On Nov. 6, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) served a search warrant on a black-market marijuana cultivation operation at the 1700 block of Hidden Valley road in Trinity County. The property contained an unpermitted water diversion, water pollution violations, over 900 unprocessed growing marijuana plants and 5,069 pounds of untested black-market marijuana…
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Certified Holistic Health Coach and Aromatherapy expert, Renee Hughes specializes in educating and coaching women with endometriosis, fibroids and other chronic conditions. She guides them to holistic approaches to find understanding of their condition and to support relief of some common symptoms such as lack of sleep, chronic discomfort, depression, anxiety and…
Hitting your 50s or 60s can bring several life changes, and increasingly those include artificial joints. For much of the aging U.S. population, knees in particular are wearing out. More than 600,000 knee replacements are performed annually in the U.S., according to The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. That number is expected to swell…
Millions of Americans toss and turn much of the night, unable to fall asleep – or to stay asleep once they finally do drift off. Maybe it’s worry about bills. Maybe it’s relationship problems. It might even be a sleep disorder keeping them awake when they should be snoozing soundly. Whatever the reason, more than…
By Defender News Service Michelle Obama says she felt alone after a miscarriage 20 years ago and she and Barack Obama underwent fertility treatments to conceive their two daughters, according to her new memoir. In some of her most extensive public comments on her White House years, the former first lady also lets her fury…
By Marie Y. Lemelle Since the age of 8, Bone Davis has spent his entire life as a musical performer. “I learned to play the bass, keyboards and drums,” he said. He made a name for himself as a keyboardist, playing rhythm and blues and jazz with a diverse group of music legends including B.B….
Companies are distancing themselves from Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. By Frank Kineavy Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is facing backlash as she heads into a midterm election runoff slated for Nov. 27 against Democratic opponent Mike Espy, who is African American. Hyde-Smith “joking” about attending “a public hanging” — a method of domestic terrorism that killed hundreds…
Chicago Tribune Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Josh Dawsey First published: The Washington Post The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing, according to people familiar with the matter….
Back in the days of adding machines and manual ledgers, final election results in California were usually done by midnight on election day. Sometimes there would be a few precincts counting ballots into the wee hours of the morning, and you wouldn’t know a result till the next day. Fast forward to 2018, and the…
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Back in the day, if you couldn’t get to church on Sunday to hear the pastor’s sermon, you’d put on Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace album, the best-selling gospel record of all time, and she would give you your spiritual fix. After a long delay, and its share…
Offering an everyday low price might not be the best strategy for retailers facing the threat of new competitors in their market Markdown retailers can survive the entry of an everyday low-price retailer into a highly competitive market by manipulating price, product availability, and the regret consumers feel when they pay too much or wait…
Crown Publishing Group has confirmed that First Lady Michelle Obama sold more than 725,000 copies of her newest book Becoming in just one day. The sales figure includes hardcover, audio and e-books editions for the United States and Canada, but the book is available in 24 languages around the world – including Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese…
Tracy Howe Whispelwey Minister of Congregational and Community Engagement I am deeply troubled by the continued escalation and racist rhetoric against Central American migrants and others heading towards our border. The unbridled dehumanizing, demonizing, and racist assertions by our current president are now institutionally supported with expanded Border Patrol and Immigration Customs Enforcement law enforcement…
By: Lou Yeboah … You best put them on. Because the devil, as a roaring lion is going about this world seeking whom he may devour. His mission is to kill, steal, and to destroy. He doesn’t care who you are or where you come from. He doesn’t care where you’ve been or where you…
“Let’s just follow the rules here,” said U.S. District judge Joan Lefkow. by Jayme S. Ganey Attorneys representing Jemel Roberson’s family said they knew the name of the officer who shot him, but wanted the Midloathian Police Department to release it. On Monday, Gregory Kulis and Lee Merritt filed a motion to release the name,…
San Bernardino, CA – Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) announced that the United States Senate passed his bill to name the United States Post Office located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino after Jack H. Brown, the late Inland Empire philanthropist and community leader who served as Executive Chairman of Stater Bros. Markets….
Marketplace Africa puts the emerging African fashion industry in reach for American style-setters Michelle Obama is well known for discovering and supporting up-and-coming designers from a variety of backgrounds and cultural influences and bringing them to prominence. From Taiwanese-Canadian Jason Wu to Finnish Teija Eilola to Nigerian Maki Oh, the former First Lady has placed…
By Ron Edwards As of the writing of this column, a series of hate-driven, murderous events have taken place, either racially or religiously motivated, from October 24 – 27, across the country. Among them are the following hate crimes: Two African Americans were murdered in Kentucky by a White man who had tried to enter…
The Associated Press. When police arrived after reports of a shooting over the weekend at a bar outside Chicago, witnesses say Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old security guard who worked there, had already subdued the alleged assailant, pinning him to the ground. Adam Harris, who was at Manny’s Blue Bar in Robbins at the time of…
Fulbright Scholar Roberto Rivera looks to Jamaica as a model of restorative justice Roberto “Bobby” Rivera spent 20 years as a police officer in Southern California before a medical injury prompted his early retirement in 2011. What he couldn’t have predicted at the time was that the injury that ended one career would also open…
“If I reach back far enough I can touch my own family slavery in a very personal way.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service DALLAS – Inside a provocative exhibit about Thomas Jefferson and slavery, Bishop T.D. Jakes was reminded of his own enslaved ancestors. Jakes, who has visited Africa…
SAN BERNARDINO, California—Submissions are now open for the 8th Annual SBVC International Student Film Festival. All student filmmakers at SBVC and worldwide are invited to submit films at http://www.filmfreeway.com/iema. Categories include narrative and documentary short, animation, and experimental. The deadline to submit is March 31. Works in progress will be considered. The Inland Empire Media…
The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Quality Standards Certification Team unanimously agreed to recognize continued Quality Certification status for Bethune-Cookman University. In addition, the USDLA Board unanimously voted and approved the continued certification. Under the leadership of Dean of B-CU Global Online Dr. Arletha McSwain, USDLA is confident the University and the B-CU Global…
Chico, CA, Nov. 13, 2018 – The Camp Fire, which began on November 8, is now the deadliest wildfire in California history with 44 fatalities.It razed through more than 117,000 acres in Northern California and destroyed over 7,000 buildings.The Woolsey Fire, too, has burned through more than 93,000 acres and destroyed at least 435 structures…
The guest speaker at a Veterans Day recognition breakfast at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters held Saturday was Judge William Hooks, a retired Lt. Col. Marines, is assigned to the Criminal Division Circuit Court of Cook County, helps veterans who have committed felonies. Hooks said his first time being at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition was…