NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to community activist Quanell X, 26-year-old Derion Vence, the gentleman who has become the prime suspect in little Maleah’s disappearance, confessed to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Poor people are just trying to survive. A church leader cannot openly abuse power and money while people are getting around on buses...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In the beginning it was just about the fundraising, but people still were inquiring about the cookies,” Mottley said. “And eventually, after getting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jackson’s family has absolutely no idea what exactly happened to him. Interestingly, apparently neither does the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department. Well…at least that...
Standing-Room-Only Audience Attends 11th Annual Celebration The 11th Annual African and African American Graduation honored Peralta Community College District 2019, graduates on May 18, 2019 at...
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has appointed Oakland School Boardmember Roseann Torres as co-chair of his statewide Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative. Torres will...
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office and the County Board of Supervisors are facing a growing furor from Oakland residents and community groups demanding an independent audit...
2020 Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren will host a town hall meeting in Oakland on Friday, May 31 as she builds a movem,ent for 2020. Doors open...
On Thursday, Rep. Barbara Lee joined political commentator Angela Rye for a panel discussion at the annual Push Tech 2020 Conference at Google headquarters in Mountain...
The Arab American Foundation presented their 2019 Award for Individual Achievement to former Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport at their annual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On the day 44-year-old Pamela Turner was laid to rest, the officer who fatally killed her, Baytown Police Officer Juan Delacruz, was allowed...
More than 1,000 apartments, retail and commercial space to revive Seventh Street Decades after BART rolled through West Oakland destroying what was once a vibrant, Black,...
Heralded for the success of the museum he led from idea to fruition, Lonnie G. Bunch III is the first African American to lead the Smithsonian...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This is what we want. This is Memphis,” Hardaway said in his first media session since capping his recruiting season with 5-star prospect...
Golden Gate University School of Law featured Contra Costa County District Attorney and alumna Diana Becton as the keynote speaker at its recent commencement program held...
California Treasurer Fiona Ma has appointed Frederick Jordan of San Francisco to the California High-Speed Rail Authority Peer Review. The California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group...
A group of San Francisco Supervisors are threatening to shut down the city’s juvenile hall, saying it makes “economic and social sense.” They’re introducing legislation Tuesday...
California Treasurer Fiona Ma says Dr. Scott best in her field and has decades of experience California Treasurer Fiona Ma has appointed Dr. Beverly A. Scott...
Vaccination is easy, effective protection Berkeley Public Health has confirmed that a Berkeley resident has measles. While the adult is no longer contagious, those who are...
State law already requires that a charter school admit any student who applies. In his May budget revision, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to tighten the...
On May 22, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, pushed an effort to shed light on the performance...
About 80 youth had the rare opportunity to shoot hoops with NBA basketball legend Jason Kidd at the Willie Keyes Recreation Center in West Oakland recently....
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on May 22 introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and more than...
The State Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, has sent a letter requiring the Oakland Unified School District to deal with an...
For most high school students, their senior year is riddled with challenges. But outside of the demands of homework and having hormones on the fritz, 17-year-old...
