• Special Interests Articles

    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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    “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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    BAPAC Announces Endorsements

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Article Archives, Politics and Government, Richmond News, Special Interests Articles

    Lloyd Madden, president of Contra Costa County BAPAC.

    BART Board: Maria Alegria           City Council: Nat Bates By Kia Croom In what is widely viewed as a pivotal national, statewide and local election, the Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) is announcing its endorsements and voter-assistance for anyone needing help getting to the polls. “Our message is that...

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    Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy Hosts Gospel Benefit Concert, Oct. 27

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Entertainment, Special Interests Articles

    Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy Board of Directors.Seated from left to right:  Brenda Gamble, Rev. Frank Darby, Gail Johnson Murphy; Standing:  Stella Daniels, Mildred Williams, Mary Hardy, Barbara Elmore Lane, Tremaine Moore, Juanita Ambers, Neola Crosby. Not Pictured:  Helen Getridge, Melvin Gillette. Photo by Stephen V. Brooks Photography, svbrooksphoto@aol.com

    The Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy   will begin its 15th anniversary celebration with a Benefit Gospel Concert featuring the Northern California Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America and other guest artists, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the school, located at 6925 International Blvd. in Oakland. A tour...

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    Paul Mooney’s Take on the Elections

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Secretaries and Clerks, Special Interests Articles

    Paul Mooney

    By Lee Hubbard Satirical comedian Paul Mooney will talk about the political landscape and the presidential election from his perspective in a  “Town hall Meeting” at the Berkeley Black Repertory Theatre, Nov. 1 through Nov. 5. “Paul is one of the great comedians of our time,” said Sean Scott, director of the theater. “He...

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    The Christ Lounge: Nightclubs for Christians

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Article Archives, Church Events, Entertainment, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

    Emperess Hall (left) and Majesty Scott. Photo by Stephen V. Brooks Photography, svbrooksphoto@aol.com

    Question:  Where can Christians go for fun?  Are there safe places where they can go to network, socialize or just hangout and party without compromising their moral values and Christian beliefs? The answer is yes. The Christ Lounge, intended for young adults ages 21 and older, and The Pit Stop for teens, ages 13...

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    Race Car driver Antron Brown makes history

    by  • October 22, 2012 • Special Interests Articles

    Antron with his Grandmother Dolores Brown.

    The National Hot Rod Association recently made its last stop on the east coast at the Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania for the Auto Plus Nationals. New Jersey native, Antron Brown, placed second in the Top Fuel Dragster race, an uncommon feat for an African American in the world of car racing, and further...

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    Black Women Organized for Political Action Issues Endorsements

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Richmond News, Special Interests Articles

    BWOPA Sisters Group, from left to right:  Kathleen Sullivan, Barbara Bechnel, Lesa Macintosh, Lori Reese-Brown, Naomi Williams, and Joey Smith. Photo by Ellen Gailing Photography.

    By Kia Croom The Richmond/Contra Costa County Chapter of Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) has issued its list of endorsements for the November election. At the national level, BWOPA is backing the reelection of President Barack Obama (D), U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein (D) and Congressional Representative George Miller (D). In state races,...

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    Six Candidates Vie for District 3 Council Seat

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

    Nyeisha

    By J. Douglas Allen Taylor With Councilmember Nancy Nadel stepping off the Council at the end of this year after four terms, six candidates are running to take her place. The candidates are: Nyeisha Dewitt A native of Oakland, Dewitt is the Program Director of Citywide Dropout Prevention at Oakland’s Promise Alliance. She says...

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    Noel Gallo, District 5 Candidate

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Noel Gallo

    By Post Staff Noel Gallo, a member of the Oakland school board since 1992, is running for the District 5 seat on the Oakland City Council. “Leadership has never been more crucial to our City’s future,” said Gallo. “It is essential that we focus on ‘core’ services: infrastructure, crime protection, education, and economic development...

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    At-Large Council Seat, A Hotly Contested Race

    by  • October 19, 2012 • News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Special Interests Articles

    Rebecca Kaplan

    By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor One of the most closely watched contests in next month’s Oakland elections is the At-Large City Council race, where one-term incumbent Rebecca Kaplan is being challenged by the politically powerful District Councilmember Ignacio De La Fuente. Three other candidates-former Oakland School Board member Carol Lee Tolbert, software engineering manager Mick...

