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A memorial set up on East 12th Street in the Fruitvale District of East Oakland near the site of the "Ghost Ship." The fire claimed 36 lives according to officials.
Family, friends mourn near site of accident By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Family, friends and community members gathered near 1305 31st Avenue in East Oakland on Sunday night, the site of the horrific fire that claimed the lives of at least 36 people. Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly confirmed on Wednesday at a press conference that Alameda County fire and rescue crews had gone through the entire property that hosted an electronic dance music show on Friday night. Kelly also confirmed the search for survivors is over, with the total number of deaths 36. According to a statement from the Oakland Fire Department, the cause of the fire is still being investigated, however, fire inspectors were able to determine
it started on the first floor near the entrance. The site is a converted warehouse called “Oakland Ghost Ship” and is known for its rustic theme. The warehouse was full of old furniture, decorations and other pieces of random memorabilia from floor to the ceiling that many attendees referred to as having a “pirate ship” theme. At least 15 people were confirmed to have been living there, according to Kelly. Kelly said the death toll is expected to rise as crews to continue to search through the debris. The second story of the building collapsed, making things difficult to sift through. Kelly also said it could take weeks to identify all of the victims, and the department encouraged families to submit items with potential victims’ DNA on them, like tooth and hair brushes, to speed up the identification process. Crews were forced to stop searching
on Monday night because a wall of the warehouse was in danger of falling over and a crane had to be brought in to stabilize it, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The city of Oakland identified the first eight victims late Sunday night. One is a 17-year-old minor whose name will not be released. The rest have been identified as Cash Askew, 22, David Clines, 35, Donna Kellogg, 32, Travis Hough, 35, all from Oakland, Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, from Coronado, Sara Hoda, 30, from Walnut Creek and Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32, from Hayward. Oakland battalion Fire Chief Melinda Drayton said this was the most deadly fire in the city’s history, worse than the Oakland Hills fire in 1991 that killed 25 people. “Firefighters have been sifting through debris bucket by bucket,” Drayton said. “We understand the sensitivity of this situation and are proceeding with caution and compassion.”
Drayton said even after firefighters put out the fire, the building was deemed unsafe for crews to enter. She also stated that the roof collapsed onto the second floor and parts of that collapsed on to the first floor. Officials said proper fire safety standards, like emergency exits, fire alarms and an evacuation plan, were clearly lacking and believe the residents may not have even had proper permits for the show. Law enforcement officials blocked off the site for several blocks and a makeshift memorial was set up on two blocks from the building, where a steady flow of family, friends and concerned citizens have gathered over the past few days. Gabriel Eibliawicz was a classmate and friend of one of the victims who said he heard the news from a friend. “I said bye to him on Friday and told him to have a good weekend,” Eibliawicz said. “This is so tragic, he was such a great guy.”
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Cal State East Bay debate club on display in Hayward
Above: Cal State East Bay debate team member Erik Camacho addresses the audience during the speech night event on Dec. 1 at the New Union on the Hayward campus. Right: An audience member participates during speech night on Dec. 1.
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Kanye West preaches politics again Rapper endorses Trump, cancels tour By Denika Williams CONTRIBUTOR A series of rants by rapper Kanye West during recent California performances has made me re-think how I feel about the artist and entrepreneur, whose music I’ve enjoyed since the beginning of his career in the early 2000s. Once on stage for his Nov. 17 concert at the SAP Center in San Jose, West couldn’t finish a song without going off on a rant. He started the show with his hit song “Famous” from his latest album “The Life of Pablo,” but every few lines of the song, Kanye stopped to express his opinions about the presidential election, which caused the crowd to get rowdy, reports the Mercury News. Video footage from fans at the concert show West asking the crowd if they were for Trump or Hillary. According to West, the people at his shows who voted for either side can come together through a mutual love for him and his music. The rapper called for the audience to ask more questions and to not just accept the information they receive from the media. “Echoing made us think Hillary was gonna win, you were fooled by the information on the internet,” West said from the stage. “Don’t believe everything you hear and see, that gets translated to you by the internet. The celebrities are the influencers of our now, just look at the president. He wasn’t even in politics but he won. That shows you the level of possibility.” Fans did not react kindly and many booed. Video footage of the show revealed that West said he feels like he and Trump have the potential to be great leaders because they have the ability to work with what West called the “best of class” to get things done. Both men say they want to make America great and Kanye promised to model his 2020 run for president on Trump’s campaign. Kanye then admitted he did not vote, but said that if did, he would have voted for Trump, even though he cares about issues such as Black Lives Matter, wom-
