All posts tagged "featured"

Oakland Promise and Kaiser Support Promising Student

By Carla Thomas When Sandy La applied to two programs while a senior at Oakland High, she had no idea the Oakland Promise program would truly...

Meet the Woman Who Spearheaded Equity, Inclusion in the Business World

By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Eleanor Ramsey, president and CEO of the firm Mason Tillman Associates, has been creating change for Black people and other...

Supes ‘Excited’ About Proposed Workforce Housing For Teachers, County Employees

By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation The perennial issue of affordable housing in Marin County went before the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 13...

Learn about Changes Coming for November Election

Sept. 29 online workshop to explain Marin’s new vote center model Courtesy of Marin County The Marin County Elections Department will host a virtual public workshop...

New Lifelong Medical Center Holds Dedication Ceremonies in Richmond

By Clifford L. Williams A cascade of blue and white balloons, amazing colorful artwork, and nearly 300 excited patrons, were all part of the grand dedication...

Jurors Who Take Public Transit Can Now Be Reimbursed Following Bill Signing

By Thomas Hughes, BCN Foundation A bill to allow California jurors to be reimbursed for using public transportation was signed into law Sept. 15 by Gov....

COMMENTARY: Have We Grown Numb to the Sound of Gunfire?

By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...

Gov Newsom Signs Several Bills to ‘Strengthen’ Cannabis Laws

By Bay City News Governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 18, signed several measures that he says will strengthen the state’s cannabis laws, expand the legal cannabis...

Former San Quentin Prison Guard Pleads Guilty in Cellphone Smuggling Operation

By Bay City News A former San Quentin State Prison guard and two others pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to charges in a scheme to smuggle cellphones...

OP-ED: Interfaith Faith Council of Alameda County Laments Gun Violence in Oakland

By Rev. Jim Hopkins, ICAC Co-Founding Board Member and Rev. Ken Chambers, ICAC Founding President The headline in the September 20, 2022, East Bay Times read,...

Fighting an Unjust System, The Bail Project Helps People Get Out of Jail and Reunites Families

Hundreds of thousands of individuals locked up in jails almost daily — many find it challenging to pay bail By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior...

IN MEMORIAM: Honoring Henry Fuhrmann, Self-described “Hyphen Killer.”

By Emil Guillermo Are you African American? Or African-American? Filipino American? Or a Filipino-American? Asian American? Or Asian-American? What’s the difference? That line between words. You...

IN MEMORIAM: Elberta Eriksson’s Life Honored in Marin City

By Godfrey Lee The life of the late Mrs. Elberta Julia Eriksson, BCD, MFT, LCSW was honored at the Marin City Senior Center in Marin City...

COMMENTARY: City Councilmember Thao Announces $2 Million Investment to Revitalize Parks in East Oakland

By Sheng Thao, Oakland City Council President Pro Tempore On Tuesday I had the pleasure of joining Assemblymember Mia Bonta, Pastor Billy Dixon Jr., and community...

California Cities are Pilot Testing Guaranteed Basic Income Programs

Manny Otiko | California Black Media Guaranteed basic income isn’t a new idea. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr talked about the idea of low-income people receiving...

Cal Black Chamber of Commerce’s Biz Summit 2022 Offers Opportunities to Bid on Contracts

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ The California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc. (CALBCCF) is offering “game-changing opportunities” for mini micro, micro, and small...

COMMENTARY: Book Bans Are an Attack on the Freedom to Read, Teach and Learn

By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom...

Barbara Lee Hails Pres. Biden’s Pledge of $6 Billion to Battle AIDS, TB and Malaria

By Sean Ryan Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement on Wednesday of $6 billion in new funding for the Global Fund at the...

Oakland Parents Join Statewide Coalition to Protest State-Imposed School Closings

Protesters shut down meeting of Gov. Newsom’s state-funded nonprofit agency By Ken Epstein Parent Voices Oakland and other Oakland community groups this week joined with parents...

PRESS ROOM: EPA Administrator Regan to Join Leaders of Civil Rights, Environmental Justice Movement for Significant Announcement in Warren County, North Carolina

NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan will be joined by significant figures from the civil rights and environmental justice movements,...

Congressman Al Green Holds National Slavery Remembrance Day with Rev. Al Sharpton as Guest Speaker

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Maintaining an accurate account of our history, and history in general, is essential for the present as well as for posterity, as it...

Black Millennial and Gen-Z Voters Chime in On Issues Important to Them Leading Up to the November Midterm Elections

NNPA NEWSWIRE ±— The 2022 midterm elections will definitely cast a major light on the future of this country, and with recent decisions surrounding education, healthcare,...

Divine 9 Aims to Save the Lives of Black Women With ‘Tell Somebody’ PSA Campaign

OP-ED: A New Kind of Hope Lives Here

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At Operation New Hope (ONH), we understand that people returning from incarceration face a multitude of barriers, with employment, transportation, and housing being...

PRESS ROOM: Morgan State University students win Zillow’s HBCU Hackathon with app that measures financial credibility outside of credit scoring

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are very impressed with the caliber of the work, the quality of the presentations, and the outstanding, innovative ideas the students displayed...