Reverend Jacqueline Thompson remembers the very first time she heard pastor James Alfred Smith Sr. give a sermon at Allen Temple Baptist Church. She was 12 years old and he was preaching from the Book ...
"For lease" signs plaster the windows of several storefronts on downtown Oakland's 17th Street. Building 384 was once vibrant, full of religious effigies and artwork representing nearly every corner ...
OAKLAND, California — On any springtime Saturday, a steady stream of Catholic quinceaneras can be seen promenading along the blooming rose bushes and gushing fountains of Oakland’s Mormon temple. It’s ...