via KTLA: A San Francisco Bay Area school district voted Wednesday to name an elementary school after former First Lady Michelle Obama. The board of the West Contra Costa Unified School District unanimously voted to rename Wilson Elementary School in Richmond as Michelle Obama Elementary School. The wife of President Barack Obama is known for […]
via CNN: Investigators from The FAA and other Federal and Local Authorities are investigating the crash that killed NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant his Daughter and 7 others yesterday in Callifornia. The helicopter crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, California, Sunday morning, killing everyone on board. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration to […]
via newsweek/BY MARIA PEREZ : Recently a portion of Freeway 134 between the Glendale CA-2 and the 210 Freeway was named the President Barack H. Obama highway, news station CBSLA reported The 44th president lived in Pasadena, California, and attended Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981. California State Senator Anthony Portantino announced he wanted […]
viafox8cleveland: There was a shooting yesterday that left 3 dead and 12 others injured. The shooting ocurred at an annual food festival in Northern California, Witnesses reported confusion and panic as shots rang out at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in the city of 50,000 located about 80 miles (176 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco. CLICK […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake visited Southern California and parts of Nevada at approximately 10:30am today, July 4th, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was near Searles Valley in the Mojave Desert, which is northeast of Los Angeles County. As you can imagine, some celebs headed to social media to talk about […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Speaking to many women with natural hair in America, the way you wear your hair to work can be a source of anxiety and sometimes even trauma. There is pressure to wear ones’ hair straight, which is often deemed “presentable” in the work. Whether it’s navigating how to wear your hair for an […]
via Hallels: Bethel Church has been the subject of criticisms when the church would not open its doors to aid the victims of the fire that has ravaged through Redding, California. The so-called Carr Fire that affected Redding – a city of around 92,000 people about 230 miles north of San Francisco – was ignited by […]
via Wkyc: It looks like someone has just joined the Half Billionaires Club after buying a Mega Millions ticket in California with Tuesday’s winning jackpot numbers. The ticket was sold at Ernie’s Liquors in San Jose with the California Lottery, according to the lottery’s tweet early Wednesday morning. 1-2-4-19-29 with a Mega Ball of 20 […]
Police are searching for Billy Dixon, a 2000 graduate of Chagrin Falls High School who is still missing following the deadly warehouse fire in Oakland, California. More than 30 people were killed in the fire at a late-night dance party, with police still expecting to identify more victims. “Everybody thinks the world of Billy Dixon,” […]
Venus and Serena Williams are tennis champions. We all know that. Their achievements speak for themselves. They have earned the respect, the ranking and the money to never return to their Compton, California roots, but they did. The seven-time Grand Slam champion older sister Venus William, quietly returned to Compton last year, according to the […]
getty images: Venus Williams and Serena Williams are paying homage to their late sister, Yetunde Price, who was killed in a 2003 drive-by shooting, with the opening of The Yetunde Price Resource Center. The center, which will serve their hometown of Compton, California, will provide customized assistance and relief to families of violence. “The resource […]
Jamie Foxx came to the rescue of a man involved in a car crash outside the actor’s home in Hidden Valley, California, on Monday night. Foxx’s rep confirms to PEOPLE that the actor rushed to the scene after the driver lost control of the vehicle, skidded off the road and flipped the car, which then […]
