• Bay Area

    Second-Grader Receives Perfect Score on STAR Test

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, Children, News Articles, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    John Isaiah Norwood

    John Isaiah Norwood, an eight-year-old third-grader at John Sinnott Elementary School  in the Milpitas School District and recent Greene Scholar Science Fair award recipient, accomplished an extremely rare feat for his school, school district, and even the state of California. When he took the STAR test for the first time as a second grader,...

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    Singer Leah Tysse to Perform at Fundraiser for Homeless

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    Leah Tysse

    Proceeds from the concert will support the Glide Foundation, which provides meals and other services for the homeless in the Bay Area Soul/Indy-Rock Recording Artist Leah Tysse and her 8-piece band will perform Sunday, April 21 at a concert to support the Glide Foundation, which provides meals and other services for the homeless in...

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    Michael Davenport Sr. Receives Community Service Award

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Richmond News

    Michael Davenport Sr. Photo by Joe L. Fisher, Black American Political Action Committee.

    By Kia Croom Michael Davenport  Sr. is one of five individuals selected to be honored by the Judge George Carroll Community Service Awards Program, sponsored by the Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) of Contra Costa County. Davenport is CEO of DP Security LLC, which offers uniformed security personnel and certified security services. Community...

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    Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation Saves Richmond Little League Games

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, Richmond News

    Left to Right: Nick Bovis, President of Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids; Richmond Little League Baseball & Soft Ball Vice President Thomas Gary and Tom O’Doul, Director, Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids

    By Kia Croom After learning of a recent break-in at the Richmond Little League’s Nichol Park concession stand, Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids presented coach and league Vice President Thomas Gary with a $1,500 check to recover stolen equipment and concessions. The foundation also treated players to dinner and provided them with commemorative t-shirts...

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    Math Coaching for DeJean Middle School Students

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, Richmond News

    Dr. Sylvia Greenwood, Principal of DeJean Middle School.

    By Post Staff A new math tutoring program funded by For Richmond is giving students at DeJean Middle School an extra boost  by offering one-on-one coaching, targeted strategies and new hope for those who previously struggled with the standard classroom curriculum. Since January, the Mathematics Coaching Consortium at West Contra Costa Unified School District...

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    Wells Fargo Gives $15,000 Grant to Berkeley Public Education Foundation

    by  • April 19, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Berkeley Public Education Foundation received $15,000. From left to right - Micky Randhawa, East Bay President for Wells Fargo; Mary Friedman, Board Vice Chair for Berkeley Public Education Foundation; Amrita Natt, district manager for Wells Fargo; Erin Rhoades, executive director for Berkeley Public Education Foundation. Photo by Mariana Phipps.

    Wells Fargo presented 15 checks to school foundations and school representatives at a recent event in the Alameda County of Office of Education in Hayward. . “In addition to the countless hours that our team members spend volunteering in local schools, we are proud to provide funding to schools throughout the East Bay,” said...

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    Berkeley Students Attend Clinton Conference for Global Action on Poverty

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Business, Education, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.

    By Rachel Voss and Javier Kordi, UC Berkeley News Eighteen UC Berkeley students attended the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI-U) annual gathering, hosted by President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton from April 5-7 in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference included knowledge sharing and networking opportunities for students committed to tackling the world’s most pressing...

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    Berkeley Joins Demand for Immigration Reform

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles

    From left to right: Amaris Baca-Arana, Kyle Kuwahara, Marco Levine, Scott Kuwahara, Aminah Diaby, and Kaiya Daniels, representing the “Bring Rodrigo Home-Kids for Kids” campaign on the pedestrian bridge over Interstate 80, April 10, in Berkeley. Their classmate Rodrigo Guzman and his family took a trip to Mexico and were denied re-entry into the U.S. due to expired visas. Rodrigo moved to the United States around 2006 and is popular among his classmates and teachers. Photo by Laura Wong.

    By Judith Scherr Calling Berkeley’s pedestrian span over the freeway “The Bridge to Citizenship,” a crowd of about 100 people rallied at the bridge on April 10 for fair immigration reform, joining their voices with hundreds of thousands of others across the country. Berkeley City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, son and grandson of farmworkers, spoke...

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    City Honors Jintian Liang and Christopher Hinds, Seniors at American Indian Charter

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Jintian Liang (left) and Christopher Hinds, Seniors at American Indian Charter.

    Jintian Liang and Christopher Hinds, both seniors at American Indian Public High School, were recognized at this week’s week City Council meeting for winning prestigious national awards for academic achievement. Liang was nominated for the 2013 U. S. Presidential Scholars Program, an honor that goes to only 141 graduating high school seniors nationally. Liang...

