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What is Black History Month, and why is it important?

  • Feb 4

SF mayor signs measure to create reparations fund for Black residents

  • Jan 2

Kwanzaa 2025: Everything you need to know about the week-long holiday

  • Dec 26, 2025

SF lawmakers vote to create reparations fund for Black residents

  • Dec 17, 2025

Trailblazing Bay Area TV journalist Belva Davis dies at 92

  • Sep 25, 2025

Hayward, Alameda Co. create 'Russell City Redress Fund'

  • Jul 11, 2025

Thousands show up to almost-canceled SF's Fillmore Jazz Festival

  • Jul 6, 2025

Marvel's 'Ironheart' explores STEM, sisterhood, self-discovery

  • Jul 1, 2025

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Family of Piedmont's first Black homeowner sues city 100 years later

  • Feb 20
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SF mayor signs measure to create reparations fund for Black residents

  • Jan 2
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SF lawmakers vote to create reparations fund for Black residents

  • Dec 17, 2025
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Trailblazing Bay Area TV journalist Belva Davis dies at 92

  • Sep 25, 2025
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Hayward, Alameda Co. create 'Russell City Redress Fund'

  • Jul 11, 2025
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Thousands show up to SF's iconic Fillmore Jazz Festival, which was almost canceled this year

  • Jul 6, 2025
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Dr. Amos Brown stepping aside at SF's Third Baptist Church

  • Jun 22, 2025
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Dr. Amos Brown stepping aside at SF's Third Baptist Church

  • Jun 22, 2025

Latest Stories

KGO-TV

San Francisco icon Dr. Amos Brown says he's 'repositioning,' not retiring, from Third Baptist Church

At 84, Dr. Amos Brown is stepping aside at his church, one of the oldest predominately African American Baptist congregations in the West -- but don't call it retirement. "I'm not actually retiring. I'm repositioning," Brown said.

  • Jun 22, 2025
National Geographic

Diving into history: National Geographic Explorer unearths slave ship stories in 'Into The Depths'

Tara Roberts - a diver, storyteller, and NatGeo Explorer - is working to bring these long-lost stories back to the surface.

  • Jun 17, 2025

BART's fare enforcement system not increasing revenue nor making agency safer, new study says

A new study indicates efforts to crackdown on fare jumpers have not made BART safer nor has it increased revenue as the transit agency has claimed. Here's how BART responded:

  • May 20, 2025
Tim Sarquis

In the wake of wildfire, Altadena's Black residents search the past for a path forward

African Americans have found refuge and community in Altadena for more than a century, flourishing despite housing discrimination laws and other forms of racism.

  • May 6, 2025
KGO-TV

African American Quilt Guild of Oakland is threading the needle between art and tradition

Like any jazz artist, the ability to adapt and improvise is a welcome skill. For the people in the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, that skill reconciles years of history and encourages the bridge between function and artistry.

  • Apr 20, 2025