Caltrain hosts music-fueled MLK Day celebration train from San Jose to San Francisco
The sound of the drums filled Caltrain's Celebration Train on Monday.
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The sound of the drums filled Caltrain's Celebration Train on Monday.
People arriving in San Francisco for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march rode Caltrain's annual celebration train from San Jose on Monday. Sooji Nam reports.
Most stores on Monday are open during their regular business hours on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with a few exceptions.
The Golden State Warriors paid tribute to Dr. Clarence B. Jones Monday, honoring the lawyer and social justice advocate as the team's official "Impact Warrior."
Oakland's 10th annual "Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy" rally and march celebrated the more revolutionary side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his final years before being assassinated in
For 35 years, El Cerrito has hosted a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration that even the pandemic couldn't stop, making it the longest continuously held MLK Day event in California.
Performers came together at a Friday night concert in San Francisco honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Betty Yu reports. (1-13-23)
While many of Monday's official MLK Day events have been called off because of COVID, organizers are finding new ways to spread a message that is more relevant than ever.
Thousands of people marched in Oakland Monday on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday to reclaim the spirit of the man celebrated on this day, an activist said.
A new HBO documentary will follow the monthslong efforts of Oakland children preparing for the annual MLK Oratorical Festival, where students honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through passionate speech and poems.
Organizers were cleaning up after an MLK Day celebration unlike any other in Oakland. They took donated guns, cast them into a massive furnace and turned them into art.
The march marked the beginning of a week of actions to resist president-elect Donald Trump.
MLK Day celebrants came to Yerba Buena Gardens aboard a special Celebration Train traveling from San Jose to San Francisco, with stops in Palo Alto and San Mateo.
A day after protesters staged a pre-dawn demonstration outside of newly inaugurated Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's home on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the mayor responded Tuesday by saying their complaints are legitimate.
For some people this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has been about protests and shutdowns, but for others it's been a day of service for many who volunteered to pick up garbage in East Oakland.
A large crowd of protesters left Fruitvale BART station in Oakland Monday afternoon, police said.
Tickets for all 1,400 seats available on the Caltrain train were sold even though it was announced that this excursion would be the last run of the Freedom Train in the Bay Area.
Here's a look at nearby destinations to visit over the three-day Martin Luther King Day holiday.
The Freedom Train will likely run again next year on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day after last-minute ticket sales for the commemorative ride from San Jose and San Francisco skyrocketed.
Marches, rallies and festivals were under way in San Francisco and elsewhere in the Bay Area Monday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Some East Oakland teens in conjunction with a local high school are launching a 'Season of Peace' as a way to address gun violence in their neighborhoods.
After singing a rendition of "We Shall Overcome" at Caltrain's San Mateo station, hundreds of Bay Area residents of all ages celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday by boarding the 2012 "Freedom Train."
