Category: Valleys

Los Angeles
Kathleen Untalan

Hoosiers Roll Over Tide in Rose Bowl Rout

In December, incoming California Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) announced her leadership and committee appointments for the 2025–2026 legislative session, including several members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC).

Los Angeles
Kathleen Untalan

Stoops and Ball Enter Rose Bowl Hall of Fame

In December, incoming California Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) announced her leadership and committee appointments for the 2025–2026 legislative session, including several members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC).

Los Angeles
Kathleen Untalan

Chargers Fall to Denver, Head to New England

In December, incoming California Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) announced her leadership and committee appointments for the 2025–2026 legislative session, including several members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC).

Los Angeles
Kathleen Untalan

Magic Brings Out the Sun on a Rainy Rose Parade Day

Tom Brady stepped into the broadcast booth and, without saying a word, said everything. One glove. Not a gimmick. Not nostalgia cosplay. Just a quiet, unmistakable signal that even in a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills, the most famous silhouette in modern culture still casts a shadow. Seventeen years after his death at 50, Michael Jackson remains unavoidable.

Bakersfield
Kathleen Untalan

Why Peace on Earth Begins with Birth, a Q&A with Midwife Nikki Helms

In December, incoming California Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) announced her leadership and committee appointments for the 2025–2026 legislative session, including several members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC).

Featured
Kathleen Untalan

LA Chargers recognize standout prep players

facebooktwitterinstagram The Los Angeles Chargers continued their commitment to youth and community football by recognizing several standout prep players for their excellence on and off

Front Page
Stefi Mar

2025 in Review: Seven Questions for Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins –Advocate for Health, Aging Californians and More

Dr. LaShae Sharp-Collins was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2024 to represent the 79th District, which includes southeastern San Diego, El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies, a master’s in education with an emphasis in Multicultural Counseling, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from San Diego State University, where she later returned as an adjunct professor.

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

The Voting Rights Act Is Under Threat. So Are Workers’ Rights.

In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how working people make our voices heard. The late Rep. John Lewis (Georgia) proclaimed, “Your vote is precious, almost sacred.” The Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing Texas to use a racially discriminatory congressional map threatens that precious right once again—and with it, the foundation of worker power itself.

African Americans
Stefi Mar

The Truth Is Under Attack; The Black Press Needs You

This is not a reflection. It is a demand. The Black Press of America is being deliberately starved, and unless people act now, it will collapse in full view of the nation it has served for nearly two centuries. This is not about nostalgia. It is about whether truth survives when power decides it should not.

Bakersfield
Stefi Mar

Evan Turnage Announces Run for Congress, Targeting Longtime Incumbent Bennie Thompson

Jackson, Mississippi native Evan Turnage, a 33-year-old antitrust lawyer and former top Senate counsel, formally entered the race for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District on December 17, setting up a Democratic primary challenge to longtime incumbent Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in the March 10, 2026, election.

Los Angeles
Kathleen Untalan

Chargers slow Cowboys, clinch AFC playoff spot

facebooktwitterinstagram ARLINGTON, Texas — Quarterback Justin Herbert delivered one of his most efficient performances of the season, and the Los Angeles Chargers punched their ticket