Steel Sharpens Steel

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Steel Sharpens Steel

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Back in 2019, The OBSERVER named Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber its Person of the Year, mainly for her work demanding police reform in the wake of the tragic death of a local unarmed Black man in 2018. In addition to getting Assembly Bill 392, aka the Stephon […]

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Reporter Visits Country Where Her Grandfather Was Stationed In 1950s

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer I got my passport in June 2022 and it had been burning a hole in my pocket ever since. When the opportunity to travel to Cuba came a few months later, I was excited for a number of reasons, particularly because I already had a family

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Policing the police: State off to slow start

By EMILY HOEVEN | CALMatters (CALMATTERS) - California’s new program to police the police has produced few results so far. That’s according toa new project from CalMatters justice reporter Nigel Duara, who is today launching the state’s most comprehensive public tracker of police

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Garvey’s ‘Got The Fight’

By Jared D. Childress | OBSERVER Staff Writer Former Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson made a commitment to Dr. Julius Garvey at the Oak Park Black Film Festival in September: he would help clear the name of his father, political activist Marcus Garvey. “We’re going to do our part to

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Lessons From Cuba

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer HAVANA, Cuba — This past October, I traveled to Cuba on the invitation of Sacramento community legend and Black maternal health advocate Kathryn Hall-Trujillo. Along for the educational journey was OBSERVER staff photographer Louis Br

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Asm. Chris Holden Wants More Rights, Revenue Sharing for College Athletes

By Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media (CBM) - At a press conference held at the Pasadena Rose Bowl last week, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 252, called the College Athletic Protection Act. If the Legislature passes the bill, it will

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Black & Missing: Howard Law Panel Explores Disparities in Finding Lost Women

By Alana Matthew | Howard University News Service | 101Magazine.net | Special to the OBSERVER Experts from all over the country assembled at Howard University on Tuesday for a panel and frank discussion about missing Black women and the lack of media coverage. Actress Ericka Alexa

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Sac High Boys Fall In First Round Of NorCal Playoffs

By Russell Stiger Jr. | OBSERVER Correspondent Tuesday night marked the end of Sacramento HIgh School’s boys basketball season. The Dragons fell 69-63 to California of San Ramon in front of a large home crowd in the first round of the Northern California Regional playoffs. But you

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In Historic Win, Rep. Karen Bass Is Elected First Black Woman Mayor of L.A.

By Maxim Elramsisy |California Black Media (CBM) - “This is my home, and with my whole heart, I'm ready to serve, and my pledge to you is that we will hit the ground running on Day One,” Los Angeles Mayor-elect, Rep. Karen Bass pledged Nov. 16 after the Associated Press (AP) decla

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Californians Spurn Sports Gambling Initiatives on Election Day

By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media (CBM) - On Election Day, Golden State voters emphatically rebuked the sports gambling initiatives on the ballot. With 67% of the ballots counted at press time, according to the Associated Press (AP), 83.31% or 5,628,855 California voter

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OBSERVER’s Larry Lee Named One Of 25 Most Admired CEOs By Biz Journal

By Stephen Magagnini | OBSERVER Editor-In-Chief OBSERVER Publisher and CEO Larry Lee joined 25 other local captains of industry, nonprofits and organizations March 8 celebrating the region’s “Most Admired CEOs.” The black-tie dinner, hosted by the Sacramento Business Journal, drew

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California may determine control of House

(CALMATTERS) - This is what they call a nail-biter, folks. With Democrats managing tohang on to control of the U.S. Senatefollowing votes tallied this weekend, all eyes have shifted to the U.S. House — and to California, which could end up determining the balance of power in Congr

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Is California’s drought over?

(CALMATTERS) - Might the ferocious winter storms that have pounded California so far in December signal the beginning of the end of the state’s drought? Not necessarily: Last year, fierce early storms were followed by the driest January through March in California’s recorded histo

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Report: Cops Search Black California Teens Six Times More Than White Peers

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) - The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA Board) released its annual report on policing in December. It revealed that People “perceived as Black were searched at 2.2 times the rate of people” appearing

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Medical Student Eyes Better Health Outcomes

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer HAVANA, Cuba — At age 10, Briana Roberts set a career goal and wouldn’t be swayed from it. “My pediatrician was Nicaraguan and had kind of an elderly grandma feel, but was so good at being a doctor,” shared Roberts, now 34. “I said, ‘