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en’s rights and gay marriage, which Trump has openly opposed. “I’m concerned about the concept of how to do the job a new way,” video footage shows West telling the crowd. “And if no one will do it in that way, I’ll take that position in 2020 and I will do it myself.” Kanye fans are used to his outspokenness. On Sept. 2, 2005, four days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, West famously stated live on NBC, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” Fans have learned to deal with
these outbursts because they love his music. But Kanye simply is not the same person or artist he was in the early 2000s. In middle school, I listened to West’s debut album “The College Dropout,” which earned 10 Grammy nominations and won Best Rap Album in 2005. West is a lyrical genius: he composes songs that speaks to people on different levels. Songs “Jesus Walks” and “Through the Wire” were very inspirational for me because the message is to push through and not give up hope. In the song “All
Falls Down,” West talks about issues like justice system corruption, capitalism and mental health. West promises not to “act holier than thou” and relates to the problems that everyday people face. However, his whole flow is different now. His lyrical content has turned opposite. All he raps about now is himself. In a rant during a sold-out performance in Sacramento in front of 17,000 people, two days after the San Jose show, video footage shows West opening the show by saying “I’m on my Trump s--- tonight.” He was also an hour and a half late for the show. After performing two songs, he began ranting again, according to the Washington Post. West claimed his Saint Pablo tour is the most relevant thing happening, and that too many musicians get into power and are scared to make changes. “Obama couldn’t make America great because he couldn’t be him to be who he was,” West told the audience. “Black men has been slaves. Obama wasn’t allowed to do this and still win. He had to be perfect. But being perfect doesn’t always change s---.” After outbursts in Oakland, San Jose and Sacramento, West canceled the remaining 21 shows left on his tour, just hours before his Los Angeles show. West was then admitted into a Los Angeles hospital for exhaustion and sleep deprivation for a week, according to news reports. US magazine reported that he may have miscalculated the dosage of medicine he was taking for psychological reasons. The anniversary of his mother’s death and his wife Kim Kardashian’s recent robbery incident may have also contributed to his stress, news reports suggest. As someone that used to be a fan of his, I hope West received the medical attention he needs. I also want him to sincerely get better in all aspects of his life before he goes back into his music. Nobody can know for sure if West will actually run for president in 2020. But no matter what he does in the future, this could be the Kanye we will look back on and remember, not the one who brought us amazing music and authentic insight in the early 2000s. Let’s hope he can get back to being the artist that his fans are missing.
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Readers beware of fake news By Ira Lazo CONTRIBUTOR
It’s getting more difficult to distinguish between real and fake news content online. Like others, I am guilty of re-posting an article based on the title alone, and I have fallen for articles made to look like real news stories with clickbait titles more times than I would ever care to share. For this reason, I’ve chosen to remove the Facebook app off my phone. The fake news epidemic has been blamed on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, as the websites that make propaganda, hoaxes and misinformation go viral. Critics have specifically targeted Facebook, since its algorithm tailors what users see based on their likes and interests, so the more an article is liked, the more often it will show up on people’s feeds. “Fake news is one of the problems that arises with online communication,” says Cal State East Bay communications professor Grant Kien. “Fake news is provided as a content to appeal to our cynicism; it doesn’t make us more cynical, it already affirms for us what we already believe.” The issue of bogus articles escalated after the most recent election as people blamed Facebook for Trump’s victory. In an interview given by 38-yearold fake news writer Paul Horner to the Washington Post, he discusses his career writing bogus articles. He talks in detail about his contribution to fake news circulating on Facebook and his presumed effect on the election results. “[People] just keep passing things around,” said Horner. “Nobody fact-checks anything anymore, I mean that’s how
Trump got elected.” Horner’s content was so successful that Trump’s own son, Eric, and his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, both retweeted a fake article he wrote about how a Donald Trump protester was paid $3,500 to protest at one of his rallies earlier this year. This couldn’t come at a worse time as the relationship between the press and the people continues to erode. According to a study completed this year by the Pew Research Center, only “two in ten Americans trust the information gathered by local news organizations whether online or offline.” Fake news has been around since before the election, despite efforts by Facebook and Google to make it easier to spot false sources. However, there is no magic wand that will just make it go away. Google has even gone so far as to ban these faux sites from their advertising service that is meant to bring in more revenue. I believe that this is a bandaid, and the problem isn’t solely with the platform but more with our relationship with our phones and the media. Simply put, we now get world news updates and personal family interactions all in one place, and these two shouldn’t be mixed together. “People use media not to find good information, but as a way for relaxation or connection,” says Kien. “They’re not looking for credible information in the first place.” I needed a separation: one program for fun and the other to keep myself informed. I decided to delete Facebook off my phone to rewire my brain and teach it to sit down, read and assess an article, rather than aimlessly scrolling late at night or in between classes. In order for our democracy to persevere, we need to trust the media and journalists who are doing their job.
