As Oakland Rent Strike at 3rd Avenue Building Continues, Management Hires Armed Guards

By Zack Haber Since tenants living in the ReNew on Merritt building on 1130 3rd Ave. in Oakland started collectively withholding rent, management has hired armed...

Youth Mental Health Care: California’s Investments May Still Not Be Enough

Stop Hate. Spread Love: California Black Media Campaign Unveiled at L.A.’s Taste of Soul Fest

By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media The “Stop the Hate. Spread the Love,” initiative spearheaded by California Black Media (CBM) and others, was introduced to...

Reginald F. Lewis: A Wall Street Titan

By Tamara Shiloh In 1965, a select group of Black students participated in a summer school program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at Harvard...

New Food Hub Coming to Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center

By Kiana Gums, communications director for Oakland City Council District 6. Business leaders and city, county and state representatives gathered to celebrate the more than $1.7...

Former Marin County Probation Dept. Chief Mike Daly Reflects on Work in New Film

By Godfrey Lee As part of their drug awareness programming, the San Rafael Elks 1108 showed a film about former Marin County Chief Probation Officer Mike...

Bay Area Native Tied to Serial Killings in Stockton, Oakland

By Manny Otiko | California Black Media Wesley Brownlee, a Bay Area native, is being held on murder charges by Stockton police. He is a suspect...

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Community Coalition Says ‘No’ to Coal Money in Oakland Mayor’s Race

By Post Staff No Coal in Oakland, a grassroots coalition of community, faith, and environmental justice groups are denouncing an attempt by coal terminal developers to...

COMMENTARY: Christians on Political Left and Right Must Find Biblical Solutions to Criminal Justice Reform

By Bishop Garland Hunt With less than a week before the midterms, crime and justice remain hot topics used to gin up voters and get out...