California News

State prison numbers drop for first time since 1972

By theGrio

9:23 AM on 03/17/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year...

California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:37 AM on 03/15/2010

OPINION - In an address to a joint session of Congress in 2001, then President Bush blasted racial profiling, "It's wrong and we will end it in America." It hasn't...

Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in years

By theGrio

10:40 AM on 03/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The foreclosure crisis in the U.S. isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down...

Keyshia Cole, Cavaliers' Gibson announce baby boy

By theGrio

9:14 AM on 03/04/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Keyshia Cole and Daniel Gibson, a basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers, have announced the birth of their son...

O.J. Simpson's 'acquittal suit' to be donated

By theGrio

10:56 AM on 03/02/2010

SANTA MONICA, California (AP) - With O.J. Simpson giving his agreement from prison, a judge approved a plan Monday to donate the suit the former NFL star was wearing when he was acquitted of murder to the Smithsonian...

Calif.'s Negrohead Mountain renamed in honor of black pioneer

By theGrio

9:01 AM on 02/21/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A peak previously known as Negrohead Mountain in Southern California's Santa Monica range was officially renamed Saturday...

UC San Diego investigating frat party mocking blacks

By theGrio

11:46 AM on 02/18/2010

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Administrators at the University of California, San Diego are investigating a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month...

Calif. race-based college admissions ban challenged

By theGrio

12:15 PM on 02/17/2010

CALIFORNIA (AP) - The federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary...

CA National Guard gets first black, female leader

By theGrio

3:22 PM on 02/04/2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Brigadier General Mary Kight was sworn in Tuesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at a former Air Force base outside Sacramento...

GOP's Whitman disavows 'proud racist' councilman

By theGrio

2:33 PM on 01/31/2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is severing ties with an elected official who described himself as a "proud racist."

California teens accuse police of failure to protect

By theGrio

4:05 PM on 01/27/2010

UNION CITY, Calif. (AP) - The families of California black teens who say they've been the target of racially motivated crimes by a Hispanic gang are suing the Union City police...

Latinos and blacks in Calif. more likely to die of H1N1 than whites

By theGrio

11:16 AM on 01/15/2010

From the LA Times - Latinos, blacks and Native Americans in California have been more likely to die from swine flu than whites. Other states are studying the trend as well...

California chooses education over prisons

By David A. Love

8:30 AM on 01/12/2010

OPINION - California has the right idea when it comes to ending its prison boom and investing more in its future. But other states should follow suit as well...

Four California teens team up to succeed at college

By theGrio

5:28 AM on 01/06/2010

From LATimes.com When Keymarian Washington was in eighth grade, he was shot at while hanging out with gang members on a Pasadena street. By Bruce Palmore's sophomore year, his father feared that his son's poor grades and lack of motivation meant he would never finish high school, much less make...

Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'

VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...