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A year after George Floyd’s death, Cal Police reform efforts still facing resistance - The Sacramento Observer
Manny Otiko | California Black Media (CBM) - A year ago this week, the world watched in disbelief the cellphone video that captured Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on […] The post A year after George Floyd’s death, Cal Police reform efforts still facing resistanc
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California faces another month before unmasking begins - The Sacramento Observer
By DON THOMPSON | Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say the state isn’t ready to follow the federal lead and unmask, at least for another month. The […] The post California faces another month before unmasking begins appeared first on The Sacramento
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Gabrielle Union-Wade Celebrates Dwyane Wade In Sweet Father’s Day Message news -The Black Chronicle
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Dwyane Wade is definitely in the running for celeb father of the year, and his wife Gabrielle Union-Wade is making sure that everybody
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IN MEMORIAM: Iconic Actor Clarence Williams III Dead at 81 - The Sacramento Observer
(NNPA) - Actor Clarence Williams III, who starred as Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural ABC drama, “The Mod Squad” and as superstar Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He […] The post IN MEMORIAM: Iconic Actor Clarence Williams III Dead at 81 appeared first on The Sacr
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Cal budget, policy experts suggest revisions to Gov’s 2021 budget - The Sacramento Observer
Bo Tefu | California Black Media (CBM) - It’s still a long road ahead to economic recovery for the state of California following massive job loss and facing the looming […] The post Cal budget, policy experts suggest revisions to Gov’s 2021 budget appeared first on The Sacrament
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Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022 - The Sacramento Observer
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from studios, stars and large swaths of the film industry, NBC said Monday that will not air […] The post Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022 appeared first on The Sacramento
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Congress: The races to watch - Black Voice News
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Biden goes California on guns — The Sacramento Observer
(CALmatters) - After yet another wave of mass shootings, including one in Orange County, President Biden took aim at gun violence Thursday — and a page from California’s playbook. In new proposed executive orders, Biden plans to: Require home-assembled “ghost guns” to be etched with serial
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New head of largest state worker union won’t back Newsom - The Sacramento Observer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The new president-elect of California’s largest state employee union said Tuesday that the influential organization won’t back Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to fend off a […] The post New head of largest state worker union won’t back Newsom appe
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Now for some good news: California praised for recent handling of pandemic - Black Voice News
In summary While other states experience deadly surges in coronavirus cases, a national public health expert says the Golden State 'holds a lesson for all of us.' As COVID-19 cases surge alarmingly around the nation, California is in its own zone. And it's a better place than it was. Fourteen
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Former Black Panther leader reflects on loss of husband - The Sacramento Observer
By Antonio R. Harvey | OBSERVER Staff Writer It’s been more than a year since Margo Brunson lost her husband Esutosin Omowale Osunkoya to COVID-19. He was one of the […] The post Former Black Panther leader reflects on loss of husband appeared first on The Sacramento Observer.
