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Treasured family Bible to play role in Kamala Harris’ inauguration Treasured family bible to play role in Kamala Harris’ inauguration A family bible belonging to a woman Kamala Harris has described as a second mother will play an important role in the Inauguration Day ceremony in Washington. OAKLAND, Calif. - Family and lifelong friends of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris brought one priceless item from the Bay Area to Washington, D.C. for Wednesdays historic Inauguration Day ceremo...

WASHINGTON — Kamala Devi Harris strutted between the metal barricades and the sparse crowd along Pennsylvania Avenue, clutching her grandniece’s hand and waving at cheering supporters. As she approached the

| Credit: TASOS KATOPODIS/POOL/AFP/Getty "Im just so proud of her and so grateful to be able to see how she continues to honor my grandmothers legacy," Smith tells The Mercury News.  Smith and her mother, Sharon Shelton McGaffie, aunt Judy Shelton Robinson and Derreck Johnson, a close childhood friend of Harriss, the outlet reports, are all attending the inauguration.  In the epilogue of h...

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Surrounded By Their Big, Close, Modern, Families for Inauguration People 1/20/2021 © OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris (L) greets stepchildren Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff For all the traditional (but socially distanced) pomp and constitutional circumstance of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being sworn in to the nations highest offices, Wednesdays ceremony on the Capitol steps was a family affair for their two large, close-knit clans....

Harris was born in Oakland and lived in neighboring Berkeley, where her parents studied at the University of California, Berkeley, until she was 12 years old. She served as San Francisco district attorney, and California attorney general, before becoming the state’s junior senator. Harris has frequently cited her experiences growing up in the Bay Area as foundational in her political career, including being bussed into wealthier white schools as part of an integration program. On Wednesday, r...

After half a century as a senator and vice president, Biden assumes the presidency at a time when the country faces health, economic and societal crises. Among a small group watching from the VIP section were fellow trailblazers, including President Obama, the first and only Black president, and his wife, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton, the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination. Harris’ family, including her two adult stepchildren and her sister, Maya, stood nearby...

Californians in Oakland and Bakersfield, two regions with starkly different politics, take stock of the political landscape in the run-up to President-elect Biden's inauguration.

Bay Area businesses honor Oaklands Kamala Harris with ice cream, dishes Bay Area businesses celebrate Kamala Harris’ inauguration with menu items Bay Area businesses are showing their pride for native politician and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who will be inaugurated this week. Shes getting some special menu and food items in her honor. OAKLAND, Calif. - Bay Area businesses are finding ways to honor the incoming Vice President Kamala Harris, an East Bay native, with special Inaugurati...

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On Wednesday, Oakland native Kamala Harris will be sworn in as America’s first female vice president, and her longtime friend from Oakland will be there,...