Serena Witherspoon is a sociology major at Berkeley City College and is preparing to transfer to a university next fall. She would like to continue...
The Performing Stars of Marin celebrated its 25th Anniversary Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Mill Valley Community Center. The anniversary recognized the group’s CEO...
Dimensions Dance Theater, a preeminent African-American dance company in the Bay Area, is holding the world premiere of “The Town on Notice,” a performance that combines...
Musician, composer, bandleader and educator Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam has published a revised edition of the book, “From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta: How West...
By Friends of Negro Spirituals It seems that slavery born Negro Spirituals have an almost human will to live. You Better Mind, There’s a Brightside Somewhere,...
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) added a new Monthly Reports page to its website. The Monthly Reports page includes the Use of Force Report...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week it has awarded a total of $22,800,000 to 24 state health departments, as well as six...
City Attorney Barbara J. Parker filed a federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo recently to recover damages caused by the Well Fargo’s Banks widespread predatory and discriminatory...
Sausalito will again be alive with Creole music, culture, food, and dancing. The Creole United Festival, featuring music, culture, food and dancing, will be held at...
By Margaretta Lin The international peace leader Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us to write love letters to our elected officials. My mother taught her...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris this week announced that the California Department of Justice has been awarded over $2 millions in federal grants to fight gang...
For some students, high school can be a scary place. But it has been a new adventure full of experiences, opportunities and knowledge for Mya...
By Barbara Parker, Oakland City Attorney Once again, all of us are trying to process news of yet another mass shooting, this time in Roseburg,...
Newly revealed data confirms activists’ longtime charge that Berkeley Police racially profile Berkeley’s declining African American population. Berkeley Police disproportionate stop and search Blacks and...
The African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) is holding two grand openings and a forum celebrating Black community self-determination. APEDF is finishing the renovations...
By Sarah Yang, UC News UC Berkeley is leading a $12.3 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to examine the role of...
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan this week announced plans to dramatically reduce incarceration for nonviolent offenses and announced efforts to reform school discipline policies and the...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard The community is rallying in support of a beloved veteran teacher at Richmond High who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer....
Pope Francis has departed, but his words and his presence linger. He had an electric effect on those who saw him or heard his words....
Reeling on the huge success of her single “3xKrazy” this past year, songstress Netta Brielle has released a new project in which she shares her deepest...
By Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root Texas mom Roni Dean-Burren took to YouTube recently to call out book publishing giant McGraw-Hill after she opened...
Courtesy of the L.A. Philharmonic At the age of 70, with more than a half-century of innovation behind him, Chucho Valdés would be forgiven if...
Blues pianist Katie Webster contributed to countless records by the likes of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester and Lightnin’ Slim, and recorded some of her own featuring...
The Department of Labor this week announced that September marked the 67th consecutive month of private sector job growth, marking the continuation of the longest consecutive...
Oakland artist Antonio Ramos, 27, was shot and killed Tuesday while he was working on a mural under the 580 freeway in West Oakland. Police...
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