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    Barbara Parker-A Lifelong Advocate for Equal Rights

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Bay Area, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Barbara Parker

    By Post Staff City Attorney Barbara Parker is running to continue her leadership as Oakland’s history-making attorney. Barbara Parker learned at a young age that justice doesn’t come easy, “we must fight for it”, she says. She credits her strength as an advocate from her parents who escaped the brutality of the segregated south,...

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    Jumoke Hinton-Hodge Hosts McClymonds High Alumni Event

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Bay Area, Education, Oakland News Articles, site test, Special Interests Articles

    Jumoke Hinton-Hodge

    Youth  to Be Honored for “Giving Back” to the Community Oakland Unified School District Candidate Jumoke Hinton-Hodge will host a celebration and acknowledgment of 21st Century successful alumni of McClymonds High School in Oakland, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Friday, Oct 26, at 1050 West Grand Ave. in Oakland. Hinton-Hodge said the event will...

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    Take Advantage of Medicare Open Enrollment

    by  • October 19, 2012 • Bay Area, Health, Opinion, Special Interests Articles

    David Sayen

    By David Sayen Medicare is stronger than ever, with more benefits, better choices, and lower costs to beneficiaries. Expanded Medicare benefits under the health care law (the Affordable Care Act) continue to be available – including certain free preventive benefits, cancer screenings, and an annual wellness visit. Whether you choose Original Medicare or a...

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    Chevron Corp Fails to Block $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Article Archives, Bay Area, General Articles, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    Environmentalist Donald Moncayo shows his glove after conducting a test made on an affected field in Lago Agrio, Ecuador in this January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja/Files

    By Terry Baynes and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters Chevron Corp this week lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to block an $18.2 billion judgment against it in Ecuador in a case over pollution in the Amazon jungle. The Supreme Court did not give any explanation for its decision, which rejected Chevron’s appeal of a lower...

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    Coronado Neighborhood Council Scholarship Banquet, October 26

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Post News Feature Story, Richmond News, Special Interests Articles

    Nancy Skinner

    Coronado Neighborhood Council, Inc. (www.coronadonci.com) is holding its 35th annual scholarship banquet on Friday, Oct. 26 at the Galileo Club, 371 South 23rd St., Richmond.  The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. The council is roasting the pursuits and applauding the contributions of State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner and Michael Davenport, CEO, D.P....

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    Prop. 34 Would End Death Penalty

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Opinion, Special Interests Articles

    Darryl Stallworth

    By Darryl Stallworth As a prosecutor, I tried dozens of murder cases, but all it took was one death penalty trial to convince me that the death penalty is wasteful, ineffective, and broken beyond repair. I support Proposition 34 to replace the death penalty with life in prison without parole. I know that a...

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    High School Students Organize for Obama

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Education, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Special Interests Articles

    Founders of the youth-led organization, Oakland Youth for Obama, Rebecca Dharmapalan (left) and Kerby Lynch (right), both students at the Oakland School for the Arts.

    By Ashley Chambers When President Obama came to visit Oakland in July, his speech at the Fox Theatre lit a spark that inspired two high school students from Oakland School for the Arts (OSA). Junior Vocal Arts student Rebecca Dharmapalan and senior Literary Arts student Kerby Lynch decided to form a youth-led organization, Oakland...

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    Etheridge, First Black Peace Corps Volunteer in Gambia

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Black Church Information, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

    Clinton Etheridge

    Longtime Oakland resident and former Allen Temple Baptist Church scoutmaster Clinton Etheridge took his 4-year granddaughter Brianna and his three adult children to Gambia, West Africa, where he was the first black Peace Corps volunteer in country from 1970-1972. In 1972, Etheridge met Alex Haley in Gambia, while the author was finalizing his research...

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    Chase Occupies Oakland’s Prime Spot

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Bay Area, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Chase Bank staff members at their new branch, located at 1330 Broadway in Oakland. Top row, from left to right: Latanya Millican, Daniela DeSousa, Chris Hinkle, Branch Manager, Patti Lococo; Middle row: Priscilla Mejia, Andrea Phavasiri, Sabrina Mehrzad, Christian Wong, Vladirmir Moreno, District Manager, Alex Harris; Bottom row: David Patton, Patti Lococo, Priscilla Mejia, Sabrina Mehrzad, Ken Tam, Chris Hinkle, Branch Manager, Vladirmir Moreno, District Manager, Daniela DeSousa.  Photos and collage by Adam L. Turner.

