The discriminatory laws and practices of the Jim Crow era made traveling by car a dangerous experience for Black families. Travelers were denied access to basic...
The Oakland Symphony will present a Celebration of the Life of Bernard J. Tyson & His Playlist on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Paramount Theater in...
Supervisor Wilma Chan announced the adoption of an ordinance that bans certain tobacco products that encourage youth consumption in the County’s unincorporated areas and requires all...
Black Elected Officials (BEO) of the East Bay announced the election of Lynette Gibson McElhaney as the new President of the Board of Directors. The Oakland...
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced a bill last week that would allow communities of faith to help alleviate the housing crisis. The bill, AB 1851, would...
Oakland residents built homes for unhoused people on a small tract of publicly owned land between 14th and 16th avenues and East 12th street during the...
“Dr. Cummings, don’t think you’ll ever be alone,” said ‘Ladies in Red’ founder Brenda Knight. “We are here, we got you. You don’t have to worry. ...
The City Council passed a resolution this week to work collaboratively with the Port of Oakland to authorize a new A’s stadium at Howard Terminal on...
Established in 1969 by seven Black combat Vietnam veterans with 122 chapters nationwide, The National Association For Black Veterans, (NABVETS), is a ‘Congressionally’ chartered Veterans Service...
oWOW is an Oakland-based company that is committed to changing the way we think about real estate development and its long-term impacts on neighborhoods and communities....
Pastor Lawrence VanHook has been named the president of the Peralta Association of African American Affairs (PAAAA) on Jan. 7, 2020. The PAAAA assists Black students...
Moms 4 Housing advocacy group was evicted from a West Oakland home in the early hours of Tuesday Jan. 14 after judgment came in favor of...
The Village, a group that fights for unhoused resident rights, is asking for community support on Jan. 18 and 19, 2020, to help with their event...
Members of the City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee this week unanimously adopted a proposed Fair Chance Housing Ordinance that would ban landlords from ...
On Jan. 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his record $222 Billion state budget for 2020-21. The $84 billion he allocated in it for K-12 schools and...
Rachelle Jackson, 1st Vice President of Vallejo’s NAACP Branch, literally “talks-the-talk and will walk-the-walk”, literally, when she and hundreds of other Vallejo residents participate in the...
To address the alarming Black infant mortality statistics in Oakland and throughout Alameda County, the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, in...
David Bruce Graves’ work gives the viewer a lot of room to think. “Heaven and Earth,” the title piece in the window of the Joyce Gordon...
Did you know that, starting Jan. 1, 2020, it became mandatory to have health insurance in California? Those who don’t have insurance plans may have to...
The Greenlining Institute expressed great concern about important programs left unfunded in the proposed state budget released on Jan. 10 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, while applauding...
Former professional football player Wendell Hayes completed his earthly journey on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. An all-around athlete, Hayes was born on Aug. 5, 1940, and...
Utility, telecommunications and water companies regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission continue to report overall growth in contracting with suppliers owned by people of color,...
As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the beginnings of Black History month in February, it is...
Rep. Barbara Lee married Rev. Dr. Clyde Oden Jr., a pastor on New Year’s Eve in Santa Monica, Calif. with many Bay Area constituents and leaders...
Angela Wheeler, a member of Oakland Technical High’s Apollo 9th grade class which championed the movement to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday as a...
