By Paul Kawata As the nation commemorated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President Barack Obama was also sworn in for his second term...
“The 44th NAACP Image Awards,” a live, two-hour special on Friday, Feb. 1 (8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET), will showcase the best achievements and performances of people...
The City of Chicago will pay pay $10.2 million to a wrongfully convicted man who spent 26 years prison for a murder he did not commit....
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Summer Internship Program is accepting student applications online for about 38 internships that will be available throughout the nine-county San...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor With members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors saying they have no power to prevent the county sheriff from continuing federal...
A Better Chance, a national nonprofit that recruits academically talented and motivated students of color and helps them reach a variety of educational opportunities, has announced...
The Alameda County Arts Commission is promoting an opportunity for county high school students involved in the arts to participate in the State Summer School for...
The City of Oakland and the consulting firm Sand Dollar Group, LLC have teamed up to help local small businesses grow and increase their revenue. They...
By Lee Hildebrand “I get paid to belt and shout, but I actually can sing,” Sista Monica Parker quips in the living room of her Mountain...
The Picklewater Clown Cabaret will host a fundraiser for Prescott Circus Theatre, featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest circus and variety stars and local and...
To honor the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Wells Fargo is joining with the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and other of...
Two UCSF teams have received a total of $16 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study new ways to significantly reduce childhood mortality...
By Danielle Savage Richmond and other local religious leaders talked about their views on legalized abortion as the country this week marked the 40th anniversary of...
Nearly 500 volunteers worked on community gardens Monday, beautifying Richmond Greenway at the 6th Annual Martin Luther King National Day of Service, a project of Urban...
By Ken A. Epstein Tempers remain frayed and opinion divided over the City Council´s overwhelming vote this week to hire a controversial consultant Bill Bratton to...
Highway to Work (H2W), Alameda County’s summer and year-round youth employment program, has provided approximately 500 young people with employment opportunities over the past year. A...
By Carla Thomas As leaders from across the country and world came together in Washington D.C. to celebrate the commencement of the second term of President...
By: Malaika Bobino San Francisco, CA – It’s something out of a story book! Usually you read about this happening with a family whose last name...
Lavanial Williams, 17, was shot numerous times in the 300 block of Drake Avenue in Marin City early Friday. He died at the scene, lying on...
By Godfrey Lee Felecia Gaston, who has earned a reputation for bringing the arts to the community and especially to children who are underserved, on Friday,...
Celebrating 14 years in the Bay Area, Rhythm Tap Hall of Fame is offering traditional tap dance classes starting Feb. 9. The nonprofit organization promotes the...
As a part of the San Leandro Public Library’s 2013 Big Read, the library will be hosting “Ancestral Memories,” an exhibit of quilts by the African...
Wells Fargo & Company has expanded its support for United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the nation’s largest minority education organization, investing $3 million to help more...
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