By: Malaika Bobino San Francisco, CA – It’s been a rocky road for starter Ryan Vogelsong. Struggling to find his rhythm and command on the mound has been a big concern. There have been talks of sending him down to the bullpen as the Giants did with two-time Cy Young Winner Tim Lincecum. Coming into [...]
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The 38th Homecoming and Anniversary Celebration for Mills Grove Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) starts Friday, May 17, and continues on Saturday through Sunday, May 19. Rev. Eloise Knox, pastor of the Bell Chapel C.M.E. Church, San Francisco, will preach the opening sermon at 6:00p.m. Servant B.K. Woodson of Bay Area Christian Connection will speak [...]
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A Diasporic Dialogue with Olugbemiga Oluwole By Babatunde Harrison There was a time in the Diasporic story of the Blackman, when the American dream was a long endless nightmare. Those were the days when Africans were forcibly brought into America against their will to work and toil until they were dead. Times have changed and [...]
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Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy (BABIP) will be hosting their Strengthening Our House: A Capacity Building Seminar for nonprofits serving the Black community on Tuesday, May 21. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1111 Broadway in Oakland. Topics will include: “How to Approach Foundations,” “Communicating Your Financial Story: A [...]
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Republican legislator offers bold plan for diversity and low-revenue districts Recently, the Post staff sat down with Senator Mimi Walters (R-Irvine) and discussed legislation which would increase a school district’s ability to integrate digital textbooks into California’s classrooms. Senate Bill 185, which is scheduled to be heard on the Senate Floor in late May, addresses [...]
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Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) supported Governor Jerry Brown’s school funding plan. In a statement released Tuesday Huff said, “Of all the options being presented by California’s majority party, the governor’s plan does the most to help students from low-income families, and those students still facing the challenge of mastering English.” “Directing money [...]
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The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee approved an ammunition tax measure, AB 187, this week which will provide a new source of revenue to assist communities facing high levels of gun violence. Authored by Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Roger Dickinson, the measure would place a 10 percent tax on all ammunition sold in California, excluding [...]
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By: Malaika Bobino Oakland, CA – No better way than to start the series with a win. After losing two straight and eight of the last ten games, the Oakland Athletics bounce back for the 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Two late home runs life the A’s over the Royals. Despite outstanding pitching [...]
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Macheo Payne, who is graduating this month with a doctorate in educational leadership from San Francisco State University, is an Oakland native who has spent almost 20 years working at the grassroots level to improve education, particularly for youth in the African American communities. He says his studies have helped him look at system-wide approaches [...]
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By Jesse Jackson The student loan burden is reaching crisis proportions. Young Americans are being saddled with unsustainable debts. A New York Federal Reserve Bank study found that a stunning 43 percent of 25-year-olds had student loan debts in 2012. Debt now averages over $25,000 for graduates of four-year colleges. Student loan debt now is [...]
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The Grandparents Club of the Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy received many expressions of thanks, gratitude and appreciation from the students and their families for their annual fundraising efforts to provide grants to assist students and families who want to receive an accredited first-class Christian-oriented education. The Grandparents Club pays one half of the tuition [...]
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Special to the Post Home Defenders League groups from 25 areas across the country are converging on Washington D.C. next week to protest at the Department of Justice to demand that President Obama prosecute Wall Street banks that gutted the economy. The Home Defenders League is hosting a week of actions, teach-ins, sit-ins and press [...]
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Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) and Oakland Housing Initiatives welcomed visitors to the future site of Lakeside Senior Apartments during their groundbreaking event on Thursday May 16. Located one block from Lake Merritt, the site is set to become a 92-unit affordable housing complex for low-income seniors. The groundbreaking event, part of East Bay Housing [...]
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By Ned MacKay According to Katie Colbert, the East Bay Regional Park District naturalist who has studied the reptiles for many years: “People are seeing the rattlesnakes now because they have come out of their winter dormancy and are moving around mostly looking for food, but the males might also be ranging a little further [...]
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The Bay Area Media Mission (BAMM)-KDYA 1190AM, The Post News Group, and The Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI)-are presenting May as Mother’s Month and offering healthy tips for breast cancer prevention. Studies have shown that lifestyle changes decrease the risk of breast cancer even in women with higher risks. Steps that you can take to [...]
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Downtown Oakland has undergone a renaissance that has captured national media attention, with Uptown emerging as a premier arts and entertainment destination. Local residents and visitors can glimpse both today’s happening scene and landmarks from Oakland’s past during the 2013 Oakland Tours season. Free 90-minute walking tours of downtown Oakland will be offered every Wednesday [...]
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The Alameda County Public Health Department will be offering free health screenings for families, Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the East Oakland Boxing Association, 816 98th Ave. in Oakland. Free screenings will offered for blood pressure, weight and BMI, blood cholesterol and glucose, vision and hearing, body fat assessment and dental. [...]
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East Oakand residents went to the Oakland City Council meeting Tuesday night last week to oppose the opening of a mega-crematorium near Oakland International Aiprort, where Stewart Industries has planned to burn 3,000 bodies a year. The council unanimously approved a resolution backed by community members that the crematorium cannot be built without going through [...]
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Softball pitcher Rachel Sanders, a junior at Holy Names High School, is taking her game to another level. Inspired by the Bay Area Rescue Mission, a nonprofit providing services and shelter for the homeless in Richmond, Sanders started Strikeout Hunger, a drive to raise funds for feeding the hungry. In participating in community service through [...]
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The Hannah Gallery will present The Gospel Café on Sunday, May 26 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The public is invited to stop by to eat, chat and enjoy the refreshing sound of Gospel music. Supervised kids are welcome. Admission is free. An “open mic” will be available, 10-minute maximum per turn on the [...]
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Young people in Marin City will have opportunities to explore career options through a paid internship this summer, as part of the Summer Youth Development Program run by the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC) for youth ages 14-21. MCCDC will be offering youth work experience and job placement opportunities as well as Academic Enhancement, [...]
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For one in six people in Alameda County, hunger is a reality. This summer, the San Leandro Library will join other libraries across California in collecting 10,000 pounds of food for those in need. To kickoff the summer food drive, the San Leandro Public Library will offer Food For Fines from Monday, June 3 through [...]
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Mayor Stephen Cassidy has announced that the historic Manor Shopping Center neon sign will be illuminated on Friday, May 24, for the first time in over 30 years. The Optimist Club of San Leandro and the City of San Leandro split the $13,400 cost of restoring the neon sign, with the city using funds from [...]
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The San Leandro Public Library will celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Winnie Wong, guzheng musician, Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave. in San Leandro. Admission is free. The guzheng is a plucked-string traditional musical instrument that has existed in China for over 2500 years. [...]
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Success in the job market can be hit or miss, but perseverance can lead to rewarding results. San Francisco’s HIREvent will provide an opportunity for jobseekers who are out of work, stuck in dead-end jobs, or looking for new careers to connect with representatives from the public and private sectors, who are eager to fill [...]
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