Ladies In Red (LIR) is no stranger to “The Color Purple.” The LIR philanthropic organization was one of the first from the Bay Area to attend...
Farouq Alawdi, manager of Two Star, the former historic site of the Tepper Hotel and Beer Garden, said his staff and volunteers are ready to feed...
MoAD is a contemporary art museum whose mission is to celebrate Black culture, ignite challenging conversations, and inspire learning through the global lens of the African...
In a pre-dedication ceremony, Dr. Brazell H. Carter, president of the Robinson Weeks Robinson (RWR) scholarship program and a physician at LifeLong, officially welcomed early attendees...
“(Freddie Hughes) was the epitome of the likes of Johnny Mathis,” noted Tillman Smith. “That’s how impressive he was. Most people have no knowledge of his...
The celebration is sponsored by its founders, St. Peter CME Church and the El Cerrito Branch of the NAACP, as well as the Human Relations Commission,...
Higher Ground has partnered with community-based programs that will be on hand to provide valuable resources including a food giveaway, the City’s Stop Waste Program, designed...
The City of Richmond’s 2021– 2023 Poet Laureate, David Flores was joined by fellow poet laureates including Eevelyn Mitchell of El Cerrito, Jeremy Snyder of Vallejo,...
Oakland’s Two Star Market’s manager Farouq Alawdi, said the market is ready to feed anyone and everyone during the afternoon celebration and feast that will include...
Peggy Cohen-Thompson, a Vallejo, Calif., civic leader and current president of the Solano County Office of Education (SCOE), has accomplished more in her early career than...
For 113 years, DeLauer’s Super Newsstand, located at 1310 Broadway in downtown Oakland has been a mainstay in the community, providing Oakland residents with news from...
“I wanted to be a world-renowned designer, which was unheard of for a Black man, but it didn’t hurt to dream.” – Henry Delton Williams Oakland...
California’s Complete Count — Census 2020, is in full swing, laying out its comprehensive education and outreach campaign to make the public aware of activities and...
oWOW is an Oakland-based company that is committed to changing the way we think about real estate development and its long-term impacts on neighborhoods and communities....
Rachelle Jackson, 1st Vice President of Vallejo’s NAACP Branch, literally “talks-the-talk and will walk-the-walk”, literally, when she and hundreds of other Vallejo residents participate in the...
One of Vallejo’s annual community Kwanzaa celebrations, and the largest, will be celebrated on Saturday, December 28th at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, 734 Marin...
Hakeem Brown, a junior City Councilmember for the City of Vallejo, models himself as an advocate of change who is focusing on issues ranging from opportunities...
“The 2020 Census, to me, is one of the most exciting projects I’ve worked on with my students,” said Adam Parker, assistant professor of Practice at...
More than two dozen community leaders, advocates, academics and medical health experts recently convened a public hearing to discuss the issue of gun violence and how...
“Vallejo Unites,” an exciting initiative designed to bring Vallejo’s community together, is thriving, and wants to share the excitement with city residents. The program goals and...
Bay Area residents and public and private organizations are gearing up for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with one special venue that is going ‘all-out,’ extending outreach...
They were young, brazen heroes who faced danger and death during their tenure as Oakland’s first Black firefighters. Nearly a century ago on January 1, 1920,...
OAKLAND POST — Oakland residents Zack and Odell have something in common; they both wore their “Born n’ Raised in Oakland” T-shirts in Paris, France and at...
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