This post was originally published on this site.Annelise Finney Oct 14, 2025 Updated 10:02 am PT On a recent afternoon, Francesca Thomas walked along the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Hayward, trying to picture where Russell City once stood. The community was...
This post was originally published on this site.Guy Marzorati October 13, 2025 Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a handful of bills advancing the cause of reparations for Black Californians on Monday, dealing the latest blow to a first-of-its-kind movement to atone for...
By Emily Hallas October 10, 2025 10:54 pm Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill into law on Friday, launching a process for California to administer reparations for descendants of slaves. The governor gave the final green light to Senate Bill 518, which establishes a...
Annelise Finney Sep 23, 2025 Updated 9:25 am PT Francesca Thomas, a Hayward native and great-granddaughter of Leona Alves, owner of Ideal Dining, a restaurant and nightclub in Russell City, holds a photograph of her great-grandmother and a copy of her testimony near...
Kiley Russell | Bay City News July 22, 2025 The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to create a roughly $1 million “redress fund” to bring some amount of justice to the former residents of Russell City, a once-thriving African American and...
Samantha Lim July 22, 2025 Márquez acknowledged the role county officials played in the destruction of the community, adding that the funds are a recognition of the pain they inflicted on former residents and the suffering that continues to the present day. In 2021,...
