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Health
Big Freedia, Ina Garten, Tiny Chef & Other Celebs Design Products to Help End Childhood Hunger
*Williams Sonoma has Teamed Up with No Kid Hungry to release their new celebrity-designed limited-edition specialty spatulas and products, to help fight childhood hunger as part...
Civil Rights
To Address Rising Hate, More Focus on Prevention and Crimes They Trigger | VIDEO
*When hip hop icon and fashion designer Kanye West wore a black, long-sleeved shirt with “White Lives Matter” emblazoned on the backside in white...
Health
NFL Players Spotlight Sickle Cell Disease Association of America’s My Cause My Cleats Program
*San Francisco 49ers running back Tevin Coleman and Arizona Cardinals linebacker Markus Golden will support the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America through the...
California Government
Charles R. Drew Univ. Launches MD Program as Newsom Announces COVID Emergency End
*On Monday, Oct. 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19 emergency in California will end Feb. 28, 2023 The governor's powers to suspend...
Education
UC Academics Picket Campuses in the Largest Strike of the Year
*Around 48,000 academic workers at all 10 University of California (UC) campuses went on strike Nov.14, shutting down classrooms and research laboratories in the...
Legal
Panel Discusses Supreme Court Case Threatening End of Affirmative Action
*A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was held on Nov. 15 to discuss the possible...
California Government
New Bivalent Boosters Add Protection From Omicron Variant Ahead of Predicted Surge
*California has started administering updated COVID-19 booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the use of new versions of...
Climate Change
The Season is Changing but Extreme Drought is Here to Stay: Five Water-Saving Reminders for Fall
*The fall season officially began on September 22 and Californians may begin to see cooler temperatures.
But it's important to remember that California is still...
Press Release
City of Houston, Residents Honored for National Water Challenge
*Grand Prize award ceremony recognized city efforts in an annual campaign, presented by Wyland Foundation, in association with the National League of Cities and...
California Government
Through Ads and Advocates, Battle Over Calif. Gambling Propositions Heat Up | VIDEO
*Clint Thompson, a Santa Monica resident in his 30s, wouldn’t say he has been inundated with advertisements supporting or denigrating Propositions 26 and 27,...
Health
Research Finds Black Californians Prioritize Health, While System Fails to Prioritize Black Californians’ Needs
*The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) has released a study that found Black Californians are highly engaged with their health care, are active in...
Reparations
Statewide ‘Listening Sessions’ Allow Reparations Task Force to Hear Black Californians’ Stories
*A series of community Listening Sessions are being held statewide to help the nine members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop...
Racism
NAACP Calls for More Data Collection: High School Students Taught Lesson for Holding ‘Mock Slave’ Auction | WATCH
*Athletes at a Northern California high school are the latest group of students to be punished for a racially-insensitive prank.
Football players at River Valley...
Music
RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier Reports Strong Growth for Music in 2022
*We are pleased to release the strong U.S. recorded music revenue figures of $7.7 billion for the first half of 2022.
Those results reflect the...
Police - Police Abuse
Data Collecting Discrepancies Mean Police Profiling of African Americans is Being Under-reported | WATCH
*At its last meeting, the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPAB) discussed the discrepancies in the racial profiling data reported by the...
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