By Jesse Brooks Acclaimed photographer and HIV advocate Duane Cramer is partnering with Project Runway star Mondo Guerra on the national HIV education campaign “I Design,”...
By Jesse Jackson The Supreme Court this week heard a challenge to the Voting Rights Act in the case of Shelby v. Holder. On the same...
Jazz Search West 2013, a Bay Area’s Jazz talent search for adults and teens 15 and up, is holding four competitions at Jazz venues in San...
In celebration of Black History Month, Supervisor Keith Carson and community leaders held the African American Organizations Making Connections 2013 conference, “Strategies and Outcomes for Our...
Problem gambling crosses the lines of culture, race and economic status—impacting more than a million people in California. The 2013 Problem Gambling Training Summit, hosted by...
By Tanya Dennis Acting Executive Director Deborah Ale-Flint has become the first African-American woman to serve at the helm of the Port of Oakland, the fifth...
Charles Darden, 66, a music conductor and pianist who worked with the Dance Theater of Harlem and performed frequently in Europe, died Feb.20 at his home...
James Noel, local artist and former local resident, will be exhibiting his work at the Hannah Gallery in Marin City. The opening reception will be on...
The San Leandro Public Library is hosting a talk with San Leandro City Attorney Jayne Williams in celebration of Women’s History Month. Williams was recently selected...
The San Leandro Public Library is offering a visit to the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in the heart of the Yerba Buena Cultural District...
The Black Student Union (BSU) at San Leandro High School hosted a Black History Month program on Monday, Feb. 25 with the theme “Reaching Back, Moving...
By Carla Thomas The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission held an awards luncheon, Celebration of Black American History, in partnership with the San Francisco African American...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the City of San Francisco announced plans for PG&E to invest approximately $1.2 billion in San Francisco’s infrastructure over...
The Contra Costa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host an Impact Day in Richmond on Saturday, March 9, focusing on Childhood Obesity....
By Debbie Hernandez The 6th annual sold out celebration of Black History held on Feb. 8 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium focused on the history and...
By Kia Croom The Robinson-Weeks-Robinson Scholarship Fund Inc. hosted its 14th Annual Scholarship Breakfast Saturday Feb. 23, from 9 a.m-noon at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. The...
By Kia Croom Richmond youth are ready to play ball, and Richmond Little League Baseball and Softball is here to serve them. For the last...
By Post Staff After nearly seven years in prison, Ronald Ross was exonerated from a conviction for attempted premeditated murder. Ross was found guilty Nov. 8,...
By Danielle Savage NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may have discovered the youngest black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a UC Berkeley researcher. “We...
The East Bay Regional Park District is looking for lifeguards for the 2013 swim season. Applicants must be able to swim well but need no previous...
By Conway Jones Capitol Post News President Barack Obama this week appointed David Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Opportunity of...
By Benjamin Todd Jealous and Chad Griffin A decade before Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, police...
The Internationally known African Children’s Choir will perform Friday, March 8 at 6 p. at The Church By the Side of the Road in Berkeley. The...
By Rikha Sharma Rani Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, the well known downtown Oakland nightclub that closed in early 2009 after a high-profile showdown with the Oakland Police...