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UC Academics Picket Campuses in the Largest Strike of the Year

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media (CBM) - 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 largest employee walkout at any academic institution in history. The

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Covered California Enrollment Launched - Healthcare Help Available for All Californians

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media (CBM) - California’s health insurance marketplace, known as the Covered California Health Exchange, launched its 10th open enrollment period on Nov.1. Covered California is the government agency that offers subsidized Obamacare plans for

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Black To The Future … Forever

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer I recently heard talk show host/actress Whoopi Goldberg talk about her respect for late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry for allowing her to be a part of the franchise and for having the vision to acknowledge that there will indee

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Blacks Call For Safe Hair Care Products

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer African Americans have a long and often love-hate relationship with hair care products, most of which are manufactured by people who don’t look like them or share the same grade of hair. Heavy focus of late is being placed on the need

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Despite Increased Access, Health Disparities For Blacks Persist In Sacramento

By Casey Murray | OBSERVER Staff Writer Had Leslie Napper not finally been seen by a Black health professional, she’s not sure she’d be alive. Napper is now a passionate advocate for health equity and works defending and advising Californians with disabilities through her job at D

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Three Bay Area Counties Have Black Women Chief Prosecutors

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) - Civil rights attorney Pamela Price made history when she was elected Alameda County’s first African American District Attorney (D.A.). Price joins two other Black women, Contra Costa County D.A. Diana Becton and San Francisco

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Sacramento art education group gets federal funding for violence prevention program

By Srishti Prabha | OBSERVER Education Reporter When their teacher collapsed in the classroom earlier this year, the second grade students of Peter Burnett Elementary in Sacramento were left to deal with the trauma of his death. Andrea Safar stepped in as their teacher, and what s

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State Task Force Getting Closer to Identifying What Reparations Look Like

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) - The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans will be conducting its last meeting of 2022 on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and Thursday, Dec. 15, at Oakland City Hall Chambers located at 1 Fr

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Colour Of Music Leaves Thousands Spellbound

By Jared D. Childress | OBSERVER Staff Writer Me’Lisa James was brought to tears the first time she saw an all-Black orchestra. “It was a healing process for me,” James, 32, said. “Growing up, I was the weird Black kid that played the clarinet. It’s very rare to see Black classica

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Black Pioneer’s Family Speaks About the Likelihood Of Reparations

By Antonio R. Harvey | OBSERVER Staff Writer The brothers Elmer and Milford Fonza plan to ask the state’s reparations task force how their family can file a claim of eligibility when the group conducts its next two-day meeting in Sacramento, March 3-4. The nine-member California T

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Longtime Educator Leaves Legacy of Excellence

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer If they believe it, they can achieve it. Local educator Azikiwe C. Ayo dedicated his life to feeding pride and self-confidence into his students. Ayo passed away on December 1 at age 75. Ayo was born on February 9, 1947. He spent deca

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Neighbor Program Carries On Black Panthers’ Legacy

By Jared D. Childress | OBSERVER Staff Writer Tears came to Kimberly Cox Marshall’s eyes as she approached the Shakur Center on the opening day of the Malcolm X Academy for Afrikan Education on Oct 3. She was met curbside by center founder Jordan McGowan. The two embraced. “It’s l

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Tony Thurmond Starts Second Term as State Addresses Educational Inequity

By Max Elramsisy | California Black Media (CBM) - State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Tony Thurmond took the oath of office to begin his second term on Jan. 7 at a ceremony conducted at Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Los Angeles. Thurmond oversees the educatio

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Study Reveals Barriers to Mental Health for Black and Latina Women

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media (CBM) - A poll of Black women and Latinas across California sponsored by Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) and Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE)® found that 77% are experiencing some form of discrimination

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California Legislative Black Caucus Calls For Californians To Become Change Makers

By Verbal Adam | OBSERVER Correspondent The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast celebration in-person, after two years of holding the event virtually. The breakfast opened with remarks from Dr. Akilah Weber, who serves as sec

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UC Davis Wants Community To Get Fired Up Over New Exhibit

By Laura Compton| Special To The Observer A new exhibition featuring pioneering artist Mike Henderson’s rarely seen contributions to the history of contemporary painting and filmmaking, radical Black politics and to the story of California art opens Jan. 30 at the Jan Shrem and Ma

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