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    Homeowner Tanya Dennis Seeking to Mobilize Grassroots Opposition to Foreclosures

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Local homeowner Tanya Dennis is speaking to church groups about the continuing foreclosure crisis and will report her findings to President Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Maxine Waters. “Black churches have always been the bastion of our community when we sought justice,” said Dennis, whose home was foreclosed on last week by Wells...

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    Independent Foreclosure Review Was “Doomed from the Beginning”

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Rep. Elijah Cummings

    By Tanya Dennis Lawyers, paralegals, mortgage industry veterans and thousands of other contractors working at banks and auditing firms were hired in January 2012 to review the mortgages of people whose homes were in foreclosure between 2009 and 2010. The purpose of their “independent” review was to find evidence of errors and misconduct alleged...

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    OCCUR Presents Model Built on Faith Workshop Capacity Building Workshop

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

    OCCUR will present the third in a free series of workshops of the 2013 Model Built on Faith Capacity Building Series VI program, which will be held Tuesday, April 23 featuring Professor Marsha Pendergrass of Pendergrass Smith Consulting, who will discuss the critical success areas of strategic planning, forging collaborative partnerships, organizational development and...

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    Street Academy Day on Ice

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Some of the Oakland Emiliano Street Academy’s top students recently enjoyed a day at the Oakland Ice Center. The high school, which has educated generations of the city’s teenagers, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Thursday, May 30, .6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Suite 290 at 388 9th St in Oakland. Tickets are $40. For information call the school at (510) 874-3630.

    By Post Staff Students at the Oakland Street Academy were awarded recently with a day  at the Oakland Ice Center in downtown Oakland. Math teacher Jeremy Cavagnolo took 25 students to the ice rink.    In order to be invited, students were on one of these lists:  “CST (California Standards Test) Champions” or “Zapatistas.”  “CST...

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    Unfair Treatment of Turner Group Construction “Only the Tip of the Iceberg”

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Post News Feature Story

    Desley Brooks

    By Ken A. Epstein The City of Oakland’s failure to offer Turner Group Construction an honest shot at winning the Oakland Army Base demolition contact is “only the tip of the iceberg,” and explains, at least in part, the city’s continued dismal record of employing small, local contractors and African American construction workers on...

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    Small Local Contractor Asks: Where is Oakland’s Level Playing Field?

    by  • April 18, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Len Turner

    By Ken A. Epstein From the point of view of Turner Group Construction –a local, small African-American owned firm – the company has experienced nothing but headaches since it has tried to work for the City of Oakland. The company has found out first-hand why many small contractors consider the city’s  “level playing field...

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    Albertine Thomas

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Obituaries, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Albertine Thomas

    By Vanessa Le Blanc Albertine Thomas passed away at the age of 83, and was the only child of Alberta and Joseph Wilson of New Orleans, Louisiana. While growing up in the South, she attended segregated schools. However, the injustice and bigotry of segregation did not diminish her dreams. As integration transformed society, Albertine...

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    Winter Noel, 9, Miss Oakland Congeniality

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Winter Noel of Oakland was crowned Miss Congeniality in the 2013 Miss Teen Oakland pageant competition on Saturday, April 6. Judged on personality and modeling routines of casual and formal wear, Noel participated in the Junior Pre-Teen division, one of four divisions in which young ladies ages 7 to 19 competed. Winter says she...

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    Dr. Gayle Speaks on HIV/AIDS, Health Issue at Parks Chapel AME

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Dr.-Helene Gayle

    Dr. Helene Gayle, a leading world public health expert, will discuss the declining state of health in America, as part of the Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series, Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at Parks Chapel A.M.E. Church 476 34th St. in Oakland. Dr. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA,...

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    Scientists Close in on AIDS Vaccine

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, HIV, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Barton Haynes

    Published in the Wall Street Journal Researchers are saying they have mapped an “arms race” in the human body between the AIDS virus and powerful antibodies that fight it off—the latest of several recent scientific advances accelerating the pursuit of a vaccine. In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers showed how a...

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    LaFleur Library Dedicated

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Teacher Ronald James LeFleur (left) with Rudsdale Principal Willie Thompson.

    By Tanya Dennis Rudsdale High School in Oakland will rename its school library on April 26 for Ronald James “Joe Black” LaFleur, who dedicated his life to his students at the school. LaFleur, who died last year on April 16,  was well known for his humor and  charming personality, but more importantly, remembered for...

