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Gov. Newsom Issues Executive Order to Tackle Rising Electric Bills

Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order to help alleviate the financial burden of skyrocketing electric bills on residents. This directive instructs the state’s Public...

NAACP State Conference President Rick Callender (right) engages in a discussion on voter engagement and community advocacy with NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson during the 37th NAACP California-Hawaii State Convention in Los Angeles. Photo by Rich Woods.

Activism2 months ago

NAACP California-Hawaii State Convention Highlights Black Voter Engagement, and More

A Friday panel featuring NAACP Chairman Leon W. Russell and Regina Wilson, Executive Director of California Black Media, examined Project 2025, an initiative perceived as a...

At the end of the day, this was a basketball team that succeeded against all odds to become NBA World Champions. Never recognized, rarely mentioned, and playing during a racially and socially turbulent time in Oakland and the Bay Area, our 1974-75 Warriors team had no chance to have a successful season were it not for the foundations and strategic brilliance laid out by Al Attles.

Community4 months ago

A Member of 1975 GSW Championship Team Recalls the Greatness of Coach Al Attles

Next year marks the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 Golden State Warriors NBA Championship. Led by coach Al Attles, this team brought the first NBA championship...

The American Businesswomen's Association (ABWA) celebrate at the Annual Regional Recognition Conference at TPC Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco. Photo by Carla Thomas.

Bay Area4 months ago

American Business Women’s Association Celebrates Annual Regional Conference

The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) held its Annual Regional Recognition Conference at TPC Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco on July 20. The event,...

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris

Community6 months ago

Opinion: What about Joe? Follow Kamala’s Lead

Big Dem donors and media are keeping alive a troubling narrative about last week’s debate: that Joe Biden isn’t fit to be president and should step...

CFDT34 is my coinage of a new acronym that we all should adopt. It’s shorthand for “Convicted Felon Donald Trump,” with 34 being the number of criminal counts of guilt.

Commentary6 months ago

Opinion: Will Verdicts Help Black Voters See the Truth?

The news of Trump’s historic 34 guilty verdicts are about a week old. Has it sunk in that the man who insists on being the Republican...

Los Angeles-based attorney Kamilah Moore shared information about the California Reparations Task Force and the importance of the NAACP. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌1 year ago

NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference Hosts 36th Annual State Convention

The NAACP California Hawaii State Conference (Cal-Hi NAACP) held its 36th annual State Convention at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The convention featured a...

Emil Guillermo, left, takes a bow after the performance of a play by Oakland’s Ishmael Reed at the Theater for the New City in New York. Courtesy photo.

Arts and Culture1 year ago

What We Do for Art and Democracy

I’m in New York again for a return engagement of Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor,” his new play on the current state of race in...

EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman visits Los Angeles to tout President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. Photo by Lila Brown/CBM.

Activism1 year ago

Minority Environmental Justice Groups Want to Connect to Millions in EPA Funding for California

The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) says the programs they have in place to restore decades of environmental devastation and neglect in minority communities can play...

Emil Guillermo is a journalist and commentator. See his web talk show on www.amok.com

Community1 year ago

Maui, The GOP Debate, an Ex-President’s Arrest, Who Shall Lead America?

On a week that an ex-president is arrested and arraigned for an historic fourth time, one must wonder what kind of leader the American public really...

#NNPA BlackPress1 year ago

Maui, The GOP Debate, an Ex-President’s Arrest, Who Shall Lead America?

By Emil Guillermo On a week that an ex-president is arrested and arraigned for an historic fourth time, one must wonder what kind of leader the...

Shown left to right Ron Wakabayashi, Miya Iwataki, Mitch Maki, and attorney Donald Tamaki at the California Reparations Task Force’s meeting at the Wallis Annenberg Building at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Wakabayashi, Iwataki, and Maki provided their insight into the Japanese American Redress Movement, showing reparations and support for descendants of chattel slavery. CBM file photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.

