By Katy St. Clair Bay City News In a time when many pre-teen antics are uploaded to TikTok and Instagram, a video out of Vallejo shared...
By Emma Gallegos EdSource When she returned to school to become a nurse, Karina Mendez wanted a work-study job that she could balance with classes at...
By Jennifer Gunnels Butler University Stories Bay Area native Terri Jett was received a Distinguished Faculty Award at Indiana’s Butler University. Terri Jett arrived at Butler...
2023 Annual Public Event Highlighted City Council Priorities, Team Building, and Financial Forecasts San Leandro, CA: On Feb 25, 2023, the San Leandro City Council...
By Ken Epstein In the wake of Holy Names University’s sudden announcement that it will close the institution at the end of the semester and sell...
By Ken Epstein In the wake of Holy Names University’s sudden announcement that it will close the institution at the end of the semester and sell...
By Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, Rebecca Kaplan, Carroll Fife, and Janani Ramachandran The following letter, which the Post obtained on March 9, was sent to Steven Borg...
“We were elected to end a harmful era of unjust school closures and mergers carried out in Oakland’s Black and Brown communities” On March 1, 2023,...
By Tamara Shiloh Many Black women have made significant strides within technology, yet they remain significantly underrepresented across the computer sciences spectrum. According to the United...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media This past weekend, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans received insight on...
By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation Gov. Gavin Newsom formally rescinded California’s COVID-19 state of emergency Tuesday, shifting the state’s strategy around the virus from...
By Ken Epstein When the Holy Names University Board of Trustees declared in December 2022 that the college was closing, they said they could not afford...
By Ken Epstein Split 3-3, the Oakland School Board deadlocked on a district budget proposal containing program cuts, layoffs, school mergers and closures on Tuesday night....
By Y’Anad Burrell The UC Berkeley Cal Bears Women’s Basketball team has a new fireball of energy and excellence by way of sophomore Jayda Curry. While...
c.2023, Dafina, $28.00, 256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer A good building starts with a substantial foundation. No matter where you go from there, that base...
From Vallejo Weekly By cityofvallejo WHEREAS, through courage, perseverance, faith, and resolve against incredible prejudice and hardships, Black Americans have positively influenced, enriched, and advanced every aspect of...
By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters A new study of Silicon Valley wealth, income and other economic measures shows vast disparities in one of the country’s wealthiest regions,...
By Carla Thomas A celebration of life for the mayor of Bay View Hunters Point, businessman Charlie Walker, was held on Friday, Feb. 10 at Third...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Department of Education announced $63 million in new five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Reverend James was a brilliant civic leader and pastor,” said Rev. Ronald E. Jones, a former Garland, Texas mayor who, like Rev. James,...
“We’re offering scholarships for anyone who wants to become a teacher. $20,000,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Tony Thurmond told California Black Media. “I sponsored...
By Edward Lempinen | UC Berkeley News Less-educated U.S. workers often face a lifetime of financial challenges, but some among them are more disadvantaged than others: Young...
By Ken Epstein The newly elected progressive majority on the Oakland Board of Education voted this week to save five schools that a previous school board...
By Mike Kinney A parade is being planned to celebrate the Pinole Valley High School football team’s historic championship season, Principal Kibby Kleiman said. School officials...
By Khariyyah Shabazz Community clean-up and beautification, tree-planting, mural painting, music, food and Golden State Warriors’ merchandise giveaways will mark the Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation’s...