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East Bay nursing student uses education at Standing Rock By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR Removing pepper spray from skin with a concoction of baby shampoo and granulated sugar wasn’t quite what third-year Cal State East Bay nursing student Sara Oldershaw had in mind when she decided to volunteer as a medic at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota; but it’s precisely what she found herself doing. On Dec. 5, the Army Corps of Engineers, under instruction by the Obama Administration, denied a permit proposed by Energy Transfer Partners, LP for the completion of a key section of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile oil pipeline that would transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil daily across four states, according to USA Today. Since 2014, the Lakota people of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe have protested the construction of the DAPL. The Sioux are a confederacy of tribes native to the North American plains, made up of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota, who all speak different dialects. The proper name of the Sioux is Oceti Sakowin, or seven council fires, which is also the name of the main camp at Standing Rock. The original Sioux was made up of Seven Council Fires, which in turn were made up of smaller bands, according to the Oceti Sakowin Camp website. The Lakota primarily reside in North Dakota and South Dakota, and were known as buffalo hunters and warriors. Protesters and environmental activists joined the effort last summer to oppose the construction of a key section of the $3.8 billion pipeline, which would pass through sacred Lakota ancestral burial sites. It would also converge with major water sources like Lake Oahe and the Missouri River, increasing the possibility of a polluted water supply if the pipeline were to rupture, reports National Public Radio. Oldershaw initially followed the DAPL story through NPR and the De-
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Cal State East Bay nursing student Sara Oldershaw, 37, poses for a selfie at her camp site during her most recent trip to Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. mocracy Now! TV program, but it was ultimately a public health theory class with Dr. Sahar Nouredini, assistant professor at the School of Nursing at CSUEB that convinced her to join the cause. Nouredini told the Pioneer that her class focuses on prevention, social justice and environmental justice topics. “Nurses are in a unique position of influence when it comes to environmental health,” said Nouredini. “In order to truly be a patient advocate, we can’t wait until our community is sick. We have to focus on prevention. We need to be active in raising awareness about environmental health issues and supporting policies that are protective of our health. One concern is water contamination, which is exactly what the residents of the Sioux reservation are concerned about.” Nouredini admitted she was shocked when Oldershaw approached her after
class to ask if she could buy a ticket to Standing Rock and a few hours later informed her the flight was booked. In the week leading up to the trip, Oldershaw raised $2,000 through the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe and through private donations from friends, family, classmates, previous professors and even strangers. Five hundred dollars went toward a rental car and $1,500 was spent on supplies, at the request of protesters who she connected with on Facebook. She used her own money to pay for the plane ticket. On Nov. 6 Oldershaw arrived in Bismarck, North Dakota, and spent the first day purchasing propane, headlamps, grab-and-go food, wound care materials and pulse oximeters, a device that clamps onto a patient’s finger to measure heart rate and oxygen levels, which she delivered to the Medic Healing Council at the Oceti Sakowin Prayer
Camp located on the Standing Rock Reservation. Even with a rental SUV packed full of supplies, Oldershaw recalled that she wasn’t well-prepared for North Dakota. She brought only a thin tent for shelter, which she later opted not to set up. Instead, she slept in the rental car, which protected her from the frigid weather. “The nights were sometimes below freezing,” said Oldershaw. “I know, because when I woke-up, my car windows were covered in ice. I have to say, I didn’t prepare myself enough to spend the night outside in North Dakota. I’m an amateur when it comes to cold weather camping.” Oldershaw later made the 45-minute journey back to Bismarck to buy granulated sugar, baby shampoo and maalox, an antacid used for treating heartburn and indigestion. When mixed with water, it can be used to relieve burns left by
tear gas, a technique Oldershaw learned in an informal street medic training shortly after she arrived at Standing Rock. “It gets dirty; it’s dusty...you have to build a hospital or a medic tent in the dirt,” said Oldershaw. “It’s definitely not like a hospital setting. In a hospital it’s all set up for you and all things are clean and sterile. You definitely have to work with what you’ve got and be flexible.” During her week with the Medic Council, which consisted of a handful of doctors, paramedics, EMT’s nurses, herbalists and acupuncture volunteers, Oldershaw treated hundreds of people — mainly Lakota youth. The most common injuries were open burn wounds inflicted by tear gas, pepper spray-related injuries and large welts and bruises on the bodies from rubber bullets. The medic council offered diverse modalities of treatments, ranging from herbalism and massage therapy to conventional Western medicine. The healers also set up a mental health tent because so many young people who protested on the frontlines, where the pipeline was being laid, came back with panic attacks. Some of them were even put on suicide watch. “They’re standing there doing nothing — holding signs and camping — and then they’re getting shot in the face with pepper spray and water cannons,” said Oldershaw. “It’s heartbreaking because these young people are fighting for different reasons. They’re fighting for their future, for their children’s children and they’re carrying on a fight that has been happening over the last 500 years.” Over the course of the protest, hundreds of protesters flocked to Standing Rock to offer support and in December alone, 2,000 veterans prepared to join the fight, according to USA Today. “Anybody can do this,” said Oldershaw. “I think with the new political climate that were in we all need to start doing it in some form. Local statewide or national. With a little bit of effort and a little bit of planning we can all be part of a protest or a movement.”
