$12 billion investment over two years to tackle homelessness, the largest in state history, focuses on behavioral health housing and solutions to tent encampments Package includes $5.8 billion to create more than 42,000 new homeless housing units, including housing options for people with severe mental health challenges. Aid for large cities, Continuums of Care and…
By: Sandy Close With additional reporting by Sunita Sohrabji and video/photographs by Manuel Ortiz YREKA, California — Over 600 Hmong Americans from across California and as far away as Milwaukee and Minneapolis converged on the Siskiyou County courthouse in Yreka Saturday to demand a federal investigation into the June 28 fatal shooting of a Hmong…
By Sunita Sohrabji | Special to California Black Media In recognition of a mass communication sector that has been struggling from dwindling advertising dollars and intense competition from well-funded media conglomerates and a field of small niche publishers since the inception of the internet, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature appropriated $10 million in…
San Bernardino, CA —Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar announced that SAC Health System has received $320,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program. The funding was provided by the American Rescue Plan, President Biden’s landmark COVID-19 relief package passed by Congressional Democrats. The funding will be used to…
Sacramento In response to community outcry against significant funding reductions to KVCR, the San Bernardino Community College District Trustees reached out to their state representatives for assistance. The State Legislature came through to save this icon of the Inland Empire. With the passage of AB 132, a state budget trailer bill dedicated to education…
RZA opens up to syndicated entertainment columnist and host of the new ALLISON INTERVIEWS podcast, Allison Kugel, about his rise from felon to hip hop icon and learning humility. As founder and leader of the multi-platinum selling rap group, The Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, or Bobby, as he is known to close friends and colleagues, had…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared that he is “full of gratitude” for the love and support he’s received after the recent death of his father. The actor’s legendary pro-wrestling father, Rocky Johnson, passed away earlier in 2020 at age 75. At the age of 75 in his Lutz, Florida home, Johnson died from sequelae of…
By: Lou Yeboah Salvation is no longer available! Picture that being your case. A day too late and a dollar short! Listen, Jesus gave us a clear picture of what “readiness” looks like in his parable about the wise and foolish virgins: “At that time, the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who…
Sarah Lund Minister for Disabilities & Mental Health Justice “Deep solidarity is rooted in love…So I let your story into my heart, even when it is hard. I let your grief become my grief.” – Valarie Kaur, Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the Revolutionary Love Project Valarie Kaur’s deep brown eyes stare into your…
Stateless Available to Stream on pov.org Until August 18th New York, NY — June 15, 2021 — What does it mean to be rejected by the only country you call home? When a ruling from the Dominican Republic Supreme Court strips citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, over 200,000 are suddenly rendered without nationality,…
RIVERSIDE, CA (July 20, 2021) – Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino (FARSB) announced today a $35,551 grant from the Anthem Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Anthem, Inc., to launch the ‘Food is Medicine’ program. The grant will fund this initiative at the food bank as it partners with Riverside University Health System and IEHP…
Sacramento — The new fiscal year began on July 1 with a State Budget that provides increased funding for a variety of programs that support individuals with developmental disabilities. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–22 Budget directs additional resources to sustain the 21 regional centers that help over 350,000 Californians with developmental disabilities. The Association of…
JULY 19, 2021 (LOS ANGELES, CA) – Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, announced today the successful $29,500,000 court-ordered sale of 800-812 N. Broadway and 821 N Spring Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA. Robert Leveen and Jamie Harrison of Lee & Associates – Pasadena, and Mike D….
Dr. Calvin Mackie Launch Video: SGA cites data showing Blacks, Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Hispanics are 27% of U.S. population, but account for only 11% of the country’s science and engineering workers NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Calvin Mackie today launched STEM Global Action (SGA), a campaign and network of affiliates that will pursue the…
Latest round of funding for the Black-owned music marketing platform will support the growth of its marketplace for creators, labels, brands, and more . ATLANTA, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Breakr, a fast growing music marketing platform announced today that it has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to meet the rapidly growing demand for…
Published in Business Insider – Jul 12, 2021: This month, in a historic step to redress racism, the US Department of Agriculture planned to begin issuing $4 billion in debt relief to minority farmers around the country. The move followed a long and ugly record of discrimination, including by the USDA itself. Depressingly but not…
Manny Otiko | California Black Media Don’t put away that mask. While the American public might be celebrating the lifting of the tightest COVID-19 restrictions in most parts of the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. According to medical doctors, the United States is currently dealing with a new strain of the…
8 New Deaths and 1,094 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County 7/12/21-Transmission of COVID-19 in L.A. County is increasing among younger unvaccinated L.A. County residents. Of the 1,094 new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today, 83% are among people under the age…
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Miya Ponsetto, the Piru, California woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone at a New York City Hotel in December 2020, has been charged with a hate crime. Two Californian men have been charged with a hate crime in Oregon for allegedly assaulting a…
San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) Transportation Director Marie Espinoza, who has dedicated her career to the safety of students who ride the bus to and from school, has won state recognition for her work. On Friday, July 9, the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA) honored Espinoza with the Classified Administrator…
The Arroyo Valley High School (AVHS) Army JROTC Leadership Team is 1 of only 40 such teams in the nation to win an all-expenses-paid trip to compete in the prestigious 2020-2021 JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl (JLAB). JLAB is a nationally recognized competition created exclusively for JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) students. Participating cadets…
The US Department of Education(Department) announced today the approval of over 1,800 borrower defense to repayment (borrower defense) claims for borrowers who attended three institutions: Westwood College, Marinello Schools of Beauty and the Court Reporting Institute. This is the first time the Department has announced approved borrower defense claims for students who attended institutions besides…
Eugene Stovall Oakland, California July, 2021 Idaho is the latest state government to pass anti-truth measures outlawing teaching critical race theory in schools, colleges and universities. The white backlash against critical race theory indicates the threat mere discussions about race pose to white supremacy. Just as white supremacy has passed laws to restrict immigration, suppress…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media California’s U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Karen Bass (D-CA-37) are backing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Another bill they are supporting calls for probing the racially…
By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Ice Cube‘s Friday series is in the middle of a tug-of-war between the rapper and Warner Bros. studios. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ice Cube wants Warner Bros. to relinquish the rights to the Friday series as well as All About The Benjamins and The Players Club and has accused…