April Outstanding Achievement Awards Recognize District Students, Parents and Staff SAN BERNARDINO, CA—In April, the Board of Education presented the Outstanding Achievement Awards to students, parents and staff of Mt. Vernon and Muscoy Elementary Schools, M.L. King Jr. Middle School and San Andreas High School. The Board recognizes Outstanding Student Award winners to honor excellence…
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Every Sunday, millions of African-American people across the nation make their way to church anticipating relief from lives of financial woes, pressures at work, health concerns, family matters, race discrimination and inequities among other stressful issues of everyday life. By the time they return home, they have usually received…
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced resource enhancements designed to simplify and streamline access to contracting information for businesses interested in selling their products and services to USDA. These substantial updates include the addition of new and targeted contracting information on USDA.gov, along with improved functionality that makes…
Taylor Jackson | Special to California Black Media Partners California must act now to confront today’s Black job crisis. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last year reported that 90% of the nation’s unemployed U.S. citizens are Black Americans. And despite being less than 10% of LA’s population, Black people comprise more than a third of…
By Archana Dubey, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare of California Eye health is an important factor in our overall well-being. Yet 65.3% of California children don’t regularly see an eye doctor. With many kids out of school for the summer, screen time may add up quickly and potentially contribute to health issues, making it a…
Nationwide — Award-winning filmmaker and activist, Brittany Chrishawn, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for her poignant and inspiring documentary, Unbroken Smile. The film delves into her personal journey through adversity after corrupt police officers broke her teeth and tried to frame her. In May 2020, Brittany Chrishawn became a survivor of police brutality when five…
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media In a move supporting vulnerable communities, the 2024 California budget agreement has earmarked $103 million in one-time funding for victims’ services programs. This allocation is designed to compensate for federal funding cuts and ensure continued support for crime victims across the state. Grace Glaser of VALOR, a…
In his first presidential term, Donald Trump obstructed asylum, imposed a “Muslim Ban,” undermined Temporary Protected Status, terminated DACA and separated families at the border. This time, his immigration plans are even more ambitious. By Selen Ozturk In his first presidential term, Donald Trump obstructed asylum, imposed a “Muslim Ban,” undermined Temporary Protected Status, terminated…
By Lou K. Coleman You see, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, Paul wrote of the time of the great apostasy that is to come in the last days. Paul wrote of the coming of the lawless one and that he would come to the world according to the working of Satan with power,…
Roberto Ochoa Summer is upon us, a season often associated with outdoor barbeques, beaches, and vacation fun. This is also the start of a presidential election campaign season, where the political parties have selected their candidates to be our country’s next president and vice-president. One third of the Senate and all members of the House…
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Having already been convicted of 34 felony charges this year, facing nearly 60 other felonies, and found responsible for sexual assault, new details have emerged about the twice-impeached and four-times indicted former President Donald Trump’s extreme and violent rhetoric, and the retribution he will seek if…
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO The Biden-Harris administration and members of Congress applaud the U.S. Supreme Court for upholding a law that temporarily bans domestic abusers from possessing firearms. “As a result of today’s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as…
Bo Tefu and Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Calif. Sec. of Transportation: State on Course to Future Without Gas-Powered Cars As California pushes toward a zero-emissions future by 2035, petroleum use is expected to decline significantly over the next decade. But Secretary of Transportation Toks Omishakin said a decline in transportation revenue is…
Did you know that studying biomarkers has dramatically improved our understanding of brain changes that occur as we age, as well as those that occur in the earliest phases of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or other types of dementia? Medical Science Hospital Lab Meeting: Diverse Team of Neurologists, Neuroscientists, Neurosurgeon Consult TV Screen Showing MRI Scan…
Overview: California Governor Gavin Newsom and leaders of both branches of the legislature have agreed on a $300 billion budget for 2024, which aims to close the remaining $56 billion revenue gap. However, the budget includes cuts to housing programs, healthcare workforce development, government operations, and more, totaling about $16 billion. The agreement also includes…
by Willy Blackmore The heatwave that baked the Southwest and parts of Mexico and elsewhere in Central America earlier this month smashed an array of record temperatures. In the first two weeks of June, 1,200 records for day-time highs were either broken or tied, and 1,800 nighttime highs too. The endless heat (which, really, is…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Melinda French Gates has been at the forefront of philanthropic innovation since founding Pivotal Ventures in 2015. Pivotal Ventures is dedicated to advancing social progress through a strategic blend of venture capital investments, advocacy funding, and philanthropic grantmaking. In 2022, French Gates expanded her mission by…
SAN BERNARDINO, CA–The San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) is excited to announce a jersey retirement ceremony in honor of Alexander Mattison, Las Vegas Raiders running back who graduated from San Bernardino High School (SBHS) in 2016. WHAT: Jersey Retirement Ceremony for SBCUSD alumnus and Las Vegas Raiders running back Alexander Mattison WHO: San…
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health commends the U.S. Surgeon General for declaring firearm violence in America a public health crisis. Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States and 54% of American adults reported that they or a family member have experienced a firearm-related incident….
As part of our Juneteenth special broadcast, we feature our interview with pioneering musical artist Rhiannon Giddens, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her opera Omar, about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s. Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its…
We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. We begin with our 2021 interview with historian Clint Smith, originally aired a day after President Biden signed legislation to make…
(NNPA Newswire) — Former President Donald Trump’s return to Capitol Hill on June 13 sparked significant backlash, with critics condemning his appearance at the site of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack—a violent insurrection by his supporters. Trump has refused to take responsibility for his actions on that day or his conduct generally, even though…
Darryl White | Special to California Black Media Partners As we celebrate the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth, I cannot help but think of how far we still have to go to reach a level of equity in America. The cornerstone of slavery was illiteracy among enslaved populations. Slave owners did everything they could to keep…
June 17, 2024 – The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) announced that the article “Recurrent Convolutional Deep Neural Networks for Modeling Time-Resolved Wildfire Spread Behavior” was awarded the 2024 Harry C. Bigglestone Award. This prestigious award is given annually to the paper appearing in the journal Fire Technology that best represents excellence in communicating fire…
