FAME Hosts “Holiday Celebration” for Homeless

The First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) in Oakland hosted its “Christmas of Caring” celebration last weekend for 75 invited homeless community members. “FAME Oakland is...

Mariah Dumas, 15: “Help Children Enjoy the Holidays”

At this time of year, not everyone has the chance to experience the joy of the holidays. One young lady is trying to bring what joy...

Bay Area Black Pilots Association Hosts Holiday Banquet

The Bay Area Black Pilots Association hosted its annual holiday fundraiser banquet recently at Francesco’s Restaurant in Oakland. Hosted by the pilot association’s President John Favors,...

Raiders End Postseason Hopes For The Bills

Oakland, CA – Three straight wins at home for the Raiders, this is the remedy that needs to be carried into next season. Whatever the motivation...

Sharon Turner Retires, Still Hopes for the Children

  Marin City resident Sharon Turner was recently honored with a retirement party on Friday, Dec. 5 at the Hannah Gallery after retiring from 40 years...

School Buzz: Live the Life That We Would Want to Live

In life, there are times when you are surrounded by negative situations – things that tend to bother you. These conditions may begin to create the...

Santa Clara – Things just keep getting worse for the Forty-Niners. After blowing a huge lead the San Diego Chargers fought back and tied the game...

BEO&FBL Honor Community Leaders

The Black Elected Officials & Faith Based Leaders of the East Bay (BEO&FBL) honored dedicated leaders in the community on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at its annual...

Chanukah March in Solidarity with Rising Protests

Over 300 Jews, joined a few non-Jews, marked Chanukah, the holiday of liberation, by taking over the streets of downtown San Francisco, marching, praying, laughing, and...

Historic Meeting Brings Together Leaders of Tech, Civil Rights, Venture Capital

  In an unprecedented move, Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Push Coalition brought together 25 tech companies, civil rights organizations, venture capitalists, non-profits, entrepreneurs and U.S. Department of...

Delroy Lindo, John Burris Rally for Marcus Books

Rallying to support Marcus Books – Oakland’s historic African American bookstore – Delroy Lindo hosted the “Black Men Speak” series last Saturday with Danny Glover, Shabaka...

Richmond Police Chief Stands Up to Rank and File Officers’ Criticism

Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus set off a storm of protests – including from some rank and file members of his wn department, when he held...

Raiders Bring Holiday Cheer With Visit To Kaiser Permanente – San Leandro Medical Center

Members of the Oakland Raiders recently visited local hospital with the hopes of raising the spirits of patients, their families as well as hospital staff. Raiders...

Berkeley Churches March Together for “Black Lives Matter Sunday”

A large group of community members and faith leaders marched down University Avenue in Berkeley on Dec. 14 – recognized as “Black Lives Matter Sunday” in...

Alameda County Public Defenders Rally for “Black Lives Matter”

Attorneys in the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office held a rally on Thursday outside of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland to show their solidarity...

Michael Brown Sr. Tells SF: “Stand strong and fight.”

Nearly 800 community members and faith leaders packed into the pews of Third Baptist Church on Sunday to hear remarks from Michael Brown Sr. father of...

Berkeley Council Hears Police Abuse Claims, Fails to Act

By Judith Scherr More than 100 people came to a raucous Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday to vent their anger at what they said was police...

High School Students Walk Out, Saying: “Graduations, Not Funerals”

Wanting their voices to be heard in the rising protests against police impunity, high school students walked out of school and protested Wednesday in front of...

VCUSD Moves to 21st Century Technology for Schools

The Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) has been improving students’ access to technology throughout the past several years, with each school now having one or...

OP-ED: Why We Should Keep On Marching

The protests began in Ferguson, exploding after the prosecutor announced that the policeman who killed Michael Brown would not be brought to trial. They spread across...

OP-ED: Student Fears for Life During Routine Traffic Stop

By Hassan Russell, Laney College student The shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO has brought to light that this situation is happening all over America....

Urban Legends Talent Competition Gives Local Artists a Platform

The Urban Legends live performance talent competition is creating a platform for inner-city artists to express their creativity and be seen by the world. Organized by...

Award-winning Saxophonist Steve Coleman Performs in Bay Area

  Saxophonist Steve Coleman, whose quintet performed last Sunday at SFJazz in San Francisco, was honored recently with a MacArthur Fellow, an award presented to talented...

OP-ED: Choked Out 

  By Ron Busby, Sr., President of U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce   This one is different. We didn’t see George Zimmerman kill Trayvon Martin or...

Celebrity Chef Michael Midgley Opens Restaurant in Stockton

  Cooking since the age of fourteen, Chef Michael Midgley realized his life-long dream to open his own restaurant. Midgley’s Public House, located on the Brick-...