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COVID cases are rising once again due to the emergence of a new variant, EG.5. Its another version of Omicron, Dr. Benjamin Neuman of Texas A&M University said on Aug. 11.

COVID cases are rising once again due to the emergence of a new variant, EG.5. Its another version of Omicron, Dr. Benjamin Neuman of Texas A&M University said on Aug. 11.

San Francisco's lifelong youth advocate and founder of the popular publication for incarcerated juveniles, The Beat Within, has died.

Lifelong youth advocate David Inocencio, who founded the popular publication for incarcerated juveniles The Beat Within, died on July 8 in Daly City after

Ding Ding TV and Silicon Valley Community Media co-hosted a Civic Leadership Forum on Asian American Stories.

A new Pew study looks at diversity across news beats in the US. The data comes from a 2022 survey of 12,000 journalists and finds that, like the newsrooms they work in, an overwhelming majority of the reporters covering major beats in the country are white and male. 

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state’s #CaliforniansForAll College Corps program which has so far provided $10,000 grants to some 6,500 low-income college students as a stipend in exchange for their community service work. Nearly a year after the paid-service program was announced, the governor’s office is praising its impact on communities and the lives of the students who participate in it. | By Edward Henderson California Black Media Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the ...

'Paul will live on in the hearts and minds of those individuals who he so greatly helped during his career.'

Senior residents of the East Bay gathered at the Center for Elders’ Independence in San Leandro to celebrate the organization’s 40th anniversary on July 12. About 100 participants and executives from CEI were there to celebrate the milestone with dancing, live music, food, trivia, and activities. “Our organization has grown so much over the last | Senior residents of the East Bay gathered at the Center for Elders’ Independence in San Leandro to celebrate the organization’s 40th anniver...

“There is definitely still a need for vaccinations for the whole population,” said Dr. Lucia Abascal, a physician and researcher at CDPH. “There is this idea that Omicron is milder, but if we look at children’s data in this age group, we can actually see that hospitalizations peaked as well as deaths. We have more and more evidence that kids are at an acute risk of COVID.” By Edward Henderson, California Black Media Antonio and Tenaja Kizzie, a San Diego area couple, are parents of a 3...