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Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd - The Sacramento Observer
(AP) - Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George […] The post Law enforcement struggles to recruit since killing of Floyd appeared fir
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Our America: Living White Black: ABC News Explores Black Life Behind the Numbers - Black Voice News
Staff Report  ABC Owned Television Stations are going beyond statistics in a five-part docuseries, “Our America: Living While Black,” which premiered on Monday, October 19, 2020 with an hour-long special to air the weekend of October 24. The series is airing on ABC Owned Televisions
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Reopening School: Key to Bouncing Back is Being Back — The Sacramento Observer
By Dr. Margaret Fortune Reopening school after a year of being in a COVID-19 closure is hard. But, I can tell you first hand, after having reopened my schools on April 5, there is nothing better than seeing students and teachers in classrooms again. The key to bouncing back is being back. What
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Report: Blacks make up only 2% of women on California corporate boards - The Sacramento Observer
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media (CBM) - While the representation of women on the boards of California publicly traded companies has increased over the past few years, Black women […] The post Report: Blacks make up only 2% of women on California corporate boards appeare
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Eastern Coachella Valley residents urge the state for action on the Salton Sea - Black Voice News
In summary We continue to see no action or purposeful decision-making to prioritize the needs and public health of communities around the Salton Sea. By Sandra Ramirez Sandra Ramirez is a community advocate from Coachella, sandra113075@gmail.com. Christian Mendez, Special to CalMatters Christian
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Pioneering COVID-19 vaccine researcher Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett to be lead speaker at forum - The Sacramento Observer
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines and Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the featured guest speaker at […] The post Pioneering COVID-19 vaccine researcher Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett to be
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City Pact With UC Davis Could Net $60m For Affordable Housing - The Sacramento Observer
By Antonio R. Harvey | Observer Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento City Council voted April 6 in favor of a community benefits partnership agreement with the Regents of the […] The post City Pact With UC Davis Could Net $60m For Affordable Housing appeared first on The Sac
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Chauvin Verdict a Moment in History as President Biden, Others say ‘We Can’t Stop Here - The Sacramento Observer
By Hamil R. Harris | Trice Edney Newswire (TriceEdneyWire.com) - The conviction of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of all charges in the murder of George Floyd has sparked an […] The post Chauvin Verdict a Moment in History as President Biden, Others say ‘We Can’t Stop
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Prop. 22 battle reaches fever pitch - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It's Friday, October 23. Court rules against Uber, Lyft Image via iStock The stakes in the battle over Prop. 22 just got a lot higher. Uber and Lyft must reclassify their independent contractor drivers as full-fledged employees by late January, a California appeals court
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Gov. Newsom Plans to Invest in Black and Brown Communities With California Comeback Plan - The Sacramento Observer
By Bo Tefu | California Black Media (CBM) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week announced a $100 billion economic recovery plan to support small businesses and public schools, as […] The post Gov. Newsom Plans to Invest in Black and Brown Communities With California Comeback
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Doctor’s orders: don’t post your COVID-19 vaccine card online
Manny Otiko | California Black Media (CBM) - Public health experts are warning vaccinated people to not post photos of their vaccine cards on social media or anywhere else online. […] The post Doctor’s orders: don’t post your COVID-19 vaccine card online appeared first on The Sa
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'You Ain't Have to Do Us Like Dis': Gabrielle Union Slays In Citrus-Inspired Colorblock Suit
Gabrielle Union's citrus-inspired orange-and-yellow suit has fans wanting to take a bite out of her! The 47-year-old's melanin was poppin' as she served looks in […]
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Hardy Brown | Publisher Emeritus | OpEd Contributor The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'   Those words are as true today as they were 34 years ago when President Reagan said them.  They served as a warning against government
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City police seeks $10m budget increase - The Sacramento Observer
By Antonio R. Harvey, OBSERVER Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - On May 25, the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a police officer, Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn pleaded to […] The post City police seeks $10m budget increase appeared first on The Sacramento Observer
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Ending Virtual-School Oppression: Black Students Disproportionately Punished for Harmless Behavior at Home During Zoom Classes
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Southern Poverty Law Center (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Isaiah Elliott was suspended from seventh grade for holding a toy gun in an online […] The post Ending Virtual-School Oppression: Black Students Disproportionately Punished for Harml
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The ‘speed of trust’: California wants statewide panel to review any COVID vaccine - Black Voice News
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom says Californians need to have confidence in a vaccine, and the state will have a review process regardless of which presidential candidate wins in November. Coronavirus vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in coming months will not be distributed
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Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Motherhood looks good on Nicki Minaj! The rapper and new mom took to Instagram yesterday to show off an adorable photo of her and… The post Nicki Minaj And Son Wear Coordinating Sweatsuits appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
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Newsom overstates school reopening progress — The Sacramento Observer
(CALmatters) - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday touted the state’s progress in reopening schools, even as California continues to offer its students the least amount of in-person learning in the country. At a press conference at a Sonoma County elementary school that had reopened two days before, the
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Mutual aid: When neighbors look to each other for pandemic relief - Black Voice News
In summary The mutual aid movement has sprung up across California as networks offer food and other forms of relief. But it’s too soon to tell if these groups will stick around beyond the pandemic. Every Thursday evening on a small one-acre vegetable farm in the rustic town of Jurupa Valley, Aram
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