Month: March 2023
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Pro-Tenant Groups, Landlords Mobilize Over City Eviction Moratorium: Oakland City Council prepares timeline to phase out eviction protections
Landlords held a protest this week at an Oakland City Council meeting calling for an end to the city’s eviction…
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James Ira Dancy, 65
James Ira Dancy, known as a West Oakland treasure and historian, passed away on March 18, 2023. He was 65.…
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Re-Fueling Jet Magazine Where Everyone Can Be ‘Beauty of the Week’
Remember “Beauty of the Week,” Jet magazine’s famous page 43, which featured Black women college students, actors, nurses, and everyday…
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Newsom Unveils Restorative, Rehabilitative Vision for San Quentin Prison
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled his plan to transform San Quentin State Prison into a facility that emphasizes services…
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Community Input Key to Marin City Stormwater Plan: Engagement is crucial element in identifying flood risk reduction solutions
This spring, the Marin City community is invited to share its own ideas and first-hand experiences with flood control specialists…
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Biden Issues Another Executive Order Seeking to Curb Gun Violence
As he visited Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday, President Joe Biden lamented that every few days in the United States,…
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Niagara Movement Democratic Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Niagara Movement Democratic Club (NMDC) celebrated their 50th Anniversary at Geoffrey's Inner Circle on Saturday, March 18. The event…
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Fremont Restaurant Week Kicks Off
Today marks the beginning of our inaugural Fremont Restaurant Week, a celebration of Fremont’s diverse culinary offerings and local small…
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Emil Guillermo: The Historical Indictment Party in New York City and the 1st Presidential Mugshot
I’m still in Manhattan, performing in Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s off-Broadway play now at Theater for the New City. I’m…
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Florence Agnes Blackburn September 29, 1936 – February 28, 2023
Ms. Florence Agnes Blackburn was born Sept. 29, 1936 in Houston Texas. She went on to be with the Lord…
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Pres. Biden Visits California Community Devastated by Lunar New Year Gun Violence
On his trip to California last week, President Biden first stopped in San Diego to meet with Australian Prime Minister…
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Fremont City promoted District 6 Councilmember Teresa Cox to the role of Vice Mayor
Fremont City promoted District 6 Councilmember Teresa Cox to the role of Vice Mayor on Tuesday Mar 21. The post…
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Former Warden Gets 70 Months for Crimes At Dublin Prison
A former warden of a women's prison in Dublin was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Oakland to nearly six…
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Oakland Tech Girls Basketball Team Wins CIF Division 1 Girls’ Championship
Hundreds of fans packed into the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Friday, March 10 for the California Interstate Federation…
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Attorney General’s Office Denies Helping Holy Names University Sell Campus, Contrary to HNU’s Claims
In a recent letter to City of Oakland officials, Jeanine Hawk, HNU’s vice president for finance and administration, claimed that…
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Pres. Biden Appoints ‘Activist Entrepreneur’ Kerman Maddox to Trade Advisory Body
Last summer, the White House offered Southern California small business owner Kerman Maddox a unique opportunity to serve on a…
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California Black News Round-Up
Last week, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced five cities — Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long…
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How the Crack Cocaine Epidemic Led to Mass Sex Exploitation of Black People PART 3: The Case Against SB357: Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked
Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened up…
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Apply Now: California College Corps Is Offering Students Much More Than $10,000 Stipends
Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state’s #CaliforniansForAll College Corps program which has so far provided $10,000 grants to…
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Oakland Post: Week of March 22 – 28, 2023
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March March 22 - 38, 2023 The post Oakland Post:…
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Westley (“Wess”) Watende Omari Moore: Maryland’s First
Wess Moore (born 1978) has taken his own place in the history of American politics. He is Maryland’s first Black…
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“Lucky Medicine” by Lester W. Thompson
It didn't arrive in a package. It wasn't wrapped in fancy paper. It didn't arrive with cake or candles. And…
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Books about Black Women’s Body Image by Various Authors
c.2023, Well House Books, Indiana University Press $24.00 196 pages It didn’t arrive in a package. It wasn’t wrapped…
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COMMENTARY: Make Banks Make Good on Their Pledge to End Fossil Fuel Financing
ConocoPhillips needs more than the disastrous approval it won from the Biden administration last week to proceed with its Willow…
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Wonder Woman (or at Least Her Artist) Visits Cartoon Art Museum
Cartoon enthusiasts, graphic novelists and folks from all over the Bay Area braved the rain to meet Wonder Woman -…
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