By Dianne Anderson For decades, the pulpit was only the beginning for Pastor Ray Turner, stretching from all corners of community outreach, from the altar to the ballot box, to Black-led civic organizing, and education, turning faith into action. Ask what shaped that leadership style, and, at least for starters, he credits the Air Force. ...

By Dianne Anderson Dozens mobilized outside Long Beach City Hall last week rallying the cry for action, more community meetings with city leaders and more support from city General Funds to address the violence in the wake of the killing of 12-year-old Eric Gregory Brown III. At the last city council meeting, education advocate Paula ...

COVID-19 Update By Maxim Elaramsisy California Black Media Physicians and public health officials are raising alarms about a “tripledemic” happening as the holiday travel season approaches. Communities around California are susceptible to infection by new COVID-19 variants, the seasonal flu, and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). People who are vulnerable to serious infection, especially those over ...