It’s that time of year again! The 17th Annual Safe Trick-or-Treat event is coming to the University of the Pacific campus on October 28 from 4...
A new state law, AB 833 authorizes Alameda County to develop and implement a five-year pilot plan to increase access to quality early care and education.
By Stephen Ceasar, L.A. Times Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have required state education officials to develop a model ethnic studies...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) has released proposed preliminary revised projections for the Plan Bay Area 2040 update. Population is projected to rise...
By Sir William G. McCray, III On Saturday, October 10, at least 800,00 people converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the 20th...
Each Monday in Chicago, we gird ourselves for the most recent score. Not on how well the Bears, Bulls or Blackhawks, Cubs or White Sox have...
San Francisco, CA – Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable Tour rolled through the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last night where the sold out went back down memory lane....
City leaders approved on Tuesday night an agreement with Oakland’s trash and compost service provider to reduce compost rates for businesses and restore a discount program...
At 15 years old, the young up-and-coming author Dakotah Jennifer has already written a number of books and continues to captivate readers through her...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) has announced the passage of AB 768, a law that will prohibit the use or possession of smokeless tobacco products in California’s...
Open mouth, insert foot. Maybe it doesn’t happen often, but there are times when you have a knack for saying what’s on your mind at...
The East Bay Regional Park District has hired a veteran Bay Area law enforcement officer to serve as captain of its Police Department. Capt. Anthony...
The Black Urban Growers National Group (www.blackurbangrowers.org), the organization of Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners committed to building networks and community support for growers in both...
Jazz musicians have often chosen to speak out about issues of race or equality as a way of drawing attention to problems in society. The speakers...
Ivory Coast artist Aboudia is known for his large-scale, heavily layered and energetic paintings that reflect his experience after the heavily disputed Ivorian presidential election of...
Kate Aronoff Waging Nonviolence Within the last couple weeks, the Florida-based Dream Defenders announced a six week “social media sabbatical” from their personal and organizational Facebook,...
Courtesy of the Independent Grace Lee Boggs, who over the course of more than seven decades threw her energies into the civil rights and labor...
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield has released a statement opposing the state of Alabama’s decision to close 31 satellite driver’s license offices in rural...
A vigil for muralist Antonio Ramos was held last Thursday at the mural where he was slain, in commemoration of his life and his exemplary work...
A state bill that was signed into law this past weekend will usher in new police accountability reforms requiring California law enforcement to collect and...
Oakland, CA – One mistake proved costly in the fourth. After Charles Woodson intercepted Peyton Manning’s pass, Derek Carr threw a pick six and that was...
By Ned MacKay Autumn is an active time in the East Bay Regional Parks. The cooler weather makes for pleasant hiking and riding, and the...
By Michelle Andrews, KHN News Dental care ranked number one among health care services that people with insurance say they’re skimping on because of cost,...
Courtesy of the LA Progressive Registered nurses held a press conference Monday at Pasadena City Hall in Southern California as a send-off for RN Allysha...
A seemingly declining jobless rate masks the actual reality in Oakland where 19 percent of the city’s residents live in poverty, and many Oaklanders are...
