Unofficial results show that Kate Harrison has overwhelmingly won the District 4 seat on the Berkeley City Council, defeating her opponent 63.7 percent to 36.3 percent....
By Manny Otiko, California Black Media Questions are being raised about the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)’s management of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program...
At the Women’s March on Washington, Senator Kamala Harris told constituents, she “had our backs,” and since she has been in office Senator Harris been...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement after Republicans unveiled their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday: “Last night, Republicans unveiled their plan...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D- Richmond) honored Dr. Vicki Alexander as the 15th Assembly District Woman of the Year Award recipient. “It brings me great pleasure to present this...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, released a statement this week slamming President Trump’s government spending outline as a “morally bankrupt...
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced AB 918, the ‘California Voting for All Act,’ which would be the first of its kind in the country to provide...
The Oakland City Council this week unanimously passed a Resolution urging the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)....
State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) has introduced a bill to help meet California’s teacher shortage by allowing community college districts to offer teacher credentialing programs. “As...
Statement released by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in regards to the Trump Administration: “The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal...
Housing Authority wait lists are opening up as housing demand continues to outpace supply, especially for lower-income residents. The federal government’s long-term disinvestment in public...
Courtesy of Telesur In an age of rising higher education costs, San Francisco has become the first city to make community college free. The announcement comes...
[Dear Women of America,] The massive women’s marches of January 21st may mark the beginning of a new wave of militant feminist struggle. But what...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, San Quentin State Prison It’s quite apparent that most of you have come to the conclusion that you have all the...
The State of California recently released the 2015-2016 performance report for the state’s federally funded local workforce development services, which found that the city’s...
In January, Mayor Tom Butt represented the City of Richmond in Sacramento at two state-wide environmental policy meetings. The mayor met with the League...
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx recently approved a waiver of U.S. Department of Transportation regulations to allow the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Tuesday, along with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, and Congresswoman Diana DeGette, led a group of 104 Democrats in reintroducing the “Equal...
About 200 people attended Trades Day II on Wednesday last week at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, where they were connected with information related to temporary employment...
By JP Massar Groundbreaking legislation that will put limits upon the local surveillance state is up for consideration in the Bay Area these next...
Faith-based, specifically African-American church-based affordable housing development in Oakland, “requires a holistic approach,” says The Reverend Dr. Kenneth Anderson, Senior Pastor of Williams Chapel Baptist Church,...
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a freeze on all new grants and contracts awarded to states through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This...
Donald Trump hates Obamacare and the GOP has offered up a replacement. But from the looks of what has been presented thus far, Trump wants to...
By Manny Otiko/California Black Media Although Gov. Jerry Brown say that California is projected to face a $1. 6 billion shortfall next summer, Democrats,...
Continuing the successful Donald P. McCullum Youth Court, founded in 1994, Centerforce non-profit, headed by interim director Dolores Lyles, now oversees the program. The program...
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