By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Your roundup of news stories you might have missed last week. Assemblymember Mike Gipson Demands Sac...
By Jeremy McCants On Tuesday, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released her new budget proposal, and the City Council will begin its review. This is a critical...
By Eli Walsh Bay City News State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a brief Friday asking a federal district court judge to strike down a lawsuit...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Ben Jealous If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials...
Former crime victims and community leaders are holding a rally supporting newly elected District Attorney Pamela Price on Sunday, April 23, at 4:00 p.m. in downtown...
By Tanya Dennis When civil rights attorney Pamela Price decided to run for Alameda County District Attorney, her life was already the personification of poet Langston...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have...
By Joe Dworetzky Bay City News In a city struggling under the weight of a federal injunction that prevents removal of tent encampments because of a...
The Richmond Standard The City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, Environmental and Health Initiatives Division encourages residents to attend Community Budget Meetings hosted by the Finance Department. During...
By Godfrey Lee The Marin City Library, located on 164 Donahue St., will show the film “Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class”...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic trip to Africa continued with the launch of global initiatives on...
By Barrington M. Salmon NNPA Newswire Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress...
By Carla Thomas The 14th Annual Powerful Woman of the Bay Luncheon was held at Scott’s Pavilion in Jack London Square on March 30. The event...
By Post Staff Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who’s also running for the United States Senate seat presently held by Dianne Feinstein, blasted the Tennessee House Republicans...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Representatives Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) took to the Tennessee House floor to stand in solidarity with school...
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...