Oakland Public Schools announced plans to launch a program focused on helping Black girls succeed. The school district pioneered a similar program for at-risk Black boys in 2010.

Reggina Jefferies was a praise dancer at the funeral ceremony honoring the memory of friends Josiah Pratt and Jamari Wilson, two 15-year-olds who drowned in nearby Modesto, when she was shot and killed.

The family of Autumn Johnson is mourning her death after the toddler was fatally shot just a week after her first birthday.

The family of Jahi McMath, the teen who was declared brain-dead after complications from sleep apnea surgery, shared an update about her status on Thursday.

SHE HAS A NAME: Chyemil Pierce killed while she was protecting her children after shootout erupted outside her house. pic.twitter.com/yBeUTtJx4S — Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) March…

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Police protestors staged rallies at brunch spots in New York City and Oakland Sunday, bringing attention to the police’s racist treatment of African Americans, the…

(photo credit: Christie Smith) The country has been in an uproar following the decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the murder of college-bound teenager Michael Brown in…

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  As we previously reported, Malcolm Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson and  first male heir of Malcolm X, was beaten to death in Mexico City eight…

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The Oakland Unified School District is getting some unwanted attention after a video surfaced of a fight between a 7th grade female student and a…

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While the nation’s attention has been focused on the alarming homicide rate in Chicago, Oakland has been enduring a rise in murders in 2013.  According…

Oakland rapper Zoe Tha Roasta has reached a $300,000 settlement with the city of Oakland, California, after a police office planted a gun on him, resulting in jail time. The San Francisco Chronicle reports, former Oakland police officer Ramon Alcantar planted a gun on Zoe as he was leaving a wake for his aunt in […]