Catholics, World Leaders Welcome New Pope

Pope Francis Becomes the first pontiff from the Americas By Sylvia Hui and Raphael Satter, Associated Press World leaders sent in their congratulations, and Catholics around...

Reid, McElhaney Call for Army Base Hearing

By Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor Oakland City Councilmember Larry Reid blasted Oakland developer Phil Tagami’s and Oakland city staff’s handling of the removal of small business tenants...

Gospel Award to“Inspired Catholic Voices”

By David Scott The Bay Area Gospel trio Inspired Catholic Voices – Leona Powers, Luana Striplin, and Leila Bellow – recently won the Best Female Group...

Under Hannigan’s Leadership City “Gives Back” $600,000

Hannigan on the returned $600,000 jobs fund said, “I was the chair at the time .  It happened on my watch. It’s a problem that is...

African Alice Arthur “The Ancestress”

Dr. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate for Literature, visited his relatives Alice Arthur, Dr. Folarinde Christiana Harrison and a Babatunde Harrison on a trip to the Bay...

Africans In America

Egungun Festival of Nigeria’s Yoruba Ancestors

Former Four Seasons Arts Administrator Charles L. Burns Jr., 76

By Barbara Bauer Charles L. Burns Jr., who worked as an administrator for Four Seasons Arts and other symphonies, died Feb. 24 in San Francisco. He...

True Vine Ministries’ “Men of Iron” Program Helps Youth