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Michael V. Drake’s retirement was pretty short-lived. Just a week after he left his post as the president of Ohio State University, Drake was announced as the 21st president of the University of California system. The move marks the first time a Black person has ever held the position in the system’s 152-year history. “Dr. Drake personifies […]
A man and woman were confronted as they were painting over a Black Lives Matter mural in front of the county courthouse in Martinez, California. In the video, the pair can be seen arguing with others who are trying to prevent them from painting over the yellow mural, which the city had given activists permission to paint. […]
A California man who conceded on Facebook that it was stupid to have risked his health and the health of others by attending a party during a pandemic died one day after sharing his message of regret. 51-year-old Thomas Macias started feeling unwell after the Lake Elsinore party earlier this month, ultimately taking to Facebook […]
Due to an order by Governor Gavin Newsom, California will close bars in seven of its counties (including Los Angeles County) in addition to recommending that eight others shut down the same operations. The order will go into effect on Sunday, and will be an effort to combat the rising spread of COVID-19, according to NBC News. For those wondering […]
Another day, another viral “Karen” moment. A video posted on social media this week showed a June 22 altercation between two customers at a Sacramento 7-Eleven. The footage begins in middle of a heated argument in which an unidentified white woman calls a Black woman a racial slur. It’s unclear what exactly started the argument, but the white woman […]
Disneyland and Disneyland California Adventure will delay their phased reopening, which was scheduled to begin on July 17, Deadline reports. Both parks have been closed since March. The announcement was made on Wednesday, hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed the state had a record 7,149 new coronavirus cases the previous day. Disneyland will now […]
Rising rapper Bris was shot and killed this weekend at age 24, the Sacramento County Coroner records confirm. Sacramento police responded to reports of shots fired on Sunday. When officers arrived, they found Bris—who was born Christopher Treadwell—suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. Bris was one of Sacramento‘s brightest stars to attack […]
A Ventura County Sheriff’s Office employee and an investigative assistant with the District Attorney’s Office are two of the three men arrested for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign, NBC News reports. Thousands Oaks residents, Darrin Stone, Craig Anderson, and Jeffrey Moore, were identified by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office as the men who vandalized a Black […]
All Californians are now required to wear a face covering whenever they are outside, KTLA reports. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the statewide order earlier today after Los Angeles County reported a new record number of coronavirus cases (2,126) on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the state as a whole appears to be trending in the wrong direction with confirmed […]
City officials in Palmdale, California, are calling for an independent investigation and autopsy for the death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old Black man who was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this week. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department initially tried to rule Fuller’s death a suicide, but his family strongly believes he was lynched and has demanded a […]
