When a Black child or young woman between the ages of 12 and 25 goes missing in California, the family can ask the law enforcement agency investigating the case to request an Ebony Alert from the California Highway Patrol. The system is nearly three years old. It has been used 31 times.
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More than five decades ago, a tragedy at a Sacramento ice cream parlor exposed a critical gap in the region’s ability to care for people suffering from severe burns. Today, that tragedy remains part of the origin story of the Firefighters Burn Institute (FFBI), a Sacramento-based organization whose work has grown into a statewide network of burn care, recovery, prevention and education.
Unless you have lived through it, it is easy to dismiss as racial paranoia the wariness and discomfort felt by many successful business leaders of color who have reached the elite ranks of the business world.
As a young Black man, this topic is personal to me. When people discuss mental health, they usually don’t picture someone who looks like me. Instead, Black men are often seen as strong, tough, or able to handle anything life throws at us.
Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson is my friend. An outspoken advocate for equity, fairness, public health, and social service resources for our Inland Valley community, I have come to admire and respect Jackson’s grit and his work as a legislator. However, I don’t always agree with his political or policy positions.
Every indicator in New York City’s housing market is pointing in the wrong direction. Rents are at historic highs. Foreclosure notices are climbing in Black and brown neighborhoods that never fully recovered from the last crisis. Deed theft, the predatory stripping of generational wealth from families who built their equity over decades, continues to devastate communities from Brownsville to Jamaica.
Every child deserves a fair chance to learn, grow, and achieve their dreams. In Texas, millions of brilliant, creative, and hard-working Black children want to become doctors, engineers, artists, and leaders. However, facts show that Black youth face tough challenges that make it much harder for them to succeed.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement that it would spend $20 million to equip ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) with electric shock gloves is indeed shocking. Equipping ICE with electric shock gloves is tantamount to equipping a wolf with a knife and fork to enter the hen house.
USC jumped out to a fast start as quarterback Jayden Maiava passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, leading No. 14 Southern California to a 42-26 victory over San Jose State before 51,144 fans at the Coliseum.
It took some time, but Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno has agreed to sell the team to Stan Kroenke, who also presides over the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams.
The Harold and Carole Pump Foundation (HCPF) brought stars, community leaders and major contributors together for a special evening at the Beverly Hills Hilton, raising funds and awareness in the fight against cancer.
California logs more than 60,000 missing-child reports a year, and roughly nineteen of every twenty are classified as runaways — a label that advocates say falls hardest on Black children. The state built the nation’s first Ebony Alert to counter it, but does not publish the racial data that would show whether it works.
As the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) opened its doors for the 2026–27 school year on Monday, August 17, district leadership stood on the threshold of a historic turning point. Backed by all 153 standards met on its latest Financial Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) review and a 95% first-day attendance rate, the district is within arm’s reach of returning to local governance after nearly 14 years under state receivership.
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber is asking voters to help protect the integrity of the November 2026 election by taking one important step: Vote early.
The skies over South L.A. shone brightly on a recent evening. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Heather Hutt (District 10), and Daniel Tarica, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs General Manager, were joined by a full house of community stakeholders for the ribbon-cutting for the reopening of the Vision Theatre Performing Arts Center (VISPAC). This monumental occasion was held on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated three Black women — Justice Rashida Adams and Judges Denise Hippach and Juliet Macaulay — to serve on the California Courts of Appeal.
Parents are probably wondering how the summer season went by so fast. It seems like only yesterday that students were singing “School is Out for the Summer.”
The month of August will be written in the jazz history books with a couple of notations. The entry will include the postponement of two jazz festivals. One of the festivals has been produced for over three decades. The other festival was making a debut with a magnificent showcase of jazz, Latin Jazz, and Caribbean music throughout Los Angeles.
On Aug. 19, a bipartisan coalition of mayors from California’s largest cities gathered at the State Capitol to urge voters to approve Proposition (Prop) 1, an $11.25 billion housing and veterans bond measure on the November ballot.
