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    Bass-Baritone Vocalist David L. Tigner, 61

    by  • December 21, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Oakland News Articles, Obituaries, South County, Special Interests Articles

    David L. Tigner

    Renowned bass-baritone David L. Tigner, 61, died Dec. 11 of chronic renal and congestive heart failure. As a child, Tigner discovered he had perfect pitch plunking out a Johann Sebastian Bach prelude by ear on a broken piano at his family’s Sebastopol home. He joined the San Francisco Opera in 1974 after two years...

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    Biden to Head Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence

    by  • December 21, 2012 • Bay Area, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, South County

    Vice President Joe Biden

    President Barack Obama this week pledged his administration will create concrete proposals to reduce the gun violence that has plagued the country. “This time, the words need to lead to action,” said Obama, who set a January deadline for the recommendations. He assigned Vice President Joe Biden to lead the effort and vowed to...

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    Will Black Clergy Join the AIDS Fight?

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Health, HIV, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Phil Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute.

    By Keli Goff, The Root From Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for civil rights in the 1960s to Rev. Al Sharpton and the fight against racial profiling and police brutality today, members of the clergy have been key leaders in some of the Black community’s most important battles. Yet there is one...

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    Black Clergy in Action in Philadelphia Offer HIV/AIDS Leadership Role Models for Nation

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Health, HIV, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Pastor Jonathan Ford

    Greater Than AIDS, in partnership with Philly Faith in Action, launched the first Greater Than AIDS faith focused campaign in Philadelphia with billboard placements, public service announcements highlighting the importance of HIV testing. Their hivtest.cdc.gov website offered free and low cost testing sites. Some pastors also produced video awareness sermonettes, including: Dr. Alyn Waller...

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    Berkeley Considers Becoming a No Drone Zone

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Entertainment, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    By Danielle Savage Berkeley’s Peace and Justice Commission is proposing an ordinance to make the City of Berkeley a No Drone Zone. The proposed ban is on the agenda for next Tuesday’s City Council meeting. If the ordinance passes, flying of a drone in the airspace of Berkeley will be regarded as a misdemeanor...

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    Opera Singer Gloria Davy, 81

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Obituary, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Gloria Davy, a Brooklyn-born soprano who was the first African-American to sing Aida with the Metropolitan Opera, died on Nov. 28 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was 81.

    Gloria Davy, a Brooklyn-born soprano who was the first African-American to sing Aida with the Metropolitan Opera, died on Nov. 28 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was 81. Before Davy was cast in the role, Aida, an Ethiopian princess, was perennially sung by white singers in dark makeup. A lirico-spinto (which denotes a high voice...

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    Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck, 91

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Entertainment, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Obituary, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Dave Brubeck, the pianist and composer.

    Dave Brubeck, the pianist and composer who helped make jazz popular again in the 1950s and 1960s with recordings like “Time Out,” the first jazz album to sell a million copies, died Dec. 5 in Norwalk, Conn. He was 91. Born in Concord, Contra Costa County, he grew up in farm country. His father,...

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    Medical Researchers Examine Asthma Medicines for Children

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Michael Cabana

    By Kate Rauch, UC News As asthma rates continue to rise in the U.S. — proportionally affecting more children than adults — experts at UC San Francisco and across the nation continue to search for the best medicines for pediatric patients. Nearly 10 percent of American children under the age of 17 were diagnosed...

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    MLK Memorial “Drum Major” Quote to Be Removed

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, South County

    The Martin Luther King Memorial is seen

    By Brett Zongker, Associated Press Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan this week to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation. Salazar said he had reached an agreement with King’s family, the group that built the...

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    Craftsman Darryl Gilbert Designs Custom Rugs

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Darryl Gilbert

    By Ashley Chambers Talented in custom design and floor installation, Darryl Gilbert created his first custom rug for his daughter, an image of a little girl holding balloons. “I saw what the value of was when I did the rug for my daughter,” Gilbert said, whose business took off after that. The...

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    New Directors for Board of YMCA of East Bay

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    YMCA of the East Bay has appointed four new members to its Board of Directors. John Escobar, a resident of Pleasanton, is retired and was previously assistant general manager for the East Bay Regional Park District. Seth Hamalian, a resident of Lafayette, is owner of Mission Bay Development Group, LLC in San Francisco. Brenda...

