Sacramento Observer
ATLANTA — The year 2013 marks the 50th year of the March on Washington where the great humanitarian inspired a nation with his legendary speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” in August 1963. Emory University Libraries in partnership with the Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute at Stanford, Morehouse College and Woodruff Library [...]
SACRAMENTO – Cosumnes River College and the Sacramento Regional Transit District will have the dedication ceremony for the new CRC/RT Parking Structure, Friday, June 7. The ceremony, in the makings since November 2011, starts at 10:00 a.m., at Cosumnes River College’s (CRC) Bruceville Entrance at the Northwest Tower. Featured speakers at the event will include [...]
SACRAMENTO – The Greater Sacramento Urban League’s Board of Directors released a statement Wednesday that David DeLuz has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer after nearly four years in the top position for the local League (GSUL). In a telephone interview, DeLuz told The OBSERVER that he submitted his resignation letter to the board [...]
SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Kings today announced programming details for the LONG LIVE THE KINGS RALLY presented by Sleep Train Mattress Centers, which will take place on Thursday, May 23 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Park in Downtown Sacramento. Kings legends Chris Webber and Mitch Richmond are set to join Sacramento [...]
DALLAS – At this stage of the game, Seattle will not see the Kings play in the Great Northwest no time soon unless the city gets an National Basketball Association (NBA) expansion team or purchase an existing team. It’s now official that team won’t be the Sacramento Kings. In a long, anticipated vote, the NBA’s [...]
SACRAMENTO – To no one surprise, the African American community of artists around Sacramento are clearly disappointed about the vandals who nearly destroyed the “Sojourner” Truth sculpture that stood near 13th and K streets. But it must be noted that the administration for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC) is also torn about the artwork [...]
OAK PARK – It’s been exactly 10 years since the 40 Acres Business Complex opened its doors with great fanfare. The Complex is located at the corner of 35th Street and Broadway in Oak Park. Fortunately, the Complex is one of the few business units that have continued to grow, in an area that is [...]
SACRAMENTO – The best news in quite sometime since Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnsonsaid the city would vie to keep the Sacramento Kings came today, and it came with an added surprise. The 12-member board for the NBA finance and relocation committees has recommended that the Sacramento Kings remain in Sacramento and not relocate to Seattle. [...]
OAK PARK — The Brickhouse Art Gallery in Oak Park is primarily used to hold art exhibits for local and national artists who welcome the opportunity to showcase their work in the facility. When it was local artist Gerry GOS” Otis Simpson’s turn to display his artwork in the building made of red-colored bricks, he [...]
RANCHO CORDOVA – California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation will hold its African American Leadership “Economic Issues Forum” April 25 and 26 at the Hilton Hotel in the Arden Area. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., April 25, followed by a Political Access Panel at 9:00 a.m. The Homeownership Panel begins at 11:00 a.m. Two more [...]
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