Feb 25-California News and Black Media Network - Issue #45

Aria Elan Singer/writer Aria Elan grew up singing in her father’s church in Charleston, South Carolina. Her musical “Amandla ka Mandela” was produced at the Henry Street Settlement Theater in New York City. She has released 3 studio albums of original songs which she wrote or co-wrote. Aria has performed at Earth Day and other festivals in California, New York and Hawaii and other venues in US & abroad.

Don’t let them get U down, released 18 February 2022

This album is dedicated to my beloved sister, Faye Laverne McCarley. “We’ll meet again; don’t know when. Faith is power…”

The vice president of the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys says Hannah Tubbs sentencing is “symbolic” of George Gascon recall effort. #Fo…

Multiple California emergencies declared by the last two governors officially ended on Friday — including for heat waves, an oil spill, wildfires and the civil unrest in reaction to George Floyd’s murder — but Gov. Gavin Newsom said the threat from the coronavirus lives on and so does the emergency he declared for it nearly […]

(The Center Square) – California is on track to clean up 1,000 encampments across the state this year, a total that would eclipse Gov. Gavin Newsom’s original goal tenfold.

If the state’s budget surplus is as big as analysts think it might be, Californians could be getting a rebate check from the state. And it’s all thanks to a proposition passed in 1979.

During the apex of the civil rights movement, much of the mainstream news coverage excluded the views of Black people in its reporting.

Since discrimination complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can take considerable time to resolve, the ex-employees chose to sue…

Oluale Kossula: That’s the name author Zora Neale Hurston used when she greeted Cudjo Lewis, the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade and the

A new investment fund launched by one of the few Black venture capitalists in health care is focused on backing Black entrepreneurs. And the investors include some of the biggest names in for-profit health care.

Black people, we’ve done it again. We’ve been fooled, bamboozled, and hoodwinked by song and dance once again. Yes, while we were buying hot wings, crip walking with Snoop, and recovering from a…

Phillip Scott reports on students walking out of school after WS students spell the word that they were raised to say in their homes.

Jackson, 51, has long been considered the leading contender for the post.

There’s a push in Maryland to allow former felons to sit on jury duty, a case where the guilty actually wind up sitting in judgment of those deemed “innocent…

Texas lawmakers recently voted in new restrictive laws, claiming it would be easier for people to cast their ballots and harder to cheat—but it is now harder…

Demonstrates the widespread ownership of America’s basic wealth and the equitable distribution of national income. With Prof. Clifton L. Ganus of Harding Col…

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks to activist Angela Davis about her rereleased autobiography, which includes new passages on the Black Lives Matter movement.ABC…

Adam Mangana, the creator of the world’s first virtual reality charter school, exudes Black excellence in education technology at its finest.Mangana founded …