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    Dr. Nathan Hare, Father of Black Studies, Turns 80

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Dr. Nathan Hare

    The Bay Area is invited to celebrate the 80th birthday of Dr. Nathan Hare, the father of Black Studies in the United States, Saturday, April 13, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th St. in Oakland. A sociologist and clinical psychologist, Dr. Hare, who was born on April 9, 1933,...

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    Hands-On Health Express Visits Marin City

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Children, Healthy Living, Marin County News, News Articles

    By Domenica Giovannini Hands-On Health Express is a traveling project sponsored by California First Five that goes all over the state to promote living a healthy lifestyle starting at birth. The fully equipped van travels around providing an interactive fair, which includes fun health education activities geared toward parents and children up to age...

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    Hayward Teacher Named California History Teacher of The Year

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Education, News Articles, South County

    Miroslaba “Lili” Velo

    Tennyson High School Teacher Miroslaba “Lili” Velo from Hayward has been named the Outstanding Senior High School History Teacher of the Year by the California Council for the Social Studies. The award recognizes Velo’s leadership in advancing social studies education through engaging activities for Hayward youth, and developing innovative history curricula and teaching techniques...

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    Third Baptist Hosts Crab Feed

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, San Francisco

    Third Baptist Church will hold s crab feed for church outreach and church ministries Saturday, April 20 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Nelson Fellowship Hall at 1399 McAlister St. in San Francisco. Tickets for the event cost $40 for adults and $20 for children ages 2-12.  Pick up orders will also...

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    Richmond Main Street Works to Revitalize Downtown

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Community Events, Cultural Events, Entertainment, Events, Featured, News Articles, Richmond News

    By Post Staff For nearly 12 years, The Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI) has been a catalyst for change in the city. The community-based nonprofit has revitalized downtown Richmond, offering community events and programs that celebrate the rich history of the community, such as the Music on the Main summer concert series. Under the...

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    Otheree Christian, Community Service Award Honoree

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, Richmond News

    Otheree Christian. Photo by Joe L. Fisher, Black American Political Action Committee.

    By Kia Croom Richmond native Otheree Christian is one of five individuals who will be honored at the Sixth Annual Judge George Carroll Community Service Awards Program sponsored by the Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) of Contra Costa County. Known for his tireless civic involvement in Richmond, Christian for the last six years...

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    Kitty Epstein’s Urban Affairs Award

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Article Archives, Bay Area, Featured, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Kitty Kelly Epstein receives Urban Activist Award from Vice President of SAGE Publications Michele Sordi at the national conference of Urban Affairs Association.

    Kitty Kelly Epstein, an Oakland activist, received the 2013 Marilyn Gittel Activist Scholar award last week when the Urban Affairs Association held its national conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Scholars from across the U.S. and many other countries, including Libya, South Africa, China, and Singapore presented research on topics ranging from...

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    Henderson Warns City to Stop Obstructing Compliance Officer; Council Will Look at Why Police Complaint Board Has Stalled

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, City Government, City Meeting, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    Judge Thelton Henderson

    By Post Staff Oakland residents will have a chance for a public discussion at next week’s City Council meeting of why City Administrator Deanna Santana has failed so far to begin directing complaints against police to a Citizens’ Police Review Board, which the council had voted was supposed to begin almost four months ago....

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    Jobs Center Clears Hurdle

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Article Archives, Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles

    By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor The City of Oakland took a first step towards putting a dent in Oakland’s pressing unemployment crisis this week with City Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee giving unanimous approval to opening a West Oakland Job Resource Center. Budgeted at $500,000 per year for both operation and city support and...

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    After Community Complaints of Quan’s Staff’s Mishandling of $4.1 Million Job Funds,State Requires City to Hold New Hearing

    by  • April 12, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, PAC 10

    Jean Quan

    By Ken A. Epstein The state has thrown out the results of a hearing conducted by the City of Oakland on a complaint filed by 16 local nonprofits and community leaders who alleged the Oakland Workforce Investment Board had botched the legally required procedures for a fair and open opportunity for agencies to apply...

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    College Awareness Program Goes South to Offer College Opportunities

    by  • April 11, 2013 • Bay Area, News Articles, News Group Publisher, Oakland News Articles

    By Shani A. Provost The College Awareness Program (CAP) of Oakland kicked off its weeklong “college awareness experience” on March 30. Seven local high school juniors and seniors, along with their chaperones, traveled to Alabama and North Carolina to visit several schools, which included Stillman College, Johnson C. Smith University, Davidson College, Queens College,...

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