Screenshot of the rendering of the newly approved battery energy storage system site located at 18800 Broadway Ave. on the southeast corner of Griffith St. and Main St. that was presented on 3/10/2026...
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Assemblymembers Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), left, and Patrick Ahrens (D-Silicon Valley). CBM photo...
California voters will have expanded access to early in-person voting beginning May 30 as the state conducts...
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Assemblymembers Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), left, and Patrick Ahrens (D-Silicon Valley). CBM photo...
California voters will have expanded access to early in-person voting beginning May 30 as the state conducts...
Screenshot of the rendering of the newly approved battery energy storage system site located at 18800 Broadway Ave. on the southeast corner of Griffith St. and Main St. that was presented on 3/10/2026...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to address the Trump administration’s budget request for the Justice Department, Tuesday,...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to address the Trump administration’s budget request for the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP...
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) reintroduced updated legislation on May 7 aimed at strengthening protections and healthcare standards for pregnant and postpartum women held in federal custody, including...
Federal authorities identified Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif., as the suspect charged in an alleged assassination attempt targeting President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. Allen now faces multiple...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a news conference Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Sacramento. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Oakland, CA — Following a statewide Memorial Day...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a news conference Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Sacramento. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Oakland, CA — Following a statewide Memorial Day community conversation on May 25th that engaged more...
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, an Oakland native, visited the California State Capitol on May 13 to rally against partisan gerrymandering and what advocates describe as the rollback of minority voting rights across the South. Standing to his right...
Screenshot of the rendering of the battery enclosures that will be utilized for the project presented on 3/10/2026 at the city of Carson Planning Commission Meeting.
Carson, CA — For more than a...
Screenshot of the rendering of the battery enclosures that will be utilized for the project presented on 3/10/2026 at the city of Carson Planning Commission Meeting.
Carson, CA — For more than a year, battery energy storage systems — commonly known...
Carson, CA — When Will Jefferson talks about finance, he does not just talk numbers. He talks preparation, transparency, and people.
Jefferson, who now oversees the City of Carson’s financial operations, brings experience from city government,...
L-R: Danielle Hasley, City of Carson PIO Analyst; Margie Revilla-Garcia, City of Carson PIO Manager; and Leslie Gervasio, NAGC President.
Carson, CA — The City of Carson’s Public Information Office won a prestigious Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Award...
Pastor J. Edgar Boyd
Long before the United States became a nation, Black people helped build its foundation. Black men and women, some free and many enslaved, cleared land, tilled soil, built roads and...
Pastor J. Edgar Boyd
Long before the United States became a nation, Black people helped build its foundation. Black men and women, some free and many enslaved, cleared land, tilled soil, built roads and bridges, and helped construct the nation’s capital....
Pastor Torrey Collins stands at the future site of a new affordable housing development during a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Logos Faith Development.
Los Angeles, CA — Faith leaders, community stakeholders, developers, and supporters gathered...
Tammi Berry, My Systagyrl Foundation
Many people say, “My one vote doesn’t matter.”
But after working for the Registrar Recorder/County Clerk’s Office in Norwalk, California, during election seasons from 2003 to 2006, I can honestly say: Every single...
By: Kellie Todd Griffin, Special to California Black Media Partners
Statewide — Every election cycle, the conversation starts the same way. Campaigns announce their outreach. Candidates say our...
By: Kellie Todd Griffin, Special to California Black Media Partners
Statewide — Every election cycle, the conversation starts the same way. Campaigns announce their outreach. Candidates say our name. They show up at our churches, our sorority events,...
Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson (D-San Diego), left, and Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), right, on the California State Senate chamber floor on March 24, 2026. On March 26, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus voted to approve the...
“I am the only living survivor of the original regiment, the 10th U.S. Cavalry, who marched away toward the Rio Grande, 1,225 strong in 1867.”
Some men witness history. Others become the last living link to it. Major George W. Ford belonged to...
Pastor K.W. Tulloss, Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church
Los Angeles, CA — First Corinthians 12:14 says “For the body does not consist of one member, but of many.” In other words, our physical...
Pastor K.W. Tulloss, Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church
Los Angeles, CA — First Corinthians 12:14 says “For the body does not consist of one member, but of many.” In other words, our physical health is connected to one another. That principle...
Wendy is the Purpose Partner helping women go from Crossroads to Confidence, from Shaken to Unshakable, from Purpose to Power. To learn more, visit WendyGladney.com and ForgivingForLiving.org.
Upland, CA — There is something powerful about a woman...
Carson, CA — A series of events across Carson this month is bringing renewed attention to mental health awareness, with city leaders, health organizations and community groups hosting forums, wellness activities and resource fairs throughout May.
The...
State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) has introduced Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), a proposal designed to narrow longstanding funding disparities between California school districts,...
State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) has introduced Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5), a proposal designed to narrow longstanding funding disparities between California school districts, while securing the endorsement of the California School...
Carson, CA — The City of Carson’s Public Information Office, with advisory support from the Public Relations Commission, hosted the highly anticipated “Why I Like Carson” Essay Contest Awards Ceremony on Tuesday evening, April 28, 2026. The event,...
By: Katie Dukes, EdNC
When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their experiences in the first 1,000 days...
Randolph Ross, an African American Olympic Gold Medalist and former HBCU track athlete from North Carolina A&T University, has quietly returned to competition after serving a three-year suspension...
Randolph Ross, an African American Olympic Gold Medalist and former HBCU track athlete from North Carolina A&T University, has quietly returned to competition after serving a three-year suspension for anti-doping rule violations. His comeback race...
Rain, Resolve, and a Reckoning: Indiana’s Rose Bowl Triumph Redefines the College Football Landscape
A Rare Wet Rose Bowl Morning
For only the second time in the past 19 years, rain greeted the New Year at the Rose Bowl.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms soaked Pasadena through the morning hours of Jan. 1, forcing organizers to tarp the famed playing surface...
The bronze statue had looked out over the California State University San Marcos campus for nearly 30 years.
Students and faculty had fought to pay tribute to Cesar Chavez with a memorial after his death in 1993. Back then, a bench or fountain felt too...
