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Raiders , Microsoft Give Local Students Brand New Tablets
Nearly two-dozen students from McClymonds High School and Oakland Community Day School were treated to lunch at the Oakland Raiders facility on Tuesday given recognition for their academic and behavioral accomplishments.
Raider Linebacker Kevin Burnett and the Burnett Foundation teamed up with Microsoft, a new Raider and NFL sponsor, to present the students with brand new Microsoft 32GB Surface tablets.
Mekael Johnson, principal of Community Day School, says the school serves as an alternative option for students with disciplinary issues but works with the goal to redirect them back into the school district.
“We’re committed to academic excellence and reducing suspensions at our school,” Johnson said. “We were chosen by the district because of our low suspension rates and [students] were chosen because of their grades and good behavior.”
Harold Pearson, Executive Director of Student Programming for Academic and Athletic Transitioning at McClymonds High School, said their students were hand selected by teachers and the principal based on their academic and behavioral performance.
“It’s a great opportunity for them to see someone giving back and for them to take advantage and actually have a laptop so they can have better access to their academics,” said Pearson.
Before presenting the students with the tablets, Burnett spoke to the students about his own academic struggle to pass the English section on the SAT during his senior year of high school.
Students open up new Microsoft Surface Tablets presented by Raider Kevin Burnett and Microsoft.
Understanding that his dreams of playing professional football were strongly based on his admittance to a Division 1 school, Burnett said he had to prepare himself academically for that dream to come true.
He presented students with the tablets and encouraged them to use them to their advantage to
help bring their dreams to life.
“I feel excited because I really needed a computer for school work,” said Rasheed Adseokan, an 11th grade student at Community Day School. He says his dream is to become a music producer so the tablet will help him store the beats he creates.
Burnett later spoke to students about the importance of always having a backup plan. While he thought he was “God’s gift to football,” an ACL injury in college nearly cost him his football career.
But he said he used the opportunity to become a student, earning his bachelor’s degree in roughly 3 years; he later went on to obtain his master’s degree.
“I didn’t want to go to the NFL and then have to go back to school because usually once you start making money, you don’t really worry about school,” he said.
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Registration Opens for Richmond’s 1st Annual Citywide Garage Sale
Richmond residents are encouraged to register for the first annual Citywide Garage Sale, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the Richmond City Manager’s weekly newsletter. The event will follow in the model of the El Cerrito Citywide Garage Sale, which encourages residents to reuse and recycle locally while reducing clutter.
The Richmond Standard
Richmond residents are encouraged to register for the first annual Citywide Garage Sale, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the Richmond City Manager’s weekly newsletter.
The event will follow in the model of the El Cerrito Citywide Garage Sale, which encourages residents to reuse and recycle locally while reducing clutter.
How it works: residents register their households to host a garage sale for a $10 nonrefundable registration fee. The city’s Recreation Division uses that information to create a map of registered households that will be published online at least one week ahead of the event. Shoppers will be able to access the map to find garage sale locations and descriptions.
To register as a host of a garage sale, you can do so in person by downloading the Citywide Garage Sale Registration Form and bringing it to the Recreation Complex at 3230 Macdonald Avenue. You can also register online on the city’s ActiveNet platform.
The deadline to register is April 14.
For more information, visit https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4476/Citywide-Garage-Sale to register or call (510) 620-6793.
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State Attorney General Issues Consumer Alert for Storm Price Gouging
In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned consumers that price gouging during the state’s series of storms is illegal. On Wednesday, Bonta issued a consumer alert reminding residents that it is against the law for sellers to increase prices by over 10%. The law applies to sellers with food, emergency or medical supplies, building materials and gasoline for sale.
By Bay City News
In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned consumers that price gouging during the state’s series of storms is illegal.
On Wednesday, Bonta issued a consumer alert reminding residents that it is against the law for sellers to increase prices by over 10%. The law applies to sellers with food, emergency or medical supplies, building materials and gasoline for sale.
Also prohibited are extreme price spikes for reconstruction services, cleanup services, transportation services and rental housing and hotel accommodations.
Sellers are exempt from the prohibition if the price of labor, goods or materials have increased.
Violators are subject to fines up to $10,000 or a one-year county jail sentence, and civil penalities.
Californians who believe they were a victim of price gouging are urged to report the incident to local authorities or to Bonta’s office at oag.ca.gov/report.
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Bay Area Saw Wind Gusts of Up to 88 Mph As Tuesday’s Storm Whipped Through Region
High winds throughout the Bay Area on Tuesday blew down multiple trees and knocked out power, causing cancellations and delays on public transit, the closures of some highways and roads, and safety hazards as arcing power lines hit land.
By Bay City News
High winds throughout the Bay Area on Tuesday blew down multiple trees and knocked out power, causing cancellations and delays on public transit, the closures of some highways and roads, and safety hazards as arcing power lines hit land.
Point Potrero in Richmond logged the highest Bay Area winds at 88 mph, according to the National Weather Service as of 8:08 p.m.
Los Gatos saw winds at 82 mph, Oakland International Airport and Mount Diablo logged winds at 74 mph in the East Bay, Napa saw gusts at 65 mph, San Francisco International Airport reached gusts of 64 mph, and the Monterey, Palo Alto and Watsonville airports all saw winds at up to 59 mph.
“It’s been a little windy, to say the very least!” quipped the National Weather Service on Twitter.
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