By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez, LLC They should have called you Super-Fly. Yep, that’s what you were, dancing in front of your TV every Saturday,...
UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2014, got some help this week from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and...
By Andrew Cohen Lily Dorman Colby, class of 2014, recalls how a routine visit to her pediatrician years ago led to a surprising revelation. “My jaw...
With public safety consistently a top issue among Oaklanders, many residents are calling for action to reverse long-term understaffing at the Oakland Police Department and the...
This has been one series that’s been unpredictable from the start. The controversial audio from Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is no longer a factor....
The Richmond City Manager’s office, at the request of the City Council is disseminating a web-based survey to solicit feedback from local business owners regarding the...
Ruth Beckford, trailblazer in the art of modern dance, spoke at the Jazz Heritage Center Theater in San Francisco last Sunday with Jazz Journalist Sonny Buxton...
Richmond’s Linda Jackson-Whitmore has successfully worked in the creative aspects of the entertainment industry as a producer, director, choreographer, dancer, actor and costumer. Whitmore started teaching...
The Stockton NAACP will host the “Reach Higher, Achieve Your Goals” Youth Summit at San Joaquin Delta College on May 3rd at 9am. The summit will...
Oakland continues to be plagued by foreclosures and rent increases that threaten to displace many long time Oakland residents, according to a report released Tuesday at...
The additions to the Giants roster this season has proved to be more than successful thus far. When Cakes’ the Distance” was played to start the...
By Ron Busby, Sr. President, US Black Chambers, Inc. Let me get my disclaimer out of the way first… The U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) is...
Small business owners on International Boulevard held a rally this week calling on AC Transit and city officials to mitigate the negative impacts of the new...
The Hannah Project will host its 2nd Annual Mother’s Day Brunch and Awards Celebration on May 10 at the Hannah Gallery, 170 Donahue Street. Doors open...
It’s the talk of which watercoolers are made. On April 25, an audio-recorded conversation “surfaced,” between then-Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his purported mistress...
Al Young is nothing if not vocal and tenacious. A part-timer for the past 28 years at Oakland’s Laney College in the cosmetology department, he has...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) announced this week that a total of $15,926,537 in Department of Health and Human Services grant funding to Bay Area community health...
This was probably his worst outing in his career this season. Madison Bumgarner struggled to start the game and never really found his command. Twice he...
A leader of one of the largest and most militant labor unions in South Africa is speaking this week in the East Bay about how his...
The Vallejo Heritage Team and Nextdoor, a growing private social network encouraging neighborhood engagement, invites the entire Vallejo community to a City-Wide Member’s and Potential New...
Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI) continues to foster the arts in the revitalization of historic Downtown Richmond. On Thursday, May 8,from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,...
It’s been a long two weeks for Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield since losing his 10-round Super Lightweight battle against Thomas Dulome in Atlantic City. Dulome punched...
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker and other tribal leaders will host a luncheon and offer new tribal citizenship photo IDs this weekend to Cherokee...
By Troy Belton Jodie’s is a quaint, little breakfast and lunch spot with a six-stool counter inside and two tables outside if the weather’s nice. Despite...
The Black Employees Association of the Stockton Unified School District (BEASUSD) will hold its 24th annual Black Graduates’ Recognition Program on Sunday, June 8 and is...