“Our partnership with SFJAZZ is indicative of the community collaboration that we are fortunate to experience here in the Bay Area,” saidFred Jordan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce. The significance of Juneteenth ...
“So San Francisco was going to become the headquarters city for the western states and for the Pacific. Winning that meant giving up what San Francisco was—a city of people who lived here, who raised their children here and who spent a lot of time playing, eating, walking, living in t...
Board of Directors The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is comprised of more than 60 business leaders who are dedicated to driving a
Willie Brown is an American politician who was the first African American speaker of the California State Assembly, the longest-serving speaker of that body (1980–95), and mayor of San Francisco (1996–2004). Brown was born into poverty in rural Texas a
The former NFL cornerback was the brother of former San Francisco 49ers star Vernon Davis; April 1 Joe Flaherty , 75: The actor and comedian starred in such beloved TV shows as “SCTV” and “Freaks and Geeks,” and had memorable cameos in the films “Stripes” and “Happy Gilmore”; ...
San José Spotlight places first in regional journalism awards from the San Francisco Press ClubVideo Journalism award for “Backbone of Silicon Valley” from the Society of Professional Journalists – Northern CaliforniaSan José Spotlight nets 8 wins in annual California Journalism Awards from the ...
Led by Swiss-American guitarist/singer Manuel Gagneux, the experimental group builds its unusual sound on the collision of black metal with traditional gospel and blues. Raised by an African-American mother and a Swiss father who were both musicians, Gagneux initially listened to more extreme soun...
San Quentin State Prison, maximum-security correctional facility for men in San Quentin, near San Francisco, California.
The usually orderly process of redistricting in San Francisco has erupted into a war for the future of the City: progressives v. moderates, tenants v. landlords, Asians v. African-Americans. The struggle for power over the next ten years has very real consequences. While the Redistricting ...
KUSF is a student-run radio station by college students from the University of San Francisco.[365] Another local broadcaster, KPOO, is an independent, African-American owned and operated noncommercial radio station established in 1971.[366] CNET, founded 1994, and Salon.com, 1995, are based...