You can pretend all you want. Hide your head in the sand and say it ain’t so. Cover your ears and yell “LaLaLaLaLa” until everyone thinks you’re...
Oakland residents will have access to free health services, including blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol screenings, Sunday, June 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at...
By Matt Reed, SF State News President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants back to Mexico has echoes from another era —...
A Juneteenth Festival will be celebrated in Marin City Saturday, June 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., outside of the Health and Wellness Center at...
“Fix Our Ferals,”, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing spay-neuter services for all cats in the East Bay has re-opened after suspending services for a year....
The Oakland Juneteenth Community Picnic is the city’s largest such event and takes place in the Arroyo Viejo Park. “I think it’s important to remember and...
Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Three Northern California men, including one of Oakland’s largest landlords, were convicted Friday of creating a massive bid-rigging scheme to scoop...
Members of the City Council and community leaders are joining forces to push the City of Oakland to respond to the rapid rise in commercial rents...
Richmond Main Street Initiative is celebrating the return of Celebrate Downtown, an annual campaign consisting of special events in downtown Richmond. First up is Healthy Village...
“Degrees of Visibility,” an unprecedented photographic survey of the US prison system by Ashley Hunt, opens Friday, June 9 at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture...
Left to Right: Ken Epstein, CTA VP Theresa Montano, OEA President Trish Gorham and CTA State Council Communications Committee Chair Mona Davidson. Photo by Mike Myslinski....
By Fred Turner Members of Brother-to-Brother, an interdenominational Christian/ Community organization of 70 (+) African American men who meet weekly for prayer and study, witnessed a...
With more than 10 teams already formed, UC San Francisco is looking to beat last year’s fundraising total by raising $200,000 in AIDS Walk San...
The Black Father Project was established to celebrate Black fatherhood and counter the negative narrative about Black fathers. The current narrative is harmful to the Black...
This Father’s Day Weekend, join in celebrating Rev. Dr. Harold R. Mayberry, senior pastor of First AME Church Oakland, 50 years in ministry. The exciting celebration...
Feras Fahed Abushaar grew up in Kuwait knowing precisely the damage that conflict could cause. Both his Syrian father and Palestinian mother had lost their...
For several years, UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle Hernández has reached into Los Angeles history, back before the city was even city or California was even...
By: Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News Humans are not the only species to show a strong work ethic and scruples. UC Berkeley researchers have found evidence...
Featured writers will include Walter Mosley, Roxane Gay and Alicia Garza Over the weekend of June 3 and 4, the third annual Bay Area Book Festival...
Parents and teachers attend a meeting Monday at Manzanita Community School calling on school board members to keep budget cuts away from school sites. Photo by...
Led by Ashara Ekundayo and Holley Murchison, the “Art & Race” conference will take place at Oakland’s Impact Hub, 2323 Broadway Saturday and Sunday, June...
Joy DeGruy will be the keynote speaker at the Rafiki Coalition’s health summit. The annual Black Health and Healing Summit will take place the first weekend...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez Everything has a price. You say you’ll never sell your granddad’s watch, your dream car, or that collectible you coveted...
Shown (L to R): Professors David Pearson and José Lizárraga, who nominated them, with award winners Arturo Cortéz and Nicola McClung. UC Berkeley photo by Christine...
Driving near Monterey, California, recently, I stopped at a roadside stand to buy some freshly-picked strawberries. May is high season for California strawberries, and the fields...
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