Juneteenth

California Live’s Danielle Nottingham chats with Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell about the 4th annual Juneteenth Celebration and Resource Fair. The event, which is free to the public, will have live music, food, fun and activities for the whole family!

Dr. Karwanna D. Irving is making a difference by empowering entrepreneurs to succeed and grow with a pathway on how to get government contracts.

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free.

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. Here’s what will be opened and what will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in San Diego County.

Here’s what to know about the federal holiday and what it mean for U.S. workers on June 19 this year.

Authorities in Texas say a shooting in a park left two people dead and several wounded on Saturday.

The body of Sidney Cooper Sr., a San Diego man who founded the city’s first Juneteenth celebration, has been located. He was finally laid to rest next to his late wife on Saturday.

The Cooper family says Greenwood Memorial Park and Mortuary finally found their father’s missing remains. NBC7’s Kelvin Henry explains where and how they were found.

California Live’s Danielle Nottingham tours LA’s new Hidden History Museum, which features untold stories of historical figures in Black California history.

The owner of The Clipper Game Barbershop in San Diego is in the company of few in her new endeavor.

“I love the sound of my clippers,” says Ruth Quiachon, owner of The Clippers Game.

The Emancipation Proclamation will be permanently displayed next to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence in D.C.

It’s the third year Paddle for Peace and Surfrider San Diego host the event to commemorate Juneteenth. This time, the event happened to fall on Father’s Day weekend.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.

Most city and county of San Diego government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Juneteenth.

After three long months, Sidney Cooper’s decades-old remains are still missing.

Mrs. Cooper died in March of 2023 at the age of 92. Her remains were to be placed in the same plot where her husband was buried 22 years ago. The two would be reunited in death — or so they thought.

A San Diego family who served as a long-time pillar of the Black community starting in 1960s is suing a local cemetery for allegedly losing their father’s remains after he died 20 years ago.

Fort Worth is hosting Opal Lee’s annual Walk For Freedom, and the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” said she’s not slowing down anytime soon.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke with the son of Syndey Cooper Sr., who thinks the cemetery buried his late father in the wrong plot.