Saul Tecle was called into a meeting with one of his coaches this past summer. For two years, he’d been playing for Project 51O, the youth development program of the Oakland Roots Soccer Club. This meeting, he was certain, was the moment…
Last month, students from the LPC Umoja program spent the weekend at the 20th annual Umoja Conference in Los Angeles. The organizers say the conference aims to “enhance the cultural and educational experience of African Americans and other students.” This year’s conference…
The Hawks are soaring to begin this season.
After another strong tournament performance in the 45th Annual James Clark Showcase, the men’s basketball team saw their record pushed to 10-0 — the best start in program history.
Then, in their return home…
I’ve always, on some level, been a kitty.
When I was young, I struggled to relate to human people, so I found comfort in cats. I studied and mimicked their body language and the ways they interacted with their environment. I meowed,…
In the state of California, 19% of adults over the age of 25 do not have a high school degree, as reported by the California Office of Health Hazard Assessment’s Educational Attainment report. This leaves a considerable amount of students…
Fifteen minutes before 11 a.m. on Thursday, untold numbers of Californian cellphones buzzed. It was an alert from the National Weather Service issued up the Northern Californian coast to parts of Oregon. The message: “You are in danger.”
“A series of powerful…
Voters have elected Donald Trump president of the United States — again. Vice President Kamala Harris, the potential first South Asian Black woman president, would have captured a historic win. But she failed to connect with most Americans, and her loss has…
Overcast and cold — the ideal atmosphere for staying in and drinking wine. Despite being called “cold rooms,” attendees of the new Viticulture facility’s ribbon cutting were anxious to get inside. To see wine stored in cellars at ten degrees colder than…
He’s called women he disagrees with “fat pigs” and “disgusting animals.” He described a woman who’s been a district attorney, the California attorney general, a U.S. Senator and the Vice President as a “low IQ individual.”
In an interview with Access Hollywood…
Teenagers are meant to be rebellious. It’s a trait perennially assigned to them. Kids pushing towards independence, yearning to strip themselves from the shadow of their parents. They don’t want to look or act like them. They certainly don’t want to think…