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Newsom inks another big mask deal - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, July 23. Sent 17 million masks to other states Medical student Shreya Thatai holds up a sign outside of Berkeley Bowl asking for mask donations to help health care workers. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters California is burning through 46 million masks
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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Newsom orders ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035 — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - n a dramatic move to tackle climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered state officials to ban new gasoline-powered cars within 15 years. California has for longer than half a century been a leader in driving new, cleaner car technologies with its regulations. Today, Newsom
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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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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
The veepstakes are over — now whom might Newsom pick to replace Kamala Harris in Senate? — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - Joe Biden’s choice of California’s junior senator, Kamala Harris, as his running mate brings to a close the presidential campaign’s most frenetic guessing game. It also opens up a relatively rare thing in the Golden State: the prospect of an open Senate seat. For career-minded
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Celebrity Hairstylist Chuck Amos Sets The Record Straight About Brandy's Braids
Between the release of her new album b7, Moesha now streaming on Netflix much to our streaming delight and an upcoming Brandy and Monica Verzuz, Brandy has been on everyone’s […] The post Celebrity Hairstylist Chuck Amos Sets The Record Straight About Brandy's Braids appeared first on Essence.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs CSU Ethnic Studies Bill into Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1460 into law on Monday requiring California State University (CSU) to provide courses in Ethnic studies at each of its 23 campuses beginning with the 2021–22 academic year. Students at the nation’s largest four-year public university system must take a 3-credit course
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Trump headed to California as fires rage - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, September 14. “A climate damn emergency” President Donald Trump landed at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, California on Nov. 17, 2018. Photo by LiPo Ching, Bay Area News Group President Donald Trump will visit California today for a wildfire briefing
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Happy Birthday Vivica A. Fox! Check Out Her Fashion Evolution Over The Years
Our beloved Vivica A. Fox has shifted from gorgeous vixen who dated Hollywood noteables, to the outspoken auntie who will shut you down with a simple glare. The actress has played some legendary roles in key Black culture films and now she’s taken her talents to Fox Soul, a girl-talk live stream
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Why do we keep voting on this? Exploring Prop. 13’s ‘Tax Revolt Family Tree’ - Black Voice News
The tax revolt started in California in 1978, but it never really ended. Four decades ago mad-as-hell voters banded together to pass Proposition 13, capping property taxes, slapping a constitutional muzzle on state government and wringing local budgets like a washcloth. The electorate's anti-tax
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Community Seeks Aggie Square Partnership — The Sacramento Observer
Aggie Square is described as a “game changing partnership” that will bring innovative opportunities to the area surrounding the UC Davis Medical Center on Stockton Boulevard. Local residents say they don’t want to be losers when the project, which will include the building of spaces for research
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California’s vague new financial regulation law - Black Voice News
In summary California has a new financial regulation law but its reach is vague and awaits more definition. Assembly Bill 1864 didn't get much media or public attention as it zipped through both houses of the Legislature on the last day of the 2020 session. Superficially, it appeared merely to
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist
Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.
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Trinidad Carnival 2021 cancelled - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) THE decision is final — Carnival 2021 is off. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley made this announcement yesterday during the Ministry of
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Mason, Dawn (1945- )
Dr. Dawn Mason is a former Washington State Representative for the 37th District, an adjunct professor and former member of the Board of Visitors at Antioch University Seattle, and Vision and Planning Team Member for Cultural Reconnection (USA and Kenya). Mason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey
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Retreads and some hardnosed decision-making - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, There is a flurry of movement, involving packing and retreating, or getting ready to hit the ground running, in true paratrooper style.  The article Retreads and some hardnosed decision-making appeared first on Stabroek News.
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“This bill contains significant new funding for higher education institutions that will help alleviate the crippling financial impact posed by the coronavirus,” the American Council on Education, which lobbies for colleges and universities, said in
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City wagers on entertainment may backfire - Black Voice News
In summary California's COVID-19 recession is having a devastating effect on local bond issues for sports and entertainment venues. COVID-19 and the severe recession it spawned abruptly ended what had been one of California's longest-running and most powerful economic
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Black lives matter in the context of the African struggle - African American News Today - EIN News
Ayesha Rahim-Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2020: The future of racism in the west lies in the hands of today’s children who are tomorrow’s leaders, be they black or white. To wipe out the ideology, white children need to be educated on the history of racism. The more educated they
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After Record COVID Week, Some California Counties to Reverse Reopening Plans
(CALMATTERS) As COVID-19 cases in California surged past 200,000 and statewide hospitalizations continued to set all-time highs every day this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom started to tap the brakes today — urging especially hard-hit Imperial County to reinstate its stay-at-home order.  At a press
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Davis, Angela (1944--)
Angela Davis, activist, educator, scholar, and politician, was born on January 26, 1944, in the “Dynamite Hill” area of Birmingham, Alabama.  The area received that name because so many African American homes in this middle class neighborhood had been bombed over the years by the Ku
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For many Californians, the pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’ - Black Voice News
In summary The pandemic is accelerating the demise of the middle class, leaving many unable to sustain financial independence. In Silicon Valley and elsewhere, middle-class workers have found themselves unable to make rent. Sarah Rivas was barely making rent since she'd moved to the city of
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
OBSERVER RECOMMENDATIONS – November 3, 2020 General Election — The Sacramento Observer
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Largest US Public University System Requires Ethnic Studies - Voice and Viewpoint
CUNEYT DIL | Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Ethnic and social justice studies will join English and science courses as graduation requirements at California State University, after the Board of Trustees at the nation's largest four-year public university system approved the idea
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Efforts to Block the Vote Concern CSUN Poly Sci Professor - Los Angeles Sentinel
Requiring witness signatures on mail-in ballots. Needing government-issued photo identification to vote. Limiting mailed ballot drop-off locations to one per county. The post Efforts to Block the Vote Concern CSUN Poly Sci Professor appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Kenya: COVID-19 Pandemic Could Widen Existing Inequalities for Kenya's Women in Business
[IPS] Nairobi -Pauline Akwacha's popular chain of eateries, famously known as Kakwacha Hangover Hotels and situated at the heart of Kisumu City's lakeside in Kenya, is facing its most daunting challenge yet. Akwacha and other women in business across this East African nation are bracing themselves
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A lonely place - Stabroek News
More than 140 days after Guyana’s elections, the losing regime and its disingenuous leader remain defiantly in power, with yet another brazen legal attempt underway to thwart democracy and further delay the formal declaration of the
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State to present guidelines for reopening university campuses –
TALLAHASSEE – State university system Chancellor Marshall Criser next week will present guidelines for reopening university campuses in the fall, after students were sent home in March to curb the spread of
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California lawmakers failed to enact sweeping police reforms. Here’s why. — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - Last summer, when California passed a landmark law meant to reduce police shootings, lawmakers praised the mothers, fathers and activists who had packed the Capitol throughout the year. They wore T-shirts memorializing shooting victims. Filled hallways with songs and prayer. Laid
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How should California support prisoners released amid COVID-19? - Black Voice News
In summary California lacks a comprehensive strategy to assist prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them and their communities vulnerable. By Heather M. Harris Heather M. Harris, co-author of 'After Prison: Navigating Adulthood in the Shadow of the Justice System,' is
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Shirley Weber’s CSU Ethnic Studies Bill Is Now State Law
Gov. Newsom signed AB 1460 into law on Monday, Aug. 17. The new state law requires California State University (CSU), the nation’s largest four-year public university system, to provide courses in Ethnic studies at each of its 23 campuses beginning with the 2021–22 academic year and requires CSU
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