Joe Fisher, Richmond’s hometown dean of community, neighborhood and civic involvement, celebrated his 80th birthday with his wife, Maxine Russell Fisher, and more than 350 friends,...
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, picked up an endorsement for her bid for U.S. Senate on Sunday from a fellow Bay Area House member, Ro Khanna,...
Citizens and business owners met with elected officials on Tuesday at the Calabash restaurant in Uptown Oakland to air concerns on public safety and rising crime...
A man who was sentenced to life in prison for a 2011 murder in North Oakland was quietly released from prison last September after a key...
Police arrested a man and woman in connection with the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man in Stockton over the weekend. Officers responded shortly before 3...
In this economy, who has enough money for a down payment on a house? Despite a projected $25 billion budget deficit, the state of California does....
The all-volunteer transition team supporting the administration of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has issued a report on the first 75 days of Price’s new...
Two weeks after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse left thousands of businesses reeling, one Silicon Valley lawmaker is exploring legislation to ensure it doesn't happen again. At...
Federal regulators approved the first over-the-counter naloxone product Wednesday, enabling people to buy the opioid overdose treatment directly from places like pharmacies, convenience stores and online....
The parents of a Stockton teenager who was stabbed to death last year at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School have filed suit against the Stockton Unified...
Mar 10, 2023 – It’s Friday and we are back with another episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane. Today Dr. Bravada … The post The...
Mar 13, 2023 – We are back with another episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane. Today host Al McFarlane will have … The post Conversation...
Mar 14, 2023 – Today is Tuesday, and we are back with another episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane. Today host Al … The post...
Mar 20, 2023 – Join us for another episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane. This time, we discuss the Separate Not Equal: … The post...
Mar 21, 2023 – We’re back with a jam-packed show. Today we have John Wilgers, President & Chief Executive Officer of Greater … The post Greater...
Mar 22, 2023 – Today Al McFarlane is back and we have a special guest today, Representative Athena Hollins. She represents … The post Conversation with...
Mar 23, 2023 – Al McFarlane is back with his fellow companions, Dr. Irma McClaurin and Yoji Senna, to discuss our community’s … The post Minnesota...
Mar 27, 2023 – We’re excited to have Al McFarlane back with guest Tonya Allen. She’s the President of the McKnight Foundation … The post Conversation...
Mar 29, 2023 – We are back for another episode of The Conversation with Al McFarlane. This time we have author Melvin Carter … The post...
Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened a Pandora’s box loophole that hinders the...
Recently reopening their doors Urban League of the Greater Bay Area began hosting a series of fireside chats at their new offices located @ Oakland City...
Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African American women have represented...
From his days as a sharecropper in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, James Leroy Brown (1926−1950) dreamed of becoming a pilot. In school, he excelled at math and became...
Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower percentage of them have obtained higher...
With Tax Day approaching, there’s no time like the present to get started on your 2022 returns and submit them well before the April 18 deadline....