The Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown has much to celebrate, and on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, he did so with a star-studded gathering of leaders. After 40...
Malik Wade (lower left) and students from the SIG program. Malik Wade has been under pressure all of his life. A San Francisco native born and...
Dhameera Carlotta Ahmad, NEE Carlotta Basseau Simon, born January 11, 1950 passed from this life on July 24, 2017, in San Francisco, CA. Dhameera was a retired...
Gloria Weinstock is directing August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” in San Francisco The Multi Ethnic Theater (MET) in association with SF Recovery Theatre (SFRT) will present August...
Youth Speaks, a world leader in youth development and spoken word performance, will host the 20th anniversary Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival from July 19- July...
April 18, 2017 Press Conference on Steps of San Francisco City Hall Announcing Landmark Ordinance against Menthol. Photo by Malaika Kambon A silent public health tsunami...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein toured UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco on Friday, July 7, highlighting the importance of safeguarding Medicaid for the health of children and...
Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond), chair of the, California Assembly Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education, recently hosted a briefing about tech companies helping...
San Francisco, CA – Lights, camera, action. Up and coming artists are always ready for the spotlight. The local talent in the Bay Area is rising...
By Matt Reed, SF State News President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants back to Mexico has echoes from another era —...
Continuing its international festival run, “The Lucky Specials” will be screened at the San Francisco Black Film Festival Sunday, June 18 at noon at the African...
The San Francisco Black Film Festival will host a Veterans and Father’s Day tribute, presenting free documentaries, Sunday, June 18, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at...
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra (left), Shelly Kaur Saini and Dean John Trasviña. The Class of 2017 celebrated graduation in St. Ignatius Church May 20 surrounded...
“Degrees of Visibility,” an unprecedented photographic survey of the US prison system by Ashley Hunt, opens Friday, June 9 at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture...
With more than 10 teams already formed, UC San Francisco is looking to beat last year’s fundraising total by raising $200,000 in AIDS Walk San...
By Arvin Temkar, USF News Dating-violence prevention programs for middle and high schoolers teach students the signs of unhealthy relationships, but they don’t actually reduce dating...
Wealth and Disparities Members of Justice for Mario Woods speak with a press officer in the California State Capitol Monday.(L to R): Denise Friday, Dionne Smith,...
The San Francisco Black Infant Health Program (SFBIHP) is hosting a dance and fundraiser, “The Joy of Our Babies,” in recognition of scores of new lives...
It’s the middle of the day at the Audrey B Boutique in downtown Oakland at 1415 Webster St. Audrey Baptiste sits in her chair in the...
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media The city of San Francisco has announced a new ordinance last week that cracks down on tobacco sales. The...
By Matt Reed, SF State News San Francisco State University alumna and Iranian-American philanthropist Neda Nobari (B.S., ’84) will address an audience of about 35,000 as the...
Photo credit: Meaghan M. Mitchell/Hoodline Sitting on the couch one night watching television, Richard Washington had an idea that would change his life. He was...
By Adriana Camarena Undaunted by the threat of rain, dozens marched and rallied on the anniversary of the death of Luis Gongorra-Pat, an immigrant worker...
The State Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has filed a lawsuit charging that Forever 21, Retail Inc. violated the state’s civil rights laws when...
Gwendolyn Annette Howard, who serves as pastor of the First Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, on 86th Avenue, in Oakland, received her Doctoral Degree in...