Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was appointed California’s first Surgeon General in January 2019 by Governor Gain Newsom. Harris was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She...
Pre-pandemic, on January 1, Nick Gordon, 30 died from a suspected overdose. Gordon was involved with Bobbi Kristina Brown prior to her death five years ago....
Helen Lenn Keller, an Oakland photographer and filmmaker who documented queer culture in the Bay Area and founded the Bay Area Lesbian Archives, has died of...
Kaiser Permanente is supporting local nonprofits as they seek innovative ways to enroll eligible households in CalFresh, California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which has seen...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "There's a bunch of research about the value add of Black teachers in school. It turns out that Black teachers help all students...
Food is Free Solano, is a local resource, which provides free food resources for the less fortunate families and the homeless during the COVID-19 crisis. Heather...
During a meeting on December 15, Oakland’s City Council discussed defining what shelter options Oakland would be required to offer homeless people if the city clears...
Members of the school community are looking expectantly to January, when four new school board trustees take their seats, for signs that there will be new...
Hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom picked California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to be California’s next United States senator, he announced that he will submit to the...
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet and interview Dr. Mark Finch on the Health Beat TV show on Channel 78. , Highly experienced and...
Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla, 47, California’s secretary of state since 2015, to fill the Senate seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, when she resigns....
Depending on where in California you live, some of the water from your faucet probably traveled hundreds of miles from its origins: either a melting snow...
A New York City ICU nurse became the first New Yorker, and possibly the first American, to receive an authorized coronavirus vaccine Monday. At a virtual...
In the wake of confirmed in-store positive COVID-19 cases at Oakland and Berkeley locations, low wage Peet’s Coffee workers and ex-workers say they want the company...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Fifty years of making a seat at the table and building a pipeline for those to come, and 50 years as the 'Conscience...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though largely viewed as a formality, the many challenges and the outrageous – almost treasonous – behavior displayed by Trump, his supporters, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The person who is going to take the first vaccine in the state of New York, maybe the first vaccine shot in the...
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan and the City of San Leandro announced a one-day seasonal flu shot clinic at the San Leandro Senior Community Center. The...
South Futon County, Wolf Library Sitting Room for Elders There is a poll worker at each of the 3 voting booths at this location. There was...
Teenagers are facing a particular set of serious issues in the midst of the pandemic, and many may not know where to find a helpful advisor...
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-South Carolina), the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives and highest-ranking African American in Congress, said California Gov. Gavin Newsom...
It was the late 1960s. The Southern Conference of the National College Athletic Association had never allowed a Black man into its fold as an official....
It is going to be a hard Christmas for many Americans. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is soaring. The virus is spreading faster than ever. Families...
Oakland’s School Board voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution to implement Phase 1 of a reasonable compliance safety plan, a plan Black Organizing Project, Oakland Unified...
In a letter released to the public, NAACP leaders revealed that they urged President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a virtual meeting on...
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