California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says President Donald Trump’s recent change in rhetoric on mail-in voting ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections signals desperation.
Rain, rain go away, come back another day. Gray, overcast skies and intermittent sprinkles couldn’t dampen music lovers’ resolve to attend the annual Jazz at Drew, Saturday, October 10, 2026.
The members of the Drop Life Without Parole (Drop LWOP), a grassroots coalition and sentencing reform group, along with other advocacy organizations, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of more than 5,000 individuals serving life sentences in California before he leaves office.
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Cornell University is at the center of a developing matter involving an alleged gang rape case that took place in 2024. Prosecutors are reopening the matter after the alleged victim filed a civil lawsuit against a group of fraternity members at Cornell University.
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole seven years after she was convicted of murdering her neighbor, Botham Jean, inside his Dallas apartment.
Annika E. Ashton is the new Broward County Attorney, becoming the first Black woman and Jamaican American to assume the role.
California’s 22nd Congressional District race pits Republican incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, against Democratic challenger Randy Villegas in a contest over issues that affect households, farms and businesses across the Central Valley. The winner will represent the district in the U.S. House, where decisions on federal spending, health care, immigration, taxes, and water policy affect the region.
Wrapping up the 17th Silicon Valley African Film Festival, founder Chike Nwoffiah spoke with Bakersfield News Observer writer Cecil Egbele about the submission selection process, where African Americans fit in an “African” festival, and this year’s Icon Award.
In Kern County, getting medical care is often harder than it should be. A patient may need to travel across town or across the county. A working parent may have to find time away from a job that offers little flexibility. A senior may need help arranging transportation.
The California Endowment (TCE) and nonprofit developer Linc Housing broke ground Oct. 6 on a downtown Los Angeles campus combining affordable housing, health care and employment services near Men’s Central Jail, where numerous investigations and oversight reports have documented overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and violence.
Byron Donalds wants to be Florida’s next governor. Not on our watch. Our stance is rooted in an old saying coined by Floridian Zora Neale Hurston in her final major nonfiction work, Dust Tracks on a Road, set in Florida. “All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” is an idiom that distinguishes shared identity from shared interests.
For generations, the Black church has passed the offering plate to keep the lights on, pay the preacher, help the poor and carry the Gospel beyond its walls. But what happens when the preacher leaves the sanctuary, takes a popular Christian podcast on tour — and charges admission?
Beatriz Monsivais turns a childhood passion into a 20-year banking legacy of trust, mentorship, and community impact at Springhill State Bank
A new exhibition opening Sunday, Oct. 4, at The Health Museum is bringing Black maternal health into public view through art and personal storytelling.
Rhonda Haymon is a Deputy Public Defender with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and a candidate for Los Angeles County Superior Court, Office No. 64, on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Assembly Bill (AB) 2599, the Truth in Disclosure Act, authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights), was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, making California the first state in the nation to require large corporations to disclose historical and financial ties to chattel slavery.
For generations, the conversation about Black wealth has focused on what we do not have: not enough savings, not enough access to capital, not enough homeownership and not enough inherited wealth. Those realities matter, and the disparities behind them are real but there is another question worth asking: What are we doing with the wealth we already have?
California is adding new anti-hate training requirements for elected officials and some private sector employees after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills aimed at strengthening how government agencies and employers respond to hate speech and bias.
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