OP-ED: Teacher Responds to Congressman’s Denial of Non-European Accomplishments

  By Mshinda Nyofu   U.S. Congressman Steven A. King (R-IA), speaking recently on MSNBC segment, disparaged the historic contributions of non-Europeans.   He said: “I’d...

Oakland, CA – Amid controversy in the clubhouse, the A’s prevailed to snap a three-game losing streak.   Oakland scored five runs in one frame to...

Warriors dedicate Willie Brown Basketball Court

  A large group of kids could be seen congregating on the edge of the basketball court at the new Willie Brown Middle School in the...

SF State Offers Theater Scholarships for Students Transferring from Laney College

By Mary Kenny, SFSU News   A bequest from retired television writer and producer Toni Weingarten will provide scholarships for first-generation, educationally and economically disadvantaged students...

Key to Effectively Treating Mental Illness: Eliminate the Stigma

By Mike Billings, UCSF News   In the 1940s, it was cancer.   In the ’80s, it was HIV.   Today, the condition that’s battling pervasive...

Book Review- “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality”

The fix won’t be quick.   It never is. There’s no magic wand to change the things that have been on your mind lately: social issues,...

Giants Fall Out Of First Place In Loss To Mets

San Francisco, CA – It was an evening of ups and downs. Jeff Samardzija was off to one of the best starts of his career. But...

Op-Ed: Soda Tax Would Hurt Low-Income Families

(Bernie Sanders wrote this guest column in opposition to the sugar tax that was recently passed by Philadelphia’s city council.)   I applaud Philadelphia Mayor Jim...

Oakland PIC’s Safeway Job Fair Hires 148 People for New Grocery Store

More than 100 job applicants received job offers on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Oakland Private Industry Council’s second Safeway Job Fair.   Recruiters conducted interviews,...

Azariah Cole-Shephard, 2016 Youth Poet Laureate, Captures the Spotlight

When 18-year-old Azariah Cole-Shephard speaks, people listen.   That’s because Oakland’s newly awarded 2016 Youth Poet Laureate doesn’t just have something to say – she has...