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Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County to Receive Recovery Zone Bonds

 

Clergy: Baptist Seminary Discriminates

 

Lee Pushes for U.S. to Host AIDS Conference

 

State Cuts “A Death Sentence,” Say HIV/AIDS Prostesers

 

California Legislators Urge Washington to Prevent Persecution of LGBT Iraqis

 

Holocaust Museum Murder a Call to Action

 

200 Oakland Seniors Win College Scholarships

 

East Bay Black Pilots Host Open House

 

Fears for Fate of Journalists in Somalia

 

Drummer Gerald Stroud Performs in Berkeley

 

Alyce Rebecca Williams Henderson Celebrates 96th in Richmond

 

Who Decides if Corporations Can Pollute or Drive Out Local Business?

 

Local Leaders Call Cuts “Unacceptable”

 

Dr. J. Alfred Smith at Center

 

Beth Eden Church Took Children’s Day Seriously

 

Stinnett Led Sit-ins Before King

 

Bay Area Native Hosts “Wedding Day” on TNT

 

Bay Area R&B Legend Sugar Pie DeSanto Back On Charts

 

Week Ending 6/17/2009

 

Sales Tax Revenue Lower Than Expected

 

Voters May Decide if San Leandro Hospital Can Be Sold


Foster Care Bill Passes Assembly

 

BART Awards Contract for Fremont Extension

 

New Parking Lots Built in San Leandro

 

African American Groups Mobilize for 2010 Census

 

City Unveils Next Generation of Muni Shelters

 

Dr. Henry Lucas, DDS, 77

 

SF’s Marcus Books Takes Top Prize in Small Business Redesign

 

Letter to the Editor: Food for Votes?

 

City to Hold Fireworks on Land

 

State Cuts Mean More Potholes in Richmond

 

“Farm 2 Table” Brings Fresh Produce to Richmond

 

Berkeley’s Juneteenth Festival Set for June 13

 

County Court to Lay Off Over 70 Employees

 

Fed $4.3 Million to Low- Income Students to Take AP Exams

 

UC Berkeley, Children’s Hospital Get Stimulus Funds

 

Ethnic Studies Professor Emeritus Ronald Takaki, 70

 

Lee Receives Progressive Champion Award

 

Hall of Fame Inducts Ethiopian Runners

 

Will Fox Theatre Keep Its Promise to Young People?

 

HIV/AIDS Patients Are in Peril

 

BART Raises Fares

 

OneCalifornia Bank President Honored

 

Local Control of Oakland Schools Passes Assembly

 

1,000 Summer Jobs for Oakland Youth

 

Peggy Stinnett, 87, Oakland’s Journalist, Educator and Leader

 

Rose Gordon Glover, 90

 

Oakland Tech Drama Ranks in Top 50

 

The African Diaspora Connects at Cannes

 

Black Caucus Defends Troy Anthony Davis

 

Read Through the Bible; Take the 2009 Challenge

 

A Passion For Singing Has Kept Group Going 42 Years

 

TNT’s J. August Richards Is “Raising the Bar”

 

A Community Garden Blooms in Elmhurst

 

Frick Middle School Teacher Finalist for All-Star Award

 

Oakland Grows Its Own Teachers

 

“Landscapes of Our Souls” at the Joyce Gordon Gallery

 

Are Our Cultural Events Really So Dangerous?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Clergy: Baptist Seminary Discriminates
The American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW), located in Berkeley, has a rich history in theology dating as far back as its founding in 1871. However, lately, the institution is receiving attention in the community due to charges of racism that are being raised by students.
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Local Leaders Call Cuts “Unacceptable”
Vivian Hain, a Berkeley parent with three children, is uncertain what will happen to her and her family if Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to end CalWorks goes into effect.
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200 Oakland Seniors Win College Scholarships
More than 200 OUSD seniors received college scholarships at a recent ceremony hosted by The Marcus Foster Education Fund and the East Bay Consortium/Cal-SOAP. Held June 4 at Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland, more than 900 attendees witnessed 270 East Bay students accept scholarship awards from major donors such the Clorox Foundation and the College Access Foundation of California.
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California Legislators Urge Washington to Prevent Persecution of LGBT Iraqis
 

Forty-five members of the California Legislature, led by Senator Mark Leno and the LGBT Legislative Caucus, have called on the Obama Administration to prevent the persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Iraq.

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State Cuts “A Death Sentence,” Say HIV/AIDS Prostesers
Hundreds rallied at the State Capitol June 10, protesting cuts in HIV/AIDS services that they fear could lead to a resurgence of the disease and kill people who are now living with it. Legislators are considering the Governor’s proposal to eliminate $80.1 million in HIV/AIDS programs. Cuts would eliminate nearly all direct state funding for programs and services supported by the state Office of AIDS
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Who Decides if Corporations Can Pollute or Drive Out Local Business?
The biggest threat posed by corporations is not the illegal stuff of headlines. The real danger is what they are empowered to do legally, every day, in every community across the country. From water withdrawal to polluting refineries, toxic sludge spreading, Genetically Modified Organisms and more, the corporate few wield the law against our communities, endangering our health, safety and the environment.
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As Berkeley schools prepared for the end of another academic year, 8th-grader Gerald Stroud found himself in great demand as a drummer in many of the schools’ closing ceremonies. Stroud, who is shown here playing drums with the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Jazz Band, has already played in 10 concerts this year. His future goals are to play in more bands and also to play football.



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Alyce Rebecca Williams Henderson, born in 1913 in Pensacola, Florida, is turning 96.



Some people may be surprised to learn that there is an active organization of African American flyers here in the East Bay – the Bay Area Black Pilots Association.

Even some local flyers, like Charles Middlebrook, were pleasantly surprised to learn about the group.

 



The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that the Cities of Berkeley and Oakland and Alameda County will receive over $63 million in recovery zone bonds, which allow local government to finance job-creating economic development projects at reduced borrowing costs. The City of Berkeley will receive $13,774,000 in Recovery Zone Development Bonds and $20,662,000 in Recovery Zone Facility Bonds.



Reporters Without Borders has voiced serious anxiety about the plight of Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, who were kidnapped by an armed militia nearly 10 months ago and are still being held hostage in Mogadishu.



Week Ending 6/17/2009

Jeffrey Cheung, OneCalifornia Bank President and CEO, has been named 2009 Business Person of the Year by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.




Rose Gordon Glover entered into rest on Saturday May 30. She was 90 years old. She is survived by her husband of 68 years Philmore D. Glover.




Cicely Day Butler, a graduate of Castlemont High School and Holy Names University, is about to become an Oakland teacher, thanks to a unique new program designed to “grow-our-own” talent to work in the city’s classrooms.




Emily Orologio, seventh-grade science teacher at Frick Middle School in Oakland, has been named one of five finalists for the Comcast SportsNet 2009 All-Star Teacher Award.




During the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival, the African Diaspora connected to celebrate art and humanitarian efforts.




The Governor’s office recent released an additional list of $5.6 billion in proposed budget cuts will directly impact Richmond’s ability to maintain city streets.




J. August Richards, a University of Southern California (USC) alum, sounded energetic and upbeat, speaking form his Los Angeles home, as he effusively shared his view about the hit television court room drama, “Raising the Bar,” on cable’s hottest network, Turner Network Television (TNT).




There is an apparent hypocrisy going on right here in Oakland, and no one is noticing.