Legendary soul singer Etta James terminally ill
RIVERSIDE, California (AP) -- "At Last" and "Tell Mama" blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill...
Man vs. bulldozers to save homeless ministry
theGRIO REPORT - In Fresno, CA, as we all prepare to enjoy Christmas, a homeless man fights bulldozers to maintain his homeless ministry...
State court tosses gang leader's death sentence
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions and death sentences of a Los Angeles gang leader who authorities believe was the 'shot caller' responsible for dozens of murders...
Police clear Occupy Oakland protesters
OAKLAND, California (AP) - Television news footage showed numerous people in plastic handcuffs being led away from the Oakland site around 5 a.m...
Would 'legalizing it' make life better for blacks?
theGRIO REPORT - Some leaders have taken a more progressive stance on the issue as a result of the War on Drugs' detrimental impact on the African-American community...
Calif. headstones marked with racial slur replaced
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Workers on Tuesday began installing new markers at a public cemetery near Sacramento where relocated Gold Rush-era gravestones had been marked with the N-word...
Despite Calif. address, 'Weedman' is on NJ ballot
(AP) - A perennial New Jersey political candidate who proudly calls himself a pothead is surprised that he managed to get on next month's ballot for a state legislative seat...
Police kill man believed to be CA quarry shooter
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say Shareef Allman, 47, gunned down his co-workers during a routine safety meeting at Lehigh Southwest Cement's Permanente Plant near Cupertino on Wednesday...
Police: Quarry gunman may be tied to 2nd shooting
CUPERTINO, California (AP) - Authorities searched Wednesday for a man they say killed two and wounded six at the Northern California limestone quarry where he worked, and may have also shot a woman in an attempted carjacking afterward...
Rep. Maxine Waters found Obama speech 'curious'
WASHINGTON (AP) - She says Obama didn't address Hispanics in such a blunt manner and would never use that language in a speech to a gathering of gays or Jews...
