By Dr. Elñora Tena Webb Hopefully, like a growing number of folks, you’ve heard about “Concurrent Enrollment.” It’s an opportunity provided to California’s youth...
By Mike Aldax, Richmond Standard Richmond native Esam Sahouria says he’s always wondered what actually happens at the 2,900-acre Chevron Richmond Refinery. So...
This year in the NBA playoffs, LeBron James silenced all the chatterers who questioned his legacy. He put his team, decimated by injuries, on his back...
Noah Griffin, founder and artistic director of the Cole Porter Society, brought the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter to life when he presented a program...
A full house of churchgoers, community and faith leaders recently celebrated the bicentennial of Corinthian Baptist Church in Oakland with an anniversary event that honored the...
Veteran R&B singer-songwriter Sugar Pie DeSanto wowed the crowd at the Poretta Soul Festival in Italy last month with renditions of her 1960s hits, “I...
How many leaves are on the tree outside your window? That’s a question you may not be able to answer. How could you even...
Rev. Dr. Timothy Hawkins, pastor of Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, recently celebrated a key academic achievement, earning his Doctor of Ministry degree on June 7...
Shiloh Church, located at 3295 School St. in Oakland, will be celebrating 50 years of ministry in the Bay Area with a series of events...
What Keith Crawford remembers most of his late daughter Brittany is her caring, fearless spirit and zeal for life. Her presence would light up a...
High school senior Jayshaun Thomas can teach just about anyone how to create a website. “It’s easy to teach,” he said at the Hack...
Senator Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, announced this week that he has introduced legislation that would restore fiscal responsibility to the budgeting decisions of local school...
Courtesy of The Associated Press Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a 15-term congressman from Ohio who took on tough assignments looking into assassinations and...
In an unprecedented move, the Oakland Police Department this week released body camera evidence to some representatives of the media but not to the general...
The vote to contribute $10 million for the expansion of a Contra Costa County jail unexpectedly failed to garner enough support from the Board of...
Public reaction was enormously positive last week when California became the first state to ban the use of grand juries in police-involved killings, but civil...
With school set to start on Monday, families of Oakland’s 48,000 public school students are getting ready while the Oakland Unified School District’s 2,500 teachers...
The San Leandro Public Library Veterans Resource Center is partnering with Cal Humanities, the California State Library, and Exhibit Envoy to present “War Comes Home:...
By Andrew Cohen Professor Melissa Murray sees the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ) as a tile that fits perfectly within Berkeley Law’s...
John Robinson is sitting at his desk, talking on the phone. He is a serious, no frills guy. As CEO of Inter-State Security in...
This month’s Post Salon will feature an interactive dialogue on the politics and practice of education. The speakers are three longtime educators in the East...
Zimbabwe Davies is one focused individual who continues to spread positive energy along his journey. As a foster youth, his aunt Desiree Jeffery took...
By Jonathan Morales, SFSU News Alvin Alvarez, interim dean of SF State’s College of Health & Social Sciences, earlier this week received the Lifetime...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News UC Berkeley is encouraging students with game-changing ideas in clean energy technology to compete for a four-month-long campus...
By Ibraheem Muhammad Oakland born artist Milton Bowen hopes to educate viewers of his art and raise consciousness of African American history. And, his...