“How will Black-owned and minority-owned businesses benefit from trillions of taxpayer money being directed to cities and states?” asked Gene Hale, president of the Greater Los...
In California, legal cannabis products must be affixed with the universal symbol that includes an encircled triangle with a marijuana leaf and exclamation mark in it....
About 91% of all votes cast in the recall election were submitted via the mail-in option. Voting by mail in the United States started in the...
“Any state vision has to be realized at the local level. Localism is determinative,” Newsom said, thanking Alameda County public health officials and workers, Oakland Mayor...
Elected to his Assembly seat in May, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) is mainly known for his work on social justice issues. But he has received...
The retirement celebrations will be held on three consecutive Sundays: November 7, November 14, and November 21. There will be two services per Sunday: 8:30 a.m....
Even as vaccination booster shots are becoming more readily available around the country, the COVID-19 Delta variant remains a significant threat in the U.S. and around...
Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act eliminated racial discrimination in lending, the Black community continues to be denied mortgage loans at rates much higher...
So far, the state has sent more than 500 notices to businesses informing them that they have violated protections put in place to protect people seeking...
Please attend the meeting Tuesday, October 26 and express your opinion; call or e-mail your supervisor and Keith Carson, president of the Board of Supervisors, through...
Colin L. Powell, the first Black man to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and first Black Secretary of State, died Monday...
“Black homeowners in predominantly White neighborhoods are getting their homes appraised for far less than their neighbors,” Holden said. “It’s just another example of how bias,...
California's COVID-19 vaccination rate is currently 16th in the country with 71.8% of the population fully vaccinated.
The Tyner Family is saddened to announce the passing of Rosa Mae Tyner. She passed away on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021 in her birthplace of Troy,...
Across California’s 58 counties, about 60% of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated. Black people account for about 5.8% of California's population and 4% of...
Some Black business owners are concerned that, as has often been the case with large government spending programs, they will be overlooked.
When she was just 30 years old, more than 400,0000 members of California’s largest labor union, SEIU Local 2015, elected LaPhonza Butler to be their president....
That statistic bears alarming and costly health consequences, as infants born prematurely are at higher risk for breathing, heart and brain abnormalities, among other complications.
Bureau of Forensic Services employees who participated in celebrating last week’s National Forensic Week were congratulated by Randy Wampler, laboratory director for the Solano County District...
The seeds have been planted for another California law that could loosen restrictions on the use of recreational drugs in the United States.
Across the state, the effects of climate change have decimated over 1.9 million acres of land, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection....
Oakland city government declares war on the unemployed. An overstatement? Not really.
The Alena Museum is a Black-led, 501(c) 3 non-profit that provides services in health and wellness through experience installations, Black sanctuary gardens, community space access, and...
Oakland poet James Cagney was 19 when he asked his mother “Are you really my mother?” Her answer changed his life forever. He learned he was...
Jerry Wayne Varnado, who passed away on Sept. 8, 2021, was a leader of the most successful and long-lasting student strike in the history of U.S....
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