Todd Anthony Shaw, more commonly known as Too Short, has been in the music industry for more than 20 years. A pioneer in the Bay Area...
When husband and wife team Brandon and Tina McGrue started the BEY (Building Effective Youth Development) Center in 2011, they had a vision to mentor and...
Community members chose to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday in Richmond by teaming up with the “Watershed Project” to help clean the Point Pinole...
By Wanda Ravernell Author Joy DeGruy brought a message of healing and hope to the Black community Monday at the 16th annual Martin Luther King Day...
Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) on Tuesday announced that she is introducing legislation to address the backlog of untested rape kits held in law enforcement agencies and...
AIDS is a civil rights issue. While statistics show that most HIV testing is done in healthcare settings, health agencies have been trying for many years...
As I went from event to event Monday celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, I was struck by both the tribute and the distortion. The...
San Joaquin County foreclosure activity tumbled in 2013, with legal filings falling by more than half from 2012, according to RealtyTrac Inc. In the last three...
Members of San Francisco’s African American Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday with city administrators, and S.F. Travel officials on how to revitalize Black neighborhoods and businesses...
A local group, Friends of Crown Beach, is stepping up efforts to stop a housing development on government surplus lands adjacent to Crown Memorial State Beach...
Councilmember Noel Gallo, District 5, presented a report Tuesday afternoon at the Public Safety Committee Meeting to ban Internet cafés that may be conducting illegal online...
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $28.5 million in improvements to the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. The five-year plan would allow for...
Well-known Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris, who has gained a national reputation for representing, victims of police abuse, spoke recently to local students and educators...
Bay Area actress and recording artist Zendaya and award-winning film “Fruitvale Station are among the nominees for the 45th NAACP Image Awards, which recognize the talents...
Ski Ball and PacMan machines made from cardboard – those were some of the popular arcade games people came across as they attended the Berkeley Lawrence...
By Barbara Fluhrer East Oakland Leadership Academy students and faculty attended a concert last Saturday evening at Holy Names University’s Regents Theatre featuring internationally renowned pianist...
When a new 80,000-square-foot Food Co. opens in Foothill Square next month, it will be the fulfillment of a dream of City Councilmember Larry Reid, who...
Highway 37 from Highway 80 to Highway 29 has been renamed the Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway, in memory of the officer who was...
Charlotte, NC – They came in as a wild card and have proven they belong back in the playoffs. The Forty-Niners are headed back to the...
The Guardians of Youth Gala is presenting “A Night at the Oscars,” a fundraising dinner benefiting the Continentals of Omega Boys & Girls Club, which has...
Newly Elected Councilmembers Pippin Dew, Katy Miessner and Rozzana Verder-Aliga were sworn in along with returning Councilman Jess Malgapo to Vallejo City Council this week. Departing...
Parlisha Watts-Andrews, gospel singer, dance instructor, and public speaker, has always been interested in bringing the arts to youth. She opened Parlisha’s School of the Arts...
For many families of color who do not have deep pockets and friends and families in high places, interactions with police, the judicial system and even...
Playwright, poet laureate, and political activist Amiri Baraka died Thursday at Beth Israel Medical Center after weeks of failing health. He was 79. A Newark, New...
Oakland attorney Dan Siegel kicked off his mayoral campaign Thursday, staking out a progressive campaign that pledges to translate local development into jobs, keep gentrification from...
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