Help Save North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, the 2nd oldest Black Church in Oakland

By Carla Thomas North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church (NOMBC) located at 1060 32nd St. is the second oldest Black church in Oakland, at 118 years. Having...

FAME’S Pastor Smith Claims “Triumph Over Tragedy” — Fire Mobilizes a City and a Nation

By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd,...

Alameda County Supervisors Will Allow Tenant Eviction Protections to Expire at End of April: Oakland’s eviction moratorium remains in effect for local residents

By Post Staff The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week refused to review the county’s ongoing eviction moratorium, which means the pandemic-passed tenant protections will...

Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways

By Wendy Fry CalMatters A new select committee in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were torn apart...

New State Bill Would Incentivize Converting Vacant Offices into Housing

By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation A new bill authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney would prevent cities from stalling or killing the conversion of empty...

Newsom Rescinds COVID State of Emergency, Signaling Shift Away From Emergency Response

By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation Gov. Gavin Newsom formally rescinded California’s COVID-19 state of emergency Tuesday, shifting the state’s strategy around the virus from...

Community safety message about Carjackings

The Berkeley Police Department has noticed a trend of carjackings occurring in Berkeley. The Berkeley Police Department has noticed a trend of carjackings occurring in Berkeley. ...

Steven Torrence Hired to Lead County of Marin’s Office of Emergency Management

Steven Torrence, who has coordinated emergency response services in the Los Angeles area for the past 10 years, has been selected as the new Director of Emergency...

Does Holy Names University Need to Close Down? HNU’s Bond-Holder Says No

By Ken Epstein When the Holy Names University Board of Trustees declared in December 2022 that the college was closing, they said they could not afford...

Deadlocked OUSD Board Fails to Approve Proposed Budget That Would Cut Programs, Lay Off Teachers, Close Schools

By Ken Epstein Split 3-3, the Oakland School Board deadlocked on a district budget proposal containing program cuts, layoffs, school mergers and closures on Tuesday night....

Season 3, Episode 48

Conversation with Bishop Fred Washington, Alexcia Thompson, Janay Hawthorn

Legislation to Allow Private Overdose Prevention Sites to Open OKd by S.F. Board of Supervisors

Legislation authored by Mayor Breed and Supervisor Ronen builds on the City’s larger efforts to curb drug overdoses and save lives  The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved...

California Black Media Political Briefs

By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Rep. Barbara Lee Holds First Campaign Rally in Oakland Last Saturday, Rep. Barbara Lee held her...

Celebrating Black History Month: Q&A with JPMorgan Chase’s Byna Elliott

As we close our celebration of Black History Month this year, we recently sat down with Byna Elliott, global head of Advancing Black Pathways at JPMorgan...

Our world. TSU vs. TN State Comptroller. Kevin Hart’s show canceled. Author Fred Smith.

Commentary: Black Institutions Must Stop Taking Big Tobacco Money

By Dr. Phillip Gardiner It’s hard to believe that with the amount of damage that the tobacco industry has inflicted on the Black community, that there...

Taxes on Wealthy Could Fund Reparations, Lawyers Tell Task Force

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Two tax planning lawyers shared their perspectives on one of the ways to pay for the racial injustices suffered by Black Californians with...

LIVE! — HE SAID…, HE SAID…, HE SAID…: "LET'S GET NEWSY V — FRI. 3.3.23 7PM EST

PRESS ROOM: Damali Rhett Harding Named Acting U.S. Program Director for Regulatory Assistance Project

NNPA NEWSWIRE — ”For 30 years, RAP has been the leader in creating data-driven policy and analysis in support of the clean energy transition for regulators,...

Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Officially Granted Ghanaian Citizenship 

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Viola Fletcher and her brother Hughes Van Ellis's acquisition of Ghanaian citizenship is a significant milestone in their long and remarkable lives. As...

SCOTUS Poised to Rule Against Student Loan Forgiveness as Protestors Rally to Save Biden’s Plan

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has questioned the administration’s authority to implement the debt relief program, with Chief Justice John Roberts pointing to...

OP-ED: Addressing the Issues Around Public Safety and Policing

NNPA NEWSWIRE — To those who have lost loved ones to police violence, know this: just because you’re not in the headlines doesn’t mean you’re absent...

Day on the Hill in MN 2023. Importance of advocacy and lobbying,

Mar 1, 2023 – Today on the The Conversation with Al McFarlane, host, Al McFarlane will be joined by activist

Conversation with Corey Day and Coach Leah