Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC) elected a new interim president...
Jonah Ifcher from Jewish Youth for Community Action places cardboard gravestones with epitaphs for lungs, clean air, etc. along the raised planter encircling developer Phil Tagami’s...
By Congresswoman Barbara Lee Health care is a basic human right. No matter where you live or how much money you make, you should be able...
Myisha and Armon. Photo by Zha Zha Liang Photography + Design Traditional wedding culture blended seamlessly with visionary new age creativity, to produce a magical wedding experience...
By Dr. Nailah Thompson, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center As the seasons change, the weather gets cooler, children return to school, and colds and the flu...
The first year of community college will be free for thousands of California students under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The signing announced October...
By Carolyn Russell Three three things I talk about when I speak about Domestic Violence Month and why we acknowledge it on a national level: It...
“Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas” returns to Berkeley for its fifth year, Oct. 27-28. Festival events will take place at the Berkeley Repertory Theater and...
In August, Uber announced that it’s probably not coming to Oakland after all and will likely put the former Sears building back on the market. Since...
Dr. Dennis Kimbro addresses McClymonds High School students in the inaugural Pathway to Entrepreneurship course for high school and Merritt College credits. Photo By Carla Thomas...
Give yourself and your loved ones a special gift by having a life care planning conversation, which Ellen Goodman, co-founder of The Conversation Project, calls “estate...
In the heart of Manhattan’s Upper West side, music man, Billy Nichols a.k.a. Papadollabill, runs Boss Records. With over 50 years of producing rap, the blues...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced Tuesday that the City of Berkeley was awarded three grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development totaling $3,244,837. The city will...
By Katherine Lugar, President/CEO American Hotel & Lodging Association; Lynn Mohrfeld, President/CEO, California Hotel & Lodging Association, and Kevin Carroll, Executive Director,Hotel Council of San Francisco The hotel industry is growing both nationally and...
Sergeant Larry Wills Jr. poses with family members, friends and community members. Photos by Joe L. Fisher. After joining the US Army in 2009, Richmond native...
Radiant Scoggins, LCSW, psychiatric social worker at Center for Elders’ Independence, a comprehensive health plan for East Bay seniors, counsels CEI participant Jessie Doublin to complete...
Overcomers With Hope Studios, Inc. (OWH) will hosts its first Stream-A-Thon on Saturday, October 14 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall-Marcus Garvey Building at 1485...
Students Participate in bonding exercise at the 2017 Social Engineering Project STEM Camp at YMCAs Loma Mar Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Photo Courtesy of...
By Tim Karas, College of Alameda President Beginning your education at a community college and then transferring to the University of California (UC) System or California...
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – According to the following statistics, the economic condition of America’s Black community is in dire straits: A recent study by...
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