Activism1 year ago

Growing Number of California Groups Express Support for Black Reparations

In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other non-Black groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who...

Some advocates say hospitals should classify nurses they hire through apps as employees, not as contractors. Photo courtesy of CBM

Community2 years ago

After Judge’s Gig Worker Ruling, Advocates Want Protections for Contract Nurses, Too

McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects her to temporary jobs around the...

Kimberley Ellis, Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women speaking at a press conference March 14 in Sacramento. Standing behind her is First Partner Jennifer Newsom and Government Operations Secretary Amy Tong. Photo by Felicia Rule.

Business2 years ago

California Black News Round-Up

Last week, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced five cities — Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, and Fresno — have signed...

Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) speaks at the Women in California’s Legislature event in Sacramento on March 8. The Women’s History Month event was hosted by the Public Policy Institute of California. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌2 years ago

Women’s History Month: Assemblywoman McKinnor Joins Panel of Legislators at Sacramento Event

Last week, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) joined a diverse panel of women legislators at the “Women in California’s Legislature: 2023 Speaker Series on California’s Future” luncheon...

Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside) speaks at a press conference at the state Capitol to announce the End K9 Force bill. Photo by Felicia Rule/CBM

California Black Media2 years ago

New Assembly Bill Would Ban Use of Police Canines for Arrests, Crowd Control

Last week, Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 742, legislation that would prohibit the use of police canines for arrests, apprehensions and crowd...

California Hawaii NAACP President Rick Callender Esq. (left), California State University Los Angeles Dean of College of Ethnic Studies Dr. Julianne Malveaux, and Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin at a fireside chat event at the California Hawaii NAACP State Conference Convention on Oct. 22, 2022. Photo by Maxim Elramsisy.

Activism2 years ago

NAACP Convention in L.A. Addresses Racial Scandal Consuming Host City

For the last two weeks, the Los Angeles City Council has been embroiled in a scandal centered around the release of a recorded conversation involving former...

Over the years, there have been several efforts led by various groups to partition California — or secede from the state. So far, none of them have succeeded.

Activism2 years ago

San Bernardino County Voting to Leave California; Establish 51st State

According to real estate developer Jeff Burum, a member of the group, San Bernardino County is not getting its fair share from the state of California....

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Groundbreaking CNN Anchor Bernard Shaw Dies at 82

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when...

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

13 States Set to Tax Student Loan Forgiveness

NNPA NEWSWIRE — When announcing plans to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loans, Biden said provisions in the American Rescue Plan would render the...

Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom called on the FDA to ban menthol cigarettes, stating that it “will be an important step in the right direction.”

Bay Area2 years ago

Cal Attorney General Wants FDA Standards for Menthol Cigarettes Finalized

As of June 16, 2022, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids reported that 127 localities in California have passed restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products....

Sharon Nevins, director of San Bernardino County’s Department of Aging and Adult Services, Cheryl Brown and CDA Director Susan DeMarois talk to a group of community members. CBM staff photo.

Activism2 years ago

The California Department of Aging: There Is Help for Elder Californians

Part of the statewide plan for addressing the Black elder community is to partner with ethnic media organizations to spread the word about the resources that...

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) says the current right-leaning Supreme Court has shown a double standard in the way the justices ruled on gun rights and women’s rights to abortion.

Barbara Lee2 years ago

Black Californians Split on Supreme Court Gun Rights Ruling

Late last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back by signing two pieces of new legislation intended to strengthen the state’s hardline position on possessing firearms in...

Bay Area3 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Oakland Mourns the Passing of Gladys Green, 98

Gladys Green married her high school sweetheart George Green when he returned from World War II. The couple moved to Oakland in 1946 to escape the...

Activism3 years ago

California Attorney General Joins Coalition Pushing Back on “Pay to Pay” Mortgage Fees

“Some financial service providers charge fees if a consumer decides to use a certain type of payment method, such as making a payment over the telephone,...