Black Water Leaders: Outreach “Critically Important” in Gov. Newsom’s Conservation Plan

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Black Water Leaders: Outreach “Critically Important” in Gov. Newsom’s Conservation Plan

Tanu Henry | California Black Media (CBM) - If it were not for the news headlines, you probably would not know California is under a state of emergency due to […]

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VOICE AND VIEWPOINT - “I am mindful that there is still room for more diversity on corporate boards and California can do better achieving gender-diverse corporate boards for the benefit of our state, its economy, and above all, its people,” said California Secretary of State Shirley Weber.| Quinci

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Brotherhood Crusade Promotes Energy and Water Conservation Through LADWP Partnership - Los Angeles Sentinel

To support the grant, Brotherhood Crusade established Youth and Environmental Ambassadors that will work to inform their peers and residents about public health issues and topics on conservation

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New program mobilizes elementary students to act on environmental issues - WS Chronicle

Local non-profit Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) is launching a new program to promote environmental literacy, stewardship, and action among elementary-aged students in the Piedmont Triad - Young Eco

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Election 2020 Update: All California Black Caucus Members Hold Strong Leads in Races — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - Election Day 2020 is behind us, and a winner for President of the United States has not been decided. As predicted, California voted overwhelming for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and they will be receiving the state’s 55 electoral votes. Also, as predicted, counting the votes in battleground

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The most dangerous fire conditions yet - Black Voice News

Good morning, California. It's Monday, October 26. Wind, wind, wind Image via iStock Brace yourself for the most dangerous fire weather of the season - and prepare to light a lot of candles. Nearly 1 million Californians will spend the day without power after PG&E initiated its largest shutoffs of

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Gov. Newsom Appoints Sec. Padilla to Replace Sen. Harris - Los Angeles Sentinel

Despite intense pressure from Black women political groups across the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to be California’s next United States

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Eritrea: Foro - Successful Development Initiatives

[Shabait] Foro sub-zone has been a site of many up-and-coming development initiatives, and one of the most significant successes registered in the sub-zone has been in education.

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Ethiopia: How a Brewery in Ethiopia Is Restoring a Watershed

[World Bank] The community in Enda-Mokoni Woreda in Tigray Regional State in Ethiopia, has long relied on natural spring water from the May-Muk micro watershed for daily water needs and to irrigate crops. But since the 1970s, increased demand for farmland, firewood and other natural resources

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Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ - Black Voice News

These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re drinking them. In the weeks before the coronavirus began tearing through California, the city of Commerce made an expensive decision: It shut down part of its water

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California Comeback Plan | Post News Group

Besides a $6.2 billion tax cut to help small businesses, there will be a $250 million Cal Competes grant program which will draw businesses to relocate to California The post California Comeback Plan first appeared on Post News Group.

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Former Limpopo water board CEO, co-accused granted bail in multi-million-rand tender fraud case | News24

Former Lepelle Northern Water board chief executive Phineas Legodi and six co-accused have been released on bail on charges of fraud and theft.

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State’s Disaster Emergency Preparedness Effort Meets and Exceeds the Goals It Set - Los Angeles Sentinel

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) announced that the state’s emergency preparedness campaign, which was launched last August, has surpassed the goal it set to engage at least one million socially vulnerable Californians. The campaign, titled “Listos,” which

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Ex water board CEO remanded in custody over R45m tender fraud

The case involving former the Lepelle Northern Water Board CEO Phineas Legodi has been postponed to 17 December 2020

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South Africa: Deputy Minister David Mahlobo - Water and Sanitation Dept Budget Vote 2021/22

Press Release - Honourable Speaker, Ms Thandi Modise

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The Lookout: Cal Bill Aims to End Homelessness; Make Housing a Basic Human Right — The Sacramento Observer

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media (CBM) - Watching your tax dollars, elected officials and legislation that affects you. While some might debate if shelter is a basic human right, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would argue that it isn't essential to an individual's quality

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Mayors and Measures in the Inland Empire - Preliminary Election Results - Black Voice News

BVN Staff With 100% of precincts reporting in San Bernardino County and votes still being counted, here is the current status in the Board of Supervisors race, mayoral contests, and local measures. In the race to represent the 5th District of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Joe

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BOE Member Malia Cohen Raises Red Flag on Bank-Breaking Prop 19 Tax Costs - Los Angeles Sentinel

Malia M. Cohen, the only African American member of the California Board of Equalization (BOE), has some critical concerns about the cost homeowners will have to bear because of Proposition 19, a constitutional amendment that took effect on

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More Black Californians Taking COVID Shot as U.S. Reviews Vaccines for Younger Kids | Post News Group

Even as vaccination booster shots are becoming more readily available around the country, the COVID-19 Delta variant remains a significant threat in the U.S. and around the world. So, public health leaders are focused on expanding efforts get as many people as possible access to vaccinations and

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From “Vaccines to Vaccinations”: Officials Urge Black Community to Take COVID Shot - Voice and Viewpoint

Steven Vargas | California Black Media COVID-19 hospitalizations are starting to decrease in California, but that decline does not mean the pandemic is over, state health officials warn. The number of cases in California dropped by 31% over 14 days leading up to Jan. 22, according to the New York

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Eight parastatals in red - The Times Group Malawi

The country’s first ever audit report on statutory corporations has exposed glaring weaknesses in financial control and operations by government companies despite having boards of directors which are supposed to provide good governance oversight. The audit report in Malawi News possession was done

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Thousands of Californians Face Homelessness With Eviction Freeze Set to End — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - With the federal COVID-19 rent protections provided in the CARES Act about to expire, any plan to assist tenants who have fallen behind on their payments due the COVID-19 pandemic, would have to be drawn up by state or local governments. In California, Chief Justice Tani

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California State Budget for 2021-22 Draws Both Pushback and Praise - Los Angeles Sentinel

Depending on where they stand, a number of political leaders in California either praised or pushed back on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $ 267.8 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021-22. The plan includes a broad range of high-dollar investments intended to help the state’s struggling economy recover

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Preservation order preventing former water board CEO access to his pension lapses | News24

The preservation order preventing the release of the pension of the former CEO of Lepelle Northern Water amid a probe lapsed because the Sheriff of the Court failed to deliver a summons to him on time.

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'Tis The Season to Destress: Nine Ways to Leave the 2020 Blues Behind - Voice and Viewpoint

Dr. Lenore Tate | Special to California Black Media At the beginning of this year, many of us would have never imagined that 2020 would have brought us the COVID-19 global pandemic, caustic conversations about race and racism, violent murders, children learning remotely, working from home, social

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Some Upbeat News for Black Businesses Still Reeling From Pandemic Losses | Post News Group

During a news briefing hosted by Ethnic Media Services last month, speakers discussed how small businesses in California and around the country can emerge from this crisis, catch the wave of what seems to be a gathering economic boom, or continue to tread water to stay

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Project Kilimanjaro off-track ……as Hippo scours markets for fresh funding

BY TAURAI MANGUDHLA ZIMBABWE’S adverse economic conditions have stalled progress at sugar producer, Hippo Valley Estates’ multi-million dollar Project Kilimanjaro, the firm said on Tuesday. Project Kilimanjaro, which was expected to be completed in 2025, has suffered serious setbacks after Hippo

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Come on Home Willie Brown, Says Some California Black Newspapers — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - Former California State Assembly Speaker and San Francisco mayor Willie Brown’s 12-year run with the San Francisco Chronicle has come at an abrupt end. Earlier this month, Northern California’s largest daily newspaper announced that Brown’s column “Willie’s World” would be discontinued as

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