By Dianne Anderson Juneteenth events are buzzing everywhere this year, almost one on every corner, but Trudy Coleman remembers when her Pomona Valley event was the only option for miles and miles around. Until about the mid-1990s, for the most part it was a little-known celebration, except for its Texas roots. She and her colleague ...

By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media African American water experts are joining state officials calling on Californians to conserve as much water as possible in preparation for an abnormally dry summer ahead. California is in year three of a drought that scientists have called the driest in the history of the state. “Look at ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent On the first anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, President Joe Biden invited the slain Black man’s family to the White House. At the time, Biden expressed optimism that the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would become law. That didn’t happen. On the ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates among teenagers rose almost 60 percent from 2007 to 2018. The CDC and other federal agencies describe a crisis that includes surging mental health disorders among the country’s young. For example, major depressive episodes in ...

By Dianne Anderson Sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits shrouding the Orange County District Attorney’s office have the local National Action Network chapter pushing harder this last week to get Black and Brown voters to mail in their Primary ballot. At stake, Darlene Futrel said the numbers with Spitzer at the helm show a pattern of ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Buffalo, New York Mayor Byron Brown called the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket an unimaginable nightmare, while Erie County Sheriff John Garcia framed the onslaught as pure evil. Put plainly, the deadly shooting by a white 18-year-old whose manifesto revealed his desire to cleanse the country ...

Cooperative Economic Empowerment Movement (CEEM) has partnered with the Los Angeles County Fair for its 3rd annual celebration of Black excellence May 13-15th. Embarking on the 100-year anniversary, Californians will experience a variety of fun, engaging, and interactive activations focused on heritage and the fair’s centennial origins throughout the month of May. In light of ...

By Dianne Anderson Less than a month away from the primary election and many voters aren’t paying attention to what’s in their mailbox, or maybe they don’t care – until it’s time for law and order. Somehow voters miss the connection between who’s running down ballot, like Superior Court Judge, and the real life implications ...

By Dianne Anderson Businesses working with a quarter-million dollars in revenues may be looking to bump up to the next level of success with the Small Business Administration’s latest THRIVE intensive hybrid and online curriculum. But even entrepreneurs on a shoestring budget can get in on new SBA program action. Godfrey Hinds, an expert in ...

By Dianne Anderson Not everyone needs a food bank – yet. Poverty advocate Gregory Scott sees a huge increase in local need. He said that most of the population, in general, is feeling the pinch, even in Orange County where affluence abounds. “For those who of us don’t have a need for a food bank, ...