The American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) Albert Shanker Institute released a report this week showing modest progress in teacher diversity across the country, though the number...
Snoop Dogg Visited Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 12 to meet with the Richmond Steelers at Kennedy High School. The Richmond team joined the Snoop Youth...
By Deniene Erickson More than 200 volunteers from Kaiser Permanente joined thousands of spectators for the 6th Annual Oakland Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday,...
Courtesy of SFSU News San Francisco State University and the Willie L. Brown Jr. Institute have raised more than $1 million to support the Willie...
San Francisco, CA – Jake Peavy recorded his third home run of his career and struck out eight batters. Overall, he had a pretty great night...
The Gospel Café at the Hannah Gallery will feature local musicians for an evening of Gospel Music on Saturday, September 26, from 7 to 9...
Newly released Census Bureau data on the distribution of income, poverty and health insurance coverage reveals that tens of millions of Americans are still struggling to...
John Lewis The Washington Post John Lewis is a congressman from Georgia. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was a leader...
Parents, students and interested stakeholders are invited to attend community meetings to give input on school facilities, to help guide future construction decisions, officials from the...
This week, the independent commission convened by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in the wake of the Michael Brown Jr. killing in Ferguson, Mo., released its...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News A new study by UC Berkeley researchers establishes for the first time a link between infection with the bovine...
By Nicholas Weiler, UCSF News Last summer, a 74-year-old resident of San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitted to San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center with...
Aug. 29, 2015, marked a decade since Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States, made landfall in southeast Louisiana....
Mayor Edwin M. Lee has announced the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded San Francisco a $2.9 million American Apprenticeship grant to launch the TechSF Accelerator...
When Odia Coates’ pastor at Prayer Garden Church of God in Christ in San Jose learned in 1966 that she was singing in nightclubs, he promptly...
From the Sacramento Bee By Stephen Magagnini Sacramento State student Chiitaanibah Johnson has always been passionate about her American Indian heritage and what she...
Governor Jerry Brown Has Signed a New Cyber Exploitation Law, Senate Bill 676, which Attorney General Kamala Harris sponsored. “Cyber exploitation is an insidious...
Santa Clara – It’s no surprise the 49ers claimed victory tonight, especially when it’s their home opener. They have won seven games on Monday Night Football,...
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mother, Helen Burns Jackson, died in a Greenville, South Carolina, hospital on Monday, according...
The Richmond Standard A famous former Los Angeles cocaine kingpin headed to Richmond this past weekend to play softball — and also to apologize...
Four Seasons Arts, one of the oldest music series in the Bay Area, is announcing its new season. Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and Kelly...
The Oakland City Council will hold a hearing on Monday, Sept. 21 to allow the public to voice its opinions on the export of coal through...
UC Berkeley officials recently announced a new initiative to attract more Black students, faculty and senior-level staff and improve the campus climate for African Americans....
Bang. That’s all it takes to snuff out a life. One bang, though there are usually more before someone is dead: Freddie Gray, Michael Brown,...
Oakland, CA – The adulation that followed the signing of Aldon Smith was overshadowed by a poor performance by the Raiders today. It wasn’t what anyone...