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    Donna Summer Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Entertainment, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, SECTIONS, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Donna Summer

    (Reuters) – Late disco queen Donna Summer and hip hop pioneers Public Enemy headed a list of eight new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. The late blues guitarist Albert King was also inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame, which...

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    Kamala Harris: Delta Airlines Fails to Comply With Privacy Law

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Kamala D. Harris

    Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed the first legal action under California’s online privacy law against Delta Airlines, Inc. for failing to comply with the state’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Delta, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, was among the companies given 30 days to conspicuously post a privacy policy within their mobile app that...

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    To Grow, Our Children Need Books

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Amina Ogbu of Oakland loves books.

    By Blanche Richardson, Manager of Marcus Books It was very, very sad and a dire premonition of the future of our children. A customer came into Marcus Books and spent almost $70 in books for young children – Christmas/Kwanzaa gifts. Two days later, she returned the books. The parents, she said, told her they...

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    Jamie Foxx Celebrates Christmas at Third Baptist

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Jamie Foxx

    Oscar Academy and Multi-Grammy Award winning actor and entertainer Jamie Foxx will celebrate Christmas in worship with Third Baptist Church on Sunday, Dec. 23 at the 10 a.m. worship service. Third Baptist is completing its 160th year of unbroken service by giving the community a special Christmas present in extending to all an invitation...

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    First Investment in Prop. C Affordable Housing and Down Payment Assistance Funding

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Mayor Edwin M. Lee

    Mayor Edwin M. Lee has announced the first funding commitments for affordable housing and down payment assistance funded through the Housing Trust Fund, passed by San Francisco voters in November. The Housing Trust Fund, created by the voter-approved Proposition C, provides a permanent source of revenue to fund the creation of affordable housing for...

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    Obama Nominates UCSF’s Mack Roach to National Cancer Advisory Board

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Mack Roach III

    President Barack Obama announced that he will nominate UC San Francisco’s Mack Roach III, MD, FACR, an internationally recognized expert on using radiation to treat and manage prostate cancer, to the National Cancer Advisory Board. “I am grateful these accomplished men and women have agreed to join this administration, and I’m confident they will...

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    Peralta Colleges Board Elects New Officers

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Education, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, South County

    Meredith Brown

    The Peralta Community College District’s Board of Trustees, at its annual organizational meeting held on Dec. 11, elected new officers for 2013. Newly elected Trustee Meredith Brown, and three reelected Trustees, Nicky González Yuen, Cy Gulassa and Bill Withrow, were also sworn-in to serve for the next four years. Cy Gulassa, representing Area 6,...

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    Rice Withdraws Name for Secretary of State

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, South County

    Susan E. Rice

    Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from consideration for secretary of state, in the face of relentless opposition from Republicans in Congress over her statements about the deadly attack on the American Mission in Benghazi, Libya. In a letter to President Obama, Rice said she concluded that...

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    Teach Tomorrow Oakland Seeks Dedicated Homegrown Teachers

    by  • December 14, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, San Francisco, South County

    Teach Tomorrow Oakland Director Rachelle Rogers-Ard explains the program to people considering entering the teaching profession. Photo by Ken Epstein.

    By Post Staff “People are going to say ‘I didn’t think it would be this hard’. (But) teaching is a practice.  You’re going to have to work, and you’re going to have work really, really hard.” It was a Tuesday evening recruitment session, and more than 20 prospective teachers were listening to Dr. Rachelle...

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    The World for The Days of Christmas 2012

    by  • December 8, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Temple-lights l

    By Robert M. Arnold December is a month of lights for many Bay Area faith traditions. The public is invited to Oakland’s Mormon Temple Hill to enjoy the thousands of lights now illuminating the landscape, waterway and buildings . Continuing a long tradition of Days of Christmas, members of the Church of JesusChrist of...

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    Carolyn’s Creole Kitchen Holds Garlic Crab Dinner

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Left to right: Brandy Sams (daughter), Carolyn Silas-Sams, Owner/Chef.

    By David Scott Anyone who has not tried southern Creole cuisine at Carolyn’s Creole Kitchen is in for a treat. For over 20 years, Carolyn Silas-Sams has served hot garlic crab cooked creole style, chicken and sausage jambalaya, homemade Cajun gumbo and more. Silas-Sams and her husband Sennix recently won the award for making...

