For the last three years, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronado Neighborhood Council (CNC) has met at the park located at 18th Street and Virginia Avenue...
THE AFRO — Although it cannot be medically diagnosed, burnout can lead people to lose their sense of self and feel as if they are not...
By Anne Brice | Excerpted from the Berkeley News Eniola Fakile’s creations live in another world. Fakile is a photographer. A performance artist. A filmmaker. A...
Application Period to Apply for Lottery Now Open Until Jan. 6 Under the City of San Leandro’s Inclusionary Housing (IH) Program, six new Below Market Rate...
The Recreation Division is accepting entry forms for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Festival and Poetry Slam 2023. The City’s annual celebration will take place...
By Ken Epstein As Holy Names University in Oakland struggles with deep financial difficulties, local elected officials and community leaders are coming forward with offers to...
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation Newly proposed state legislation seeks to motivate companies to turn their parking lots into functional-use solar farms. Senate...
More than 100 recipients received state COVID-19 economic relief funding with County assistance San Rafael, CA – Laila Rezai and Darlin Ruiz have something new in common....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our success isn't because we're without weakness or because we are perfect in any way. But it's really about the way we find...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ben Crump, the renowned civil rights attorney and freedom fighter, elicited the night’s biggest applause when he accepted the newly minted Justice Icon...
Here’s How You Can Achieve Homeownership Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you will make in your lifetime. Pressure is mounting for...
By Dr. Maritony A. Yamot and Rev. Ken Lackey The holidays are the season when we stop and begin to think, “How can I give back...
By Curtis O. Robinson, Sr., M.A., Harvard University fellow, ’19, Senior Pastor, Faith Baptist Church So, when I say that Faith Baptist is Oakland’s first Resiliency...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with that comes greens, beans, candied yams, turkey (roasted and deep-fried), dressing,...
By Tamara Shiloh During his early years, Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911–1992) would disassemble and then reassemble several toys to create new ones. He built spring-driven toy...
By Post Staff Community advocates and organizations are calling on members of the public to show up Monday morning at a Special Public Works Committee hearing...
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media In October, the Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL) received its biggest donation in the civil rights organization’s 54-year history....
By Ken Epstein District 6 Councilmember and candidate for mayor Loren Taylor says he is in favor of office buildings, retail, and residential development on a...
Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Finances are different for everyone, and so are the life events we all go through. An emergency fund is your...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Port of Oakland Communications Office The Port of Oakland hosted a congressional supply chain stakeholder meeting this week in Jack London Square. The event was...
