I was particularly struck seeing the Bay Area represented on the dais by Vice President Harris and Speaker Pelosi. That was the first time in history...
Congresswoman Lee will join with local faith-based organizations, community health centers, and other groups to campaign for the East Bay community to get vaccinated.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has created a childcare crisis on top of a public health crisis. Child-care providers are almost entirely women and 40% are people of color. Providing...
Last week, the CLBC also threw its support behind another woman of African descent who is also familiar with that body, Mia Bonta of Oakland. She...
“It seems only fair that we provide hazard pay as a way to appreciate and fairly compensate the workers who are allowing us to continue to...
"They posted signs saying everyone had to get off the property"
Oakland residents are invited to Eastmont Mall August 22-23, 2020, to attend the largest COVID-19 testing event ever staged in the East Bay. Umoja Health, a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One relatively unsung product of Oakland’s liberal sway is the founder of the annual AfroComicCon, Michael James. Now in its third iteration, AfroComicCon...
From right to left: Chaka Lockhart (Basileus – Beta Theta Sigma), Guadalupe Allen, Lt. Yulanda Williams, Bishop Jerry Macklin, Elisha Mitchell, Anthony Rodgers, Tamia Robinson, Shomari...
By Congresswoman Barbara Lee Health care is a basic human right. No matter where you live or how much money you make, you should be able...
By Rob Bonta California’s housing crisis has become an out-of-control car rolling downhill and gaining speed. The ability of middle and low-income people to secure affordable...
This week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced a set of amendments to the FY 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, seeking to increase federal funding...
The University of San Francisco has announced an anonymous donor’s pledge of $1 million to help 10 African-American and Latino students from the East Bay attend...
Senator Nancy Skinner Recognizes Red Bay Coffee as Small Business of the Year State Senator Nancy Skinner honored Oakland’s Red Bay Coffee as small business of...
By Daniel Marans, Huffington Post Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez announced the complete list of people on the 21-member Unity Reform Commission on Monday. The...
By Ned MacKay The pipes are calling and the clans will gather at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont on Saturday, April 1, for the annual...
Faith leaders, Native activists, and community members held a march this week to protest the destruction of sacred burial sites and call for religious tolerance in...
Sculptor and former news anchor Dana King who the artist who created the larger-than-life size bronze sculpture of historic political leader William Byron Rumford, located...
The East Bay Regional Park District took a major step forward this week in its long-term public safety efforts to reduce fire hazards in the East...
Registered nurses are calling on the wealthy Sutter corporation to keep open an endangered residential drug and alcohol treatment center in Oakland for teenagers, including those...
Each year, the East Bay Regional Park District hires more than 400 young people to work in parks, offices and visitor centers. Opportunities include: summer and...
Iola James, president of the Patrons of the Arts and Humanities, donated $500 to the Oakland East Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra on opening night Friday, Nov....
Congresswoman Lee hosted a Regional Economy Development Forum on Monday featuring U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker. The forum focused on generating greater regional economic development...