NNPA NEWSWIRE — From less access to quality healthcare, to the exclusion of anti-obesity medications from Medicare, and most Medicaid and general insurance coverage, our healthcare...
By Ken Epstein Several hundred people attended a rally last Sunday on the steps of the Alameda County Court House by Lake Merritt and live on...
By Ken Epstein The Board of Trustees of Holy Names University (HNU), which has shown little interest in working with educational institutions or city leaders to...
By Ken Epstein Oakland teachers have voted overwhelmingly to conduct an Unfair Labor Practices strike against the Oakland Unified School District. A walkout could come as...
By Bay City News A new professional women’s soccer team is coming to the Bay Area. Former U.S. Women’s National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne,...
By Victoria Franco Bay City News In February, Griselda Juarez left her work early at Premier Finishing, a company that specializes in painting auto parts for...
By Godfrey Lee Felecia Gaston, the founder and director of Performing Stars of Marin, and The Marin City Historical and Preservation Society, will be promoting her...
Emil Guillermo When it comes to gun violence in America, it’s go big or get ignored. No one cares about the single victim. Unless there’s some...
By Carla Thomas Oakland’s pride was at an all-time high on Sunday afternoon as the basketball state champions of Oakland High and Oakland Tech paraded from Children’s...
Tanu Henry California Black Media Your roundup of stories you might have missed last week. California Black Candidates Are Queuing Up for Intense Political Battles Ahead...
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media Last week, at the invitation of the Black in School Coalition (BISC), over 2,500 K-12 students, parents, education advocates,...
McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal should keep an eye out for a yellow envelope in their mailbox over the next 14 months....
By Carla Thomas The My Brother’s Keeper Bay Area Alliance held its inaugural ‘A3- Awareness, Advocacy, and Action’ Youth Summit on Saturday, March 25, at Levi Stadium...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This feeling of concern around socialization increases for the Black senior community 55 and older with nearly 4 in 10 (39%) of these...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Known globally for both for his artistic ingenuity and humanitarian ideals, Belafonte became an early, vocal supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, a...
Harry Belafonte, the singer whose dynamic a cappella shout of “Day-O!” from “The Banana Boat Song” and other music from world folk traditions propelled him to international...
CNN has fired host Don Lemon. Lemon tweeted the news at 11:14 Monday morning, just hours after signing off for the day, in a statement that...
By Maxim Elramsisy California Black Media On March 28, one day after three children and three adults were shot at the Covenant School, a Christian elementary...
Mark Hedin | California Black Media The Vallejo branch of the NAACP was torn apart this year by the sudden death of its longtime president, Jimmie Jackson, in...
The sexual assault occurred on the 2000 block of Blake Street. On March 26th, 2023, between 9:13 pm and 9:20 pm, a victim (female in her...
The Mission – Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic...
