Grants Focus on Key Barriers to Parks: Parks Equity Roundtable identifies...
San Rafael, CA – Over the next few months, up to $200,000 will be awarded to Marin County community-based organizations to help overcome barriers and connect communities to parks. The maximum grant is...
View ArticleHow Local Grocer Became a Natural Wonder
The Richmond Standard When Bob Gerner attended his first Organic Merchants meeting in 1970 on Mount Shasta, it led to creating the popular El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company, which he founded and has...
View ArticleNew Study Suggests Melatonin Use Eases Risk
By Ayesha Hana Shaji, Texas Metro News Staff, NNPA In a recent study, Melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep wake cycles, could potentially reduce risk of self-harm behaviors in adolescents. The...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Aikido is More than Martial Arts: It’s Community
Post News Group Intern For the last six years, I’ve practiced Aikido at a Berkeley dojo called the Aiki Arts Center—previously named Aikido Shusekai. Aikido is a Japanese martial art focused on...
View ArticleFederal Judge Says Health Insurance Companies Don’t Have to Cover Preventive...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have to pay for preventive care services like cancer and heart disease...
View ArticleCelebrate Earth Day All Around the East Bay
By StopWaste.org Happy Earth Month! Whether you’re interested in learning how to get started with worm composting, how to electrify your home, reduce wasted food, or build healthy soil, there’s a way...
View ArticleMarin Ranked Healthiest County in State
Despite retaining top spot, work continues to tackle inequities San Rafael, CA – Marin County again has been ranked the healthiest of California’s 58 counties because of its relatively low burden of...
View ArticleWomen’s History Month Month – Soroptimist International of Vallejo Celebrates...
The Mission – Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist...
View ArticlePRESS ROOM: Walgreens Eases Anxiety for Senior Shoppers with Monthly Seniors Day
Walgreens COVID-19 Pulse Check finds Seniors are Less Socially Active Now than Before the Pandemic and Seeking Confidence in Socializing DEERFIELD, Ill. — Today Walgreens unveils The Walgreens COVID-19...
View ArticleAction Required: Medi-Cal Renewal Process Is Underway Across California
McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal should keep an eye out for a yellow envelope in their mailbox over the next 14 months. The Medi-Cal eligibility of over 15.4...
View ArticleOP-ED: The Obesity Crisis Is Not a Hopeless Fight for Black America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Whether we accept it or not, obesity continues to be a complex, chronic disease that kills thousands of Black Americans every year. Indeed, nearly half of Black Americans...
View ArticleOP-ED: The Obesity Crisis Is Not a Hopeless Fight for Black America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Whether we accept it or not, obesity continues to be a complex, chronic disease that kills thousands of Black Americans every year. Indeed, nearly half of Black Americans...
View ArticleHospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State...
By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Five months after declaring a fiscal emergency and predicting that they’d run out of funds by early this year, officials at San Benito County’s only hospital said they have...
View ArticleThe Case Against SB357: Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked
PART 7 – Not all Sexual Exploitation is Equal and Black Girls Get the Worst of It By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Facts and reality establish that passing SB 357 and similar legislation harms...
View ArticleMarin’s Approach on Mental Health: Increase Awareness to Decrease Stigma
Marin HHS and partners offer educational events throughout May San Rafael, CA — Local and global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, household economic instability, racial inequality, wars abroad,...
View ArticleTask Force Recommends Breast Cancer Screening Should Begin at Age 40
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to a new draft recommendation statement, the US Preventive Services Task Force proposes that women with an...
View ArticlePublic Health Officer Sounds Alarm on Rising Rates of Syphilis in Women,...
By Bay City News Sonoma County is seeing “alarming” increases in congenital syphilis and is urging pregnant residents to access prenatal care as soon as possible and asking care providers to increase...
View ArticleAs Rising Seas Disrupt Toxic Sites, Communities of Color Are at Most Risk
By Kara Manke UC Berkeley News As rising seas threaten to flood hundreds of toxic sites along the California coast, the risk of flood-related contamination will fall disproportionately on the state’s...
View ArticleMayor Breed’s Statement on the Partnership With the State to Disrupt Fentanyl...
San Francisco — Today Mayor London N. Breed released the following statement about Governor Newsom’s commitment to support addressing fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco. The Governor released more...
View ArticleJamie Foxx Reportedly Recovering At Rehabilitation Center
Jamie Foxx is reportedly recovering at a rehabilitation center in Chicago. Foxx’s family members were photographed arriving at the rehabilitation center this week, according to TMZ. On May 12, Foxx’s...
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