“Uh, Oh!”

By Lou Yeboah That moment when you realize that you should have listen. Uh, Oh- That moment when you realize that you should have heeded God’s warnings. Uh, Oh – That moment when you realize that you are in Hell. Uh, Oh, [Luke 16:28].  Feasting on sin, giving yourself over to the present gratification, careless…

From Producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood Directed by Meagan Good & Naturi Naughton Announces July 9th Premiere During Mental Health Awareness Month

(June 13, 2022 – New York/Los Angeles) – BET HER, in partnership with producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood of MegaMind Media, Executive Producer for the series, announces that two of the original dramas shot as the anchor of their Women’s Health Initiative for 2022 will premiere during Minority Mental Health Month (July 2022) on Saturday, July…

Federal Trade Commission Returns More Than $970,000 To Consumers Harmed by Deceptive Payday Lending Operation

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 26,698 checks totaling more than $970,000 to consumers who were harmed by a deceptive payday lending scheme that operated under the names Harvest Moon Financial, Gentle Breeze Online, and Green Stream Lending. Consumers who receive checks should cash them within 90 days, as indicated on the check. Recipients who…

Chino Hills Man Charged with Kidnapping, Torture and Rape of Female Held Captive for Six Months

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY – On June 10, 2022, our Office received reports from Chino Hills Sheriff’s Station which led to ten felony charges filed against Peter Anthony McGuire (59) of Chino Hills. McGuire is accused of kidnapping, torturing, raping and disfiguring a woman he imprisoned in his Chino Hills home for six months. The victim…

Ward Connerly Resurfaces to Oppose Reparations for Black Californians

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media During the early 1990s, Ward Connerly, then-President of the California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign, was the leading African American supporting Proposition (Prop) 209, the ballot initiative that outlawed Affirmative Action in California in 1996. Well, he’s back. This time, Connerly, now 82, he is speaking up in opposition…

The Lookout: Four California Criminal Justice Reform Laws That Took Effect This Year

Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden signed a federal policing accountability executive order based on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 authored by Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37). That action supplements other criminal justice reforms affecting Californians that took place this year. Several other criminal justice…

Anita Baker Salutes Chance The Rapper!

Fresh off the heels of 50+ coast to coast, standing room only, record breaking, sold out shows, eight-time Grammy Award winning superstar Anita Baker recently made an announcement while performing at her Venetian Theatre Las Vegas residency that Chance The Rapper was instrumental in helping her regain hold go her masters recordings. “Would you all…

San Bernardino Valley College Celebrates Three Graduating Classes at Commencement 2022

SAN BERNARDINO, California—On May 25, 2022, San Bernardino Valley College held a graduation celebration like none other in its 95-year history. Over 4,500 students from the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 were honored during SBVC’s first in-person graduation ceremony in three years. The event was held on Henley Field in the SBVC Stadium, with…

The 7 Deadliest Diseases For Blacks

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are several deadly diseases that strike Blacks harder and more often than they do other groups, particularly whites. What are the ones affecting us the most? And more importantly, how can we better fight back? First, let’s look at why these disparities exist: Why These Disparities? Genes….