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Sacramento · SacramentoBy Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Two Sacramento State students were sharing their stories about being foster youth when the marching band began playing and United Way surprised them and eight other students with a $60,000 check at the United Way’s “United in Purpose Gala” at Memorial Auditorium on April 20. Ten Sac State students, all in attendance and participants in Sacramento State’s Guardian Scholars Program for former foster yout…See the Story
A Builder Of Dreams
Sacramento · SacramentoBy Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer The father of a man who was shot and killed by police on a Regional Transit light rail in August is suing the city and two officers for failing to use de-escalation tactics. On Aug. 15, Sacramento police responded to a call about a man on the train with a large knife possibly experiencing a mental health crisis. Police at the time said two officers tried de-escalation techniques before 44-year-old Dant…See the Story
Lawsuit Filed Against City, Officers In Knife-Wielding Man’s Shooting Death On Light Rail
California, United States · CaliforniaBo Tefu, Joe W. Bowers Jr. and Tanu Henry | California Black Media Gov. Newsom: Calif. Organized Retail Crime Task Force Seizes Guns, Stolen Goods On April 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced that the California Highway Patrol Organized Retail Crime Task Force arrested 474 people and seized 160,000 stolen goods valued at $4.2 million. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office worked alongside the task force to conduct 185 investigations. In the p…See the Story
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California, United States · California(US MEDIA GROUP) – After almost 10 months without a permanent superintendent, the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education made a unanimous decision on Thursday to appoint Lisa Allen to the position. Allen, who has been serving as interim superintendent since her predecessor Jorge Aguilar’s resignation in June of 2023, has been with the district for 28 years. Allen, who is the first Black woman appointed as superintendent in th…See the Story
Sacramento City Unified School District appoints Lisa Allen as permanent superintendent
California, United States · CaliforniaSACRAMENTO (US MEDIA GROUP) – Sol Blume, the popular music festival known for its R&B and hip-hop lineup, will not be taking place in 2024 due to “significant damage” and “growing safety concerns” at Discovery Park, organizers announced on the festival’s website Friday. The decision to cancel the 2024 edition comes after ticket holders raised questions online about whether the festival would still happen. According to organizers, Sol Blume will …See the Story
Rainstorms force cancellation of Sol Blume 2024 festival, organizers update schedule for 2025
Sacramento · SacramentoEdward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – Photographs serve as historical records, framing both big moments and small ones. Those images evoke a range of emotions such as passion, sadness, joy, nostalgia and more, connecting us emotionally to the history captured in them. L.A.-based photographer and organizer Ron Wilkins, 78, showcases powerful images he captured from the Black liberation movements of the of the 1960s and beyond in his n…See the Story
Crook’s Lens: L.A.-Based Activist Remembers Capturing Black Freedom Struggle in Photos
Sacramento · SacramentoBy Keyshawn Davis | Solving Sacramento About six years ago, Dr. William Sands, the director of special projects for University of the Pacific’s Pacific Health Care Collaborative, was tasked with finding a place to locate this new health education program, where students could learn and practice health together in collaboration with UOP. Sands said he was told by the university’s dean of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, Dr. Nader Nader…See the Story
New health care teaching clinic opening in Oak Park
Sacramento · SacramentoBy Hannah Ross | Solving Sacramento The Sacramento arts scene may be on the brink of transformation. Since a pandemic that had threatened to gut localSee the Story
