California Secretary of State Shirley Weber launched the 2021 Ballot Bowl: Registration Rumble, an inter-collegiate competition organized to drive voter registration among students attending all of...
“On August 3 in Perris, California – a Riverside County city located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles -- Lincoln Cooper and Fortunate Hove Cooper...
Just in case Black businesses in the state are not aware, the California Legislature recently passed the $100 billion California Comeback Plan. It is the biggest...
Throughout America’s history, the majority of its political force has been white. But African Americans had often been involved in supporting roles such as advisors, legislators,...
On April 5, 2021, the Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission unanimously voted to elect Chaney Turner to serve as its chairman.
Eveta Jackson, 37, has been chosen as a co-principal to oversee Bayside Martin Luther King Jr Academy in Marin City.
The following letter was sent by medical professionals and community leaders on Aug. 9, 2021 to Oakland the Oakland Unified School District Superintendent and school board...
Leaders Rally Around Long-term Solutions to Region’s Affordability Crisis
Free technology classes designed for youth ages 12 to 19 will resume at the David E. Glover Center on August 14.
With a deep history in Solano County, the non-profit organization Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano County collaborates with diverse communities to provide services to underprivileged and poor...
Oakland’s beloved educator and artist Kev Choice will serve as the online keynote speaker for Black Laney Love Day on August 18.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) in partnership with the grassroots group All of Us or None, will commemorate Black August at Lil' Bobby Hutton...
The U.S. Justice Department has joined a series of whistleblower lawsuits alleging that Kaiser Permanente engaged in a years-long scheme to defraud the federal government out...
Led by Ray Bobbitt, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group secured an approval from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on July 30 for a non-binding...
Janice Mirikitani was born on February 4, 1941, in Stockton and died suddenly on July 29, 2021. Her cause of death is unknown.
This pandemic is not over. With the dangerous Delta variant spreading widely, low-income communities — especially Black and Brown communities—are still at risk of losing their homes and ending...
Immediately after Oakland and Berkeley reached the yellow tier of COVID-19 spread, as state restrictions like capacity limits lifted, and as the Delta variant continued to...
Dr. Curtis Robinson, MD, will be offering free vaccinations to Marin City residents. If you are a Marin City resident, call (415) 388-2801 to make an...
In her comeback to the Olympic Games on August 3, Simone Biles won the bronze medal for a workmanlike job on the balance beam. She didn’t...
Dept. of Public Health’s Mobile Vaccine Unit to offer vaccinations by appointment to groups of people at homes or workplaces
Oakland city councilmembers on revised the adopted city budget to deliver more resources to East Oakland, Councilmember Treva Reid’s office said on July 26.
Brian Simons brings visionary mindset, innovation, and proven leadership
The silence comes after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that lawyers on both sides will continue negotiations toward an agreement.
Oakland’s Richard G. Watson, formerly a vocal performance major at Oakland School for the Arts and Class of 2021 graduate of the nation’s premiere high school...
On July 31, the Lend A Hand Foundation held its 22nd Annual Supply and Essentials Program where volunteers filled more than 8,000 backpacks with school supplies.