    Chase Bank’s new branch, located at 1330 Broadway in Oakland, is creating 12-15 jobs, including tellers, personal bankers, financial advisors, mortgage lenders, and business bankers. Branch Manager Chris Hinkle has been with Chase for over 20 years, starting as a teller at their Berkeley branch and holding a variety of positions in Richmond, El...

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    Safeway Foundation Presents $50,000 to Fight Childhood Obesity

    by  • October 11, 2012 • Bay Area, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    From left to right:  James Tyler, Community Liaison, Center for Ecoliteracy; Sharelettee Rodgers, Food Service Manager, Oakland High School, OUSD; Olis Simmons, President and CEO, Youth UpRising; Curtiss Sarikey,  Associate Superintendent of Family, Schools and Community Partnerships, OUSD; Zenobia Barlow, Executive Director, Center for Ecoliteracy; Safeway Fruitvale-Oakland Store Manager Angalida Tolbert. Photo courtesy of Safeway.

    The Center for Ecoliteracy is receiving a $49,902 check – part of $2 million in grants the Safeway Foundation is giving to community health programs and hospitals in Oakland and elsewhere in Alameda County to launch grass-roots projects for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Safeway presented the grant to the officials of...

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    Safeway Opens New Berkeley Store

    by  • October 11, 2012 • Bay Area, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Left to Right: Bernard Hardy, Regional Operations Manager; Kimberly Davis, Berkeley Store Manager; Claire Alvarez, first customer at the new Berkeley store; Keith Turner, Director of Public and Government Affairs; George Arias, District Manager.

    Safeway has opened a new,  state-of-the-art 45,000-square-foot store in Berkeley. The Berkeley store at 1444 Shattuck Place, which replaces a smaller Safeway, will incorporate the company’s Lifestyle concept, which highlights expanded departments such as Bakery, Pharmacy, Floral, Deli, Produce, Full-Service Meat and Seafood departments, as well as a wide range of organic foods. In...

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    Black Cowboy Association Parade and Festival

    by  • October 11, 2012 • Bay Area, Entertainment, Featured, Oakland News Articles, Special Interests Articles

    Elijha McAlister with son and wife and horse Prince Diego,

    By Katy Trumbull Autumn kicked off with a boot-stompin’ good time at the 38th annual Oakland Black Cowboy Association Parade and Festival  Saturday, Oct. 6 at  DeFremery Park in West Oakland. Celebrated on the first Saturday in October since Lonnie Scoggins, Sr., founded the event in 1974, the Oakland Black Cowboy Association (O.B.C.A.) Parade...

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    Applications Open for School Trustee

    by  • October 5, 2012 • Bay Area, Education, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Post News Feature Story, Special Interests Articles

    The Sausalito Marin City School District is accepting applications for the open seat on the Governing Board, replacing Trustee Mark Trotter, who has recently resigned. Trotter had served on the board since 2006. Applications will be accepted through noon, Oct. 10 at the district office, 200 Phillips Drive, Marin City. Copies of the application...

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    Marin Headlands Will Be New Home to Battleship Missouri Gun

    by  • October 5, 2012 • Article Archives, Marin County News, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Guns

    A massive gun that was on the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II will soon be installed on a cliff at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. The 68-foot-long, 236,000-pound gun will be painted and displayed at the Battery Townsley fortification in the Golden Gate National Recreation...

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    Eastshore State Park Renamed for Environmental Champion

    by  • October 5, 2012 • Article Archives, Bay Area, Berkeley, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    Save the Bay co-founder Sylvia McLaughlin

    The California State Park and Recreation Commission has renamed Eastshore State Park in honor of Save the Bay co-founder Sylvia McLaughlin. The 8.5-mile ribbon of parkland on the East Bay shoreline will be renamed “McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.” “Sylvia McLaughlin has been a force of nature at the very core of protecting our San...

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    Mindblown Labs, African-American Tech Start-up

    by  • October 5, 2012 • Africans in America, Bay Area, Education, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    Team memebers of Mindblown Labs, from left to right:  Kilimanjaro Robbs, Trevin York, Keegan Stone, Cherise Wilson, Tracy Moore II, and Jason Young.

    Mindblown Labs, a new education technology start-up, has launched an online Kickstarter campaign to raise at least $60,000 to launch a new mobile game, Mindblown Life. Mindblown Life is a mobile social game that combines life-simulation elements and edgy humor to help young adults develop money management and financial literacy skills. Mindblown Life puts...

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