Mayor Edwin M. Lee and all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors voted to send end to a Charter Amendment to the November ballot to...
Edward Lee Gibson, a long-time resident of Marin, turned 94 on July 7. Born in Shreveport Louisiana July 7, 1920, Gibson attended school up to the...
A group of local chefs, restaurateurs and industry associates have organized a fundraiser to support Chef Richard Hyman’s recovery. Hyman owned and operated Stockton Joe’s, a...
Jackie Shonerd, Region 4 After School Program Coordinator, has been honored as a 2014 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Woman of the Year by Assemblywoman...
Fourteen local residents recently graduated from the Marin Boards & Commissions Leadership Institute, created to increase diversity in representation on the bodies of public agencies in...
The Young Scholars Program (YSP) held its 12th Annual “Celebrating Success Banquet” Sunday, June 29 at the Mira Vista Golf & Country Club in El Cerrito.
The relay team of girls 8-years old and under of the East Oakland Track Group (EOTG) competed in the West Coast Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics...
Solano County Transit (SolTrans) and its contracted operator, National Express Transit Services Corporation, have been awarded the 2014 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Gold Award for...
Well-known motivational speaker and author Tawana Williams will be appearing in the Bay Area in July. Williams was born without arms and impaired use of her...
Alameda County’s successful “Farm Stand” program, which brings locally grown fresh produce to neighborhoods where this kind of healthy food may not be readily available, is...
Jazz came alive at the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce’s annual Juneteenth Business Awards Luncheon in the heart of the historic Fillmore District at...
An effort first started in May by the Wilson Way Neighborhood Initiative to promote reading and access to books by creating Little Free Libraries in its...
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, faith leaders, elected officials, community members, and activists...
Families in North Richmond will now have access to vital health services for children and much needed home remediation services through a unique economic development project...
The Contractors Resource Center in conjunction with Turner Group Construction on June 4 hosted a subcontractors networking event, designed to increase capacity and meet with some...
The community is invited to view the work of students from Jagged Lines of Imagination Art Academy on Friday evening, June 27th, from 5:30-7 pm, at...
The Oakland City Council awarded $1.3 million in city grants to support LGBTQ youth Tuesday evening. Approximately 540 LGBTQ young people per year are expected to...
By Ise Lyfe People back in my hometown region of the Bay Area as well as people all over are mourning the loss of a dear...
OCCUR Holds “Board Report Card Clinic” for Faith-based Community OCCUR and The San Francisco Foundation will host their fifth “A Model Built on Faith” Workshop on...
The Foothill Seminary commercial corridor is going to get a facelift. In 2004, District 6 Councilmember Desley Brooks, in partnership with David Glover of OCCUR and...
The organizations spotlighted this year by Peacemakers Inc. were Rainin 3zz, a West Oakland-based AAU girls Basketball team coached By Darren Vance and represented by 13-year-old...
Steven Parker, a native of Richmond, has witnessed the city in its prime when the government was functioning effectively for its residents. But he says that...
For 29 years, Larry Moore has been struggling to clear his record after a bureaucratic mistake attached another person’s criminal record to his name. In that...
The SF African American Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Juneteenth Business and Awards Luncheon at the West Bay Conference on 1290 Fillmore Street in...
The Marin City Fatherhood Council is presenting a Father’s Day Breakfast, “Leaving A Legacy,” Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The breakfast will take...