From City Hall Reports The City of Oakland took another step toward establishing the Public Bank of the East Bay. The Oakland Finance and Management Committee...
HNU’s site could become a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) campus, said Post Publisher Paul Cobb By Ken Epstein Holy Names University (HNU), which has...
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...
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Steve Prudholme traveled from Malibu to South Bend, Indiana, for 10 days last month to cheer on his daughter,...
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 Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, will introduce a bill on Monday that will solidify California’s status as a...
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....
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation A San Francisco-based guaranteed income program that gives monthly checks to pregnant Black women received $5 million to expand...
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 Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media “This is my home, and with my whole heart, I’m ready to serve, and my pledge to you is...
By Tamara Shiloh It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in...
By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Criminal charges will not be filed against the driver of the vehicle that hit and killed Alameda County Supervisor...
By Tony Hicks | Bay City News Foundation The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office is warning people about a scam involving phone calls from someone claiming...
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, the American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was held...
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,...
Last Updated on November 15, 2022 by BVN Breanna Reeves | State and local health officials have issued health advisories as cases of respiratory syncytial virus...
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 Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland), the only Native American elected official in the California Legislature, has been working diligently...
By Emil Guillermo Don’t think for a second that Asian Americans are rooting to end affirmative action. You might get that impression as the Supreme Court...
