Equity and Inclusion

People across the Bay Area found safe ways to honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, even in the middle of the pandemic.

In Northern California, a total of $975,000 in grants will help three community-based organizations work to end systemic racism and the resulting trauma experienced by people of color over the next two years. Each organization will get $325,000 each. 

​​​​​​​KTVU has learned that the Oakland Police Department has seized as many as 100 city-owned phones belonging to officers who are part of its crime reduction teams.

Pulse oximeters are widely used medical devices. During the pandemic they've been used even more, with doctors encouraging patients with COVID to use them at home. 

A state advisory board says California police agencies should routinely review officers' social media, cellphones and computers for racist, bigoted or other offensive content that contributes to sharply disproportionate stops of Black people.

Oscar Grant's family says another BART officer who was there, Anthony Pirone, is criminally liable as well for being overly aggressive and restraining Grant with his knees before he was killed by Mehserle.

Oakland police are investigating the latest incident involving a Breonna Taylor sculpture that was vandalized and then went missing days later.

A fundraiser created in response to a Breonna Taylor sculpture being vandalized in Oakland reached its goal overnight. 

A Breonna Taylor sculpture that was installed in Oakland just two weeks ago was vandalized. The artist is planning to fix the damaged bust.

Research shows that communities of color are distrustful of the new COVID-19 vaccine. Experts say some minorities fear both the drug and data gathered from its use could be used for nefarious reasons.

A San Francisco committee wants to remove Abraham Lincoln’s name from a high school for his past treatment of Native Americans as part of a recommendation the city’s mayor calls offensive for its timing during the pandemic. 

All of the proceeds will go to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights campaign.

The City of Fremont made history Tuesday night swearing in its first-ever African American on the city council in the city's 64-year history. It’s also the first time the city council is majority women and majority people of color.

The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center launched the new Glenn Burke Wellness Clinic by providing free community health screenings at its 3207 Lakeshore location near Lake Merritt.