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    Ordinance Protects Neighborhoods From Real Estate Speculators

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Shirley Burnell

    By Post Staff Oakland has passed an ordinance designed to provide communities with some measure of protection from a large increase in number of absentee property owners, who are accused of scooping up properties at bargain prices but failing to maintain or renovate them. The Oakland City Council voted Nov. 13 to pass the...

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    Wells Fargo Offers Down Payment Assistance

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Article Archives, Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    From left to right: Michele Byrd, Director of Housing & Community Development, City of Oakland; Mayor Michael Sweeney, City of Hayward; David Fraser, Chief of Staff for Supervisor Federal Glover of Contra Costa County; Sheri Powers, Director of The Homeownership Center, the Unity Council; Gilda Gonzales, CEO, The Unity Council; Jim Foley, President of Wells Fargo’s Greater Bay Area Region; Mayor Pro Tem Wade Harper, City of Antioch; and Pastor Gerald Agee, Friendship Christian Center. Photo by Justin Halgren.

    By Ashley Chambers Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, announced this week it is launching CityLIFT, which will offer down payment assistance to potential homebuyers. “Today, despite low home prices and historically low interest rates, many families are still unable to purchase a home because they struggle with making the down payment,”...

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    Champion Swimmer Piankhi Gibson Had His Start at DeFremery Pool

    by  • November 30, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, South County, Sports

    Gibson’s mother, HuNia Bradley (inset left), says she is very proud of her son, Piankhi (inset right) has goals of becoming the best swimmer he can be.

    By Ashley Chambers Champion swimmer Piankhi Gibson, 20, could achieve the almost impossible mission of succeeding Michael Phelps, as the next Olympic Butterfly-Stroke gold medalist. He is the only male swimmer to win the 100-yard butterfly as a freshman in the North Coast championship. He holds 11 medals, including four first place finishes from...

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    Marin City Workshop Choir Performs

    by  • November 20, 2012 • Bay Area, South County, Special Interests Articles

    The Marin City Workshop Choir will perform at Musical Celebration 2012, hosted by the Cornerstone Community COGIC in Marin City, 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17. Minister Eugene Cole directs the Workshop Choir. Guest performers will include Redemption band from Stockton, Minister D’George Hines from Marin City, Sister Zettie Gooden from Richmond and Pastor Kenneth...

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    San Leandro Students Perform Nutcracker Ballet

    by  • November 20, 2012 • Entertainment, Richmond News, San Francisco, SECTIONS, South County, Special Interests Articles

    nutcracker-ballerina

    The San Leandro Public Library will host the city’s conservatory of ballet performing excerpts from the “Nutcracker Ballet” on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The student showcase will display the talents of the conservatory’s students, who range from 10-years-old to adults. The showcase will be held in the San Leandro...

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    Hawaiian Holiday Celebration, Dec. 1

    by  • November 20, 2012 • Bay Area, Entertainment, SECTIONS, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Patrick Landeza grew up in Berkeley. Photo: Kelvin Rama.

    Slack key guitarist Patrick Landeza will start off the holiday season at the 11th Annual Hawaiian Holiday Celebration, which will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the San Leandro Main Library, l300 Estudillo Ave. in San Leandro. NÃ HÕKÚ Hanohano, award-finalist and Hawaiian music award-winner Patrick Kahakauwila Kamaholelani...

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    San Leandro Opens New Downtown Parking Garage

    by  • November 20, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    New Downtown Parking Garage in San Leandro.

    San Leandro’s new downtown parking garage will opened on Monday, Nov. 12. A ribbon-cutting event is planned for Friday, Nov. 16 at 8:30 a.m. “We are extremely pleased to announce the opening of the new Downtown Parking Garage,” said San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy. “The garage will play a critical role in enhancing our...

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    City Manager Proposes Raises for Police Chief, Asst. City Manger to Be Taken from His Own Salary

    by  • November 20, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, South County

    City Manager Chris Zapata

    The San Leandro City Council will consider a recommendation Monday by City Manager Chris Zapata to offer 5-year employment agreements to Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Assistant City Manager Lianne Marshall. As part of the recommended agreements, the police chief and assistant city manager would receive raises of $10,000 annually effective Jan. 1.  The...

