Paul Elias, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just the original charges were shocking: Six San Francisco police officers were accused of stealing from drug dealers. Then...
San Francisco’s eviction rate has increased by over 54 percent in the past five years and is currently at the highest rate within the last decade,...
Jointly organized by the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Portraits and Other Likenesses from SFMOMA brings...
By Sally Douglas Arce The 26th Annual Open Studios Shipyard Artists Spring Dream ~ Live With Art showcases 140+ exhibiting artists at Hunters Point...
Hack the Hood is expanding its program to five new locations this year to bring a unique tech training model where low-income youth of color learn...
The Bay Area’s annual Cesar Chavez parade and festival will be held Saturday, April 18 in San Francisco. The parade will assemble at 10 a.m. and...
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s San Francisco chapter hosted its 10th annual “Bridging the Generations – Golden Girls Hats and Gloves Tea” Saturday, March...
Senator Mark Leno recently introduced new legislation that would help mitigate the negative impacts of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco. Senate Bill 364 closes a...
By Ed Carpenter, USF Magazine News Editor The University of San Francisco’s Wolfram Alderson is waging a national campaign to save American lives by changing the...
The 11th annual Celebration of Black American History took place at the Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco, Feb. 25. Called “A Century of Black Life,...
Ever since she answered a newspaper classified ad in 1967 that read, “Wanted: One Soul Singer” – which happened to be the title of her favorite...
The University of San Francisco (USF) is partnering with the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) to host a panel discussion on US immigration...
By Paul Day, UCSF News UC San Francisco’s Office of Diversity and Outreach has hired Denise Caramagno as the University’s care advocate. She will provide crisis...
By Beth Tagawa, SF State News The U.S. national debt is currently estimated at $18 trillion — and constantly rising. While that is a staggering figure,...
Deciding on which of some 50 women to begin Women’s History Month in a projected yearlong series, “Bay Area African American Women in Music,” presented a...
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $25.6 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund 60 San Francisco-based organizations and...
In the 1950s, Blacks in San Francisco didn’t have that many places to go and socialize. As a result, Peacock Lounge on Haight Street was...
In celebration of Black History Month, author Denise Ajayi-Williams is kicking off her Bay Area book tour of “Akiti the Hunter,” the book adapted from a...
Leola King Wilson passed away on Feb. 3, 2015 in Palm Springs, California. She was born on Jan. 20, 1919 in Seminole County, Oklahoma, and...
In the weeks following the release of the Oscar-nominated film “Selma,” Rev. Jesse Jackson along with Charley Moore, Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein hosted a...
OCCUR and The San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Program present: Cracking the Social Media Code: Success Strategies for Faiths and Nonprofits “Do you tweet or really understand...
By Jonathan Morales, SFSU News Artists typically do not want to hear their work described as “garbage.” But for Michael Arcega’s latest project, the description is...
(The Verge) – There’s a new map of entrepreneurial hotspots in California, and it’s here to show you where the “real” Silicon Valley is. By...
(The Verge) – There’s a new map of entrepreneurial hotspots in California, and it’s here to show you where the “real” Silicon Valley is. By...
Black History Month is a time when we can reflect on the lives of the loved ones we have lost to AIDS. In Black America, HIV...