Category : Lifestyle

Producer Alex Sanders Hones His Craft While Nurturing Others’ Passion For Music

By Cristian Gonzalez | Solving SacramentoAlex Sanders (Prop the Producer) is a music producer, engineer and educator based in Sacramento, with a career spanning nearly two decades. Coming from a family of musicians, Sanders’ musical journey started e...

Introducing Youth to the Lives of Great Black Scientists

By D. Kevin McNeirThe Afro | Word In BlackThis post was originally published on Afro (WIB) – History is full of amazing Black scientists whose lives and accomplishments have routinely been ignored and forgotten because of their race and gender. But b...

Democrats hoped Harris would rescue them. On Wednesday, she called Trump to concede

By Chris Megerian | The Associated PressDemocratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (...

Sacramento Global Shapers partners with nonprofit to chip away at local medical debt

By Kate Gonzales | Solving Sacramento When Gustavo Garcia began looking for ways to alleviate people’s medical debt, his reasons were personal: mom and dad. They’d emigrated from Mexico to the United States in the early 1990s before Garcia’s birth an...

A Paradise for Young Black Gamers

By Devored Horton | St. Louis American | Word In BlackYoung gamers have found a fun, safe haven at Gamer’s Island in Ferguson, Missouri. Black gamers are becoming a force in the industry, and the success of Gamer’s Island is part of a growing trend n...

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

By Christine Mai-Duc | KFF Health News | Special to the OBSERVER(KFF) – The city of Beverly Hills has agreed to train its employees on abortion clinic protections after local officials interfered with the opening of an abortion clinic in “blata...

Faith and Business: Built the largest African American-owned pure tenant co | The Steve Harvey Morning Show | Steve Harvey Morning Show

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Marcus Sonnier. T. Dallas Smith began his commercial real estate career in 1982 at Atlanta Air Center Realty under the guidance of Th...

This Week In Black History November 6 – 12, 2024

NOVEMBER 6 & 1858—Samuel E. Cornish dies. Along with John Russwurm, he established the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America—“Freedom’s Journal.” The newspaper’s famous motto was “We wish to plead our cause.” 1860—Abraham Linc...

Count Continues In Race For Mayor

Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff ReporterAssemblymember Kevin McCarty leads Dr. Flojaune Cofer by 10 points in the race for Sacramento’s next mayor.As of 2 a.m. Wednesday with approximately 32% of ballots counted, McCarty leads 55% to Cofer’s 45%. M...

McCarty Leads Cofer By 10 Points In Sacramento Mayor’s Race

Other Local & Regional Election Results

Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff WriterHere are the current election results for local measures and other races The OBSERVER is watching. Results reflect the most recent data and voting trends but are subject to final certification as counting conti...

Capital City Election Night ’24: The OBSERVER live-stream with real-time updates

On November 5, 2024, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM PST, The OBSERVER live-streamed “Capital City Election Night ’24”. This event provided real-time updates and insights from an African American perspective. Hosted by publisher Larry Le...

David Lammy: “Slavery reparations are not about the transfer of cash”

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said slavery reparations are “not about the transfer of cash.” His comments follow growing pressure from Commonwealth leaders who have said its time to discuss reparations for the horrors and legacy of the Transa...

Glass ceiling persists for women leaders

By Farida Jalalzai, Virginia Tech A hand fan depicting Kamala Harris lies on the sidewalk in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2024. Bastien Inzaurralde/AFP via Getty Images Kamala Harris was a candidate of many firsts, including the first Black and Sout...

WATCH: Kamala Harris at Howard University: “The Fight for America is Always Worth It”

Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all. Thank you. [Applause] My heart is full today—full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country, and full of resolve. The outcome of this election is not what w...