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    West: “Obama’s a Black Rockefeller”

    by  • November 19, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Dr. Cornel West

    In a recent interview on “Democracy Now!,” ex-Princeton professor and frequent Obama critic Dr. Cornel West lashed out against the president as well as pundits Michael Eric Dyson, Melissa Harris-Perry and Rev. Al Sharpton. West called Obama a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” and said Dyson, Harris-Perry and Sharpton were all “for sale.” West, along...

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    Environmental Rights Activist Elected to Nigerian Oil and Gas Organization

    by  • November 19, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Tunde and Chauncey

    Tunde Okorodudu, an environmental rights activist, was recently elected to the Delta State Nigeria Board of Trustees for the Oil & Gas Host Communities Organization. For over 20 years, Okorodudu has advocated for oil pollution and compensation rights from companies such as Shell Oil and Chevron. In an article recently published in the Nigerian...

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    PUEBLO Honors Youth Who Make a Difference

    by  • November 19, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    From left to right: Jacob Gonzales, Cedric Housal, Oscar Arciniega, Baldomero Perez, Grey Kolevson.

    People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO) this past weekend held its 23rd anniversary celebration, this year honoring young people who are making a difference in the community and journalists who have investigated Oakland police practices that may prompt a federal takeover of the department. Located at 3528 Foothill Blvd. in Oakland, PUEBLO advocates...

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    Free Symposium for Black Students Considering Law School

    by  • November 15, 2012 • Bay Area, Education, Oakland News Articles, Post News Feature Story, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Vallejo News

    U.S. federal Judge Thelton Henderson

    U.S. federal Judge Thlelton Henderson will be the keynote speaker at a free symposium for African American students who may be considering a career in the practice of law, co-sponsored by the Charles Houston Bar Association and Berkeley Law. The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1 at...

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    OCO, Clergy Met With Police Chief, Seek to Provide Jobs for Youth

    by  • November 3, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Obituary, Post News Feature Story, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County

    Front row, left to right: Ada Chan, Father Jesus Nieto-Ruiz, OCO co-chair, Rev. Sandhya Jha, Rev. Allen Langston, Rev. Kevin Ary, Rev. Clyde Ran, Lynette McElhaney, John McConn, Denise Gums; Second row, left to right: OCO organizer Rev. Ken Chambers, Sr., Dr. Ida Oberman, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, Rev. Mary Gilmore, Rev. Sylvester Rutledge; Back row, left to right: Rev. Darlene Chambers, Police Lieutenant LeRonne Armstrong, Rev. Samuel Bobo, Dr. Phillip Lewis, Elder Bill Dixon, Rev. Gary Golden, and Father George Quickley. Photo by Ashley Chambers.

    By Ashley Chambers A San Antonio action meeting led by organizer Rev. Ken Chambers, Sr. of Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) sought to unite churches, city officials, and community members together for the cause of providing solutions for the city’s youth on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at Foothill Baptist Church, and hosted by Rev. Gary Golden....

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    Rob Bonta, Candidate for State Assembly

    by  • November 3, 2012 • Bay Area, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Post News Feature Story, South County

    Mialisa and Rob Bonta

    Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta has been endorsed by the Democratic Party for the 18th Assembly District, which includes Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro, in the Nov. 6 election. He is backed by Assemblymember Sandré Swanson, Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Joaquin Rivera, AC Transit Board of Directors President Elsa Ortiz, and United...

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    San Leandro Seminar for First Time Homebuyers

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Bay Area, February 24 2012, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    The City of San Leandro is sponsoring a free homebuyer education seminar, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 at San Leandro’s City Hall, 835 14th St. The recent elimination of redevelopment agencies in California has taken a toll on home ownership programs in the Bay Area.  In spite of funding reductions, the...

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    Medicare Open Enrollment

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Health, Post News Feature Story, South County

    For information about options available during Medicare’s open enrollment period, staff from Legal Assistance for Seniors (LAS) will present an overview of the program, including benefits, eligibility, costs and enrollment. Learn about Medi-Cal and Medicare Savings Programs, and Medicare Part D, the Prescription Drug Plan. The free community education program will be held from...

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    “Fun with Fresh Flowers” Fall Classes

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Bay Area, Post News Feature Story, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Flower Arrangements

    Learn the basic principles of floral design and easy ways to arrange fresh flowers. Create wonderful floral arrangements you could give away as a gift for special occasions, or simply enjoy yourself at home. Beginners and students with prior floral arrangement experience ages 50+ are welcome.  Bring your own scissors and/or flower cutters to...

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