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Jimmie Wilson's love for fitness, family, and community as a Bay View youth inspired him to open a gym, Physique Magnifique, in South City of San Mateo County, with his wife Futaba Takashima.

You are invited to celebrate Dr. Willie Ratcliff's 93rd birthday - then stay for a brainstorming session on how we can keep the SF Bay View newspaper alive and kicking! It's this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 6-8 p.m., at the Ruth Williams Opera House, 4705 3rd St., San Francisco. Your ideas are needed.

“This is very serious. Please do not consider Prologis!" Rachelle Holmes told the SF Planning Commission. On Sept. 25, the Commission may vote on whether to grant a Special Use District that allows this project to bypass key environmental protections.

On Friday, Aug. 13, in Menlo Park, Belle Haven Action hosted Prince Dean, founder of Nubian Sharks. The youth-centered swim and aquatics program, Nubian Sharks, is a San Francisco-based organization. They promote water safety, health equity and cultural pride through accessible swim instructions and aquatic wellness for Black youth and families.

By celebrating independent and underrepresented filmmakers worldwide, OIFF not only uplifts diverse voices but also strengthens Oakland’s reputation as a destination for the arts, tourism and innovation.

Since January 2025, at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel to continuously drop bombs on the people of Gaza.

“Gone are the days we looked to other people to take care of us,” said Kenisha Roach. “We need the community to buy back into itself. It’s unity or death.”

Yemen’s Ansarallah has become the region’s primary challenge to Israel and the U.S., reshaping Middle East dynamics.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials face renewed scrutiny as former inmates and advocates allege systemic abuse of authority — including the routine use of chemical agents, surveillance, and punitive policies that critics say originated in prisons and later spread as tools of public control — while expanded mail restrictions, disciplinary rules, and lockdowns have intensified tensions and deepened concerns about accountability.

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation and, in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba and Venezuela.

Kings of Cali marked 21 years with 300+ riders and community outreach.

With little more than determination and hope, they raised families, built churches and created communities.

A press conference organized by advocacy groups saying the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections delayed critical eye care for longtime political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal drew renewed public pressure, and his attorney said Sept. 2 that Abu-Jamal received left-eye cataract laser surgery after widespread calls for action; advocates urged continued vigilance to ensure follow-up treatment for diabetic retinopathy, which they say still threatens his vision.

Tyrone Perry, a 46‑year‑old inmate at South Carolina’s Perry Correctional Institution, faces alleged chronic medical neglect for serious conditions including pulmonary hypertension and cerebrovascular disease; advocates say prison medical staff repeatedly denied prescribed medications, obstructed specialist visits and ignored dangerously high blood‑pressure readings on July 18, raising concerns that retaliation and systemic indifference are putting his life and cognitive health at risk.

A protest that shut down the Buchanan Street Mall renovation in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood highlighted long‑running disputes over exclusion of Black contractors and demands for meaningful local hiring, as community leaders and contractors said pledged inclusion has not produced real contracts or opportunities and urged stricter enforcement of equity agreements to preserve neighborhood history and economic power.

Formerly incarcerated advocate Dorsey Nunn said his memoir "What Kind of Bird Can't Fly" has been placed on California’s list of disapproved publications and banned from delivery to people in state prisons, a move Nunn and supporters decried as censorship that undermines rehabilitation and access to literature for incarcerated readers; the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation cited portions of the book as posing a “serious threat to institution security” under Title 15 mail rules, and the publisher may appeal.

A first-person account republished for Black Agenda Report’s 20th‑anniversary Katrina coverage, Malik Rahim’s “This Is Criminal” says government failures and racial neglect — from faulty levees to withheld rescues and armed vigilantes — turned Hurricane Katrina’s devastation into a manmade catastrophe for Black and poor New Orleanians, and Rahim’s update recalls how grassroots volunteers and the Common Ground Collective mobilized thousands to provide lifesaving aid amid official abandonment.

San Francisco’s once proud maritime edge is unraveling — one pier, piling and wharf at a time. Now, even the youth are feeling the fallout.

Dorsey Nunn’s memoir "What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly" recounts his journey from illiteracy and decades behind bars to activism and advocacy, blending candid reflections on incarceration, racial injustice and forced prison labor with personal scenes of family, recovery and mentorship; Nunn frames his life as testimony and a call to recognize the humanity and rights of people impacted by the criminal justice system.

Black Palestinian journalist Mohammed Salama, described by activist Shaun King as “like a brother,” was killed in Gaza, King wrote, blaming Israeli forces and calling Salama’s death part of a broader campaign that has endangered and killed numerous reporters covering the conflict; King urged readers to remember Salama, spotlight Afro‑Palestinians’ often‑overlooked presence and press for accountability as attacks on journalists continue.