We have all heard alleged stories of famous couples’ volatile relationships: Ike and Tina Turner; Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston; Chris Brown and Rihanna; Mike Tyson...
COVID-19 has added more strain to the recycling industry, which has been overwhelmed by recycling product bans and stricter quality guidelines due to the enactment of...
A local church is providing help to its community in the city of Richmond during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. St. John Missionary Baptist Church launched a...
Across the entire county, Black Americans have been crying out for specific data on the impacts of the coronavirus on their communities due to high rates...
The cost of unequal healthcare is measured in human life, says Dr. Stephen Lockhart, the African American chief medical officer at Sutter Health, a non-profit healthcare...
Sex trade survivors, frontline service providers, humanitarians, abolitionists, human rights activists, and women’s rights advocates are advocating to end sex trafficking and the sexual exploitation of...
Approximately 200 people gathered in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 1, to protest the stay-at-home measures put in place to slow the spread...
Pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford and 30 other doctors in Philadelphia have taken COVID-19 testing to people after getting calls from family and friends worried that they...
The health departments of six Bay Area counties issued a joint statement this week announcing they are extending shelter-in-place orders through the end of May to...
What happened to living for the weekend? Where did hump day go? When will sports return? When will these kids return to school? Where can I...
Prior to COVID 19, Oakland had experienced a housing crisis for years, a crisis that has taken new proportions as the general public is expected to...
In just a short period of about 4 months, the coronavirus became a worldwide pandemic affecting almost every country on the globe. The speed with which...
Oakland educators are joining with community groups to ask teachers and other members of the community who have the financial means to contribute all or a...
Not many people in the world imagined World War III would be against an invisible enemy, but all will agree Americans are fighting for their lives,...
On his way to work, a doctor was told to “go back to f—— China.” An Asian nurse delivering medicine to a sick patient was spat...
As if having to monitor their blood sugar wasn’t enough of a concern, people with diabetes are more likely to develop complications from coronavirus. It is...
It is often stated in the Black community: “when the country gets a cold, we get pneumonia.” The genesis of this saying is unclear, but the...
The ravaging and rapid surge of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has altered the lives of nearly everyone globally. From mandated sheltering-in-place orders to the thorough,...
Interim City Administrator Steven Falk today announced temporary changes to city government functions this week in accordance with the Alameda County Health Officer’s order for all...
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the Bay Area, resources are being made available to provide help to the most vulnerable populations, which include the unhoused,...
San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Foundation announced today that it has launched the SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. The fund will provide support to...
Following the example of the Italian government, California lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would provide rental relief and order a temporary suspension of mortgage payments...
It is only when we experience mental illness in the family that we learn how little we understand about it and how little we know about...
Most of us do not pay attention to being bombarded daily by an accumulation of subtle toxins that steadily contaminate us. It’s becoming more and more...
As states and communities rush to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products linked to vaping, Carol McGruder races from town to town, urging officials to...