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East Bay receives first women's empowerment club By Tishauna Carrell STAFF WRITER Last January, six Cal State East Bay women decided to start a club that would bring a larger Latin culture presence onto the Hayward campus. Drawing inspiration from their single mothers, they also wanted to include women empowerment in the mix. On Dec. 2, The Wall Street Journal ranked Cal State East Bay as the fourth most diverse college in the Western region. Although we attend a school with a mixed community, East Bay students Yadira Alvarado and Anna Frias believe there is a lack of cultural events on campus. Last spring, Alvarado and Farias established the Guerreras of Empowerment Club on campus to promote women’s equality and acceptance of different beliefs and cultures, according to Farias, a second-year sociology major. Due to the impending summer break after the club’s establishment, the club didn’t become active until this fall. “We [are] passionate about the idea of women empowerment, academics and cultural awareness” said Alvarado, who is also a second-year sociology major. The women wanted to choose a name that was unique but also included their Latin culture, and the members voted on second-year health science major and club member Sharon Vargas’ idea of “Guerreras.” Guerreras means female warriors in Spanish, and the members felt like the name Guerreras of Empowerment stood out and made a nice acronym: G.O.E. “I personally love it because Guerreras has such a strong connotation and it’s powerful,” said Farias. “That’s what we’re trying to promote: having security within ourselves, having securities with being who you are and accepting others as well.” Last February, Preciado filled out a “new organization” application with the center of Student Life and Leadership to establish Guerre-
ras of Empowerment as a club on campus. This process also involves developing a club constitution and acquiring at least five members in order to qualify, according to Lauren Anderson, Student Life and Leadership assistant at East Bay. Two months after Preciado submitted the application and constitution through BaySync, a platform that allows CSUEB students to connect through an online community, she received an email from Student Life and Leadership that informed her that the club had been approved. At that time, the club attracted 14 members. The newly established Guerreras of Empowerment members made their first debut in May at the Relay For Life, a 24-hour fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, where they introduced themselves to the other organizations at the event. Guerreras of Empowerment realized that they did not just want to bring Latin awareness to the campus, but wanted to do the same for other cultures. The club hopes to collaborate with other cultural clubs on campus to create events. “We need different cultures on campus,” said Alvarado. “We need to bring out more Black cultures, Latino, Asian cultures on campus as well.” During January, four members left the club due to personal reasons. The club currently has 10 members and meets every Monday at 7 p.m. on campus to plan events and share ideas. President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about women and the Mexican community during his election campaign are examples of topics discussed at Guerreras of Empowerment meetings. “I was personally offended, I mean I took it to heart,” said Deborah Soto, second-year kinesiology major. “I mean, with what he said with immigrants and Latinos, he’s talking about my family; he’s talking about my girls, and all these people that I know of.” Soto believes that Trump’s derogatory words about women have made the club a more relevant resource for women. “It definitely encourages us to promote what we’re trying to fight
for, which is women's equality and acceptance of different beliefs and cultures,” said Farias. Since fall term began, the club has held a Halloween candygram fundraiser, which raised $270, and a Kermes, a traditional Mexican fundraiser that involves food, dancing, live entertainment and socializing, which took place on Nov. 12. Out of the money earned from the candygrams, $80 was used to purchase tacos, rice and three flavors of aguas frescas from Chavez Super Market for the Kermes. Attendees could choose combination plates of food and drinks for $5 and under, according to Alvarado. The ladies performed traditional Mexican dances such as Folklorico, Bachata and Merengue while wearing Folklorico attire, in front of the New Union stage. The club members have not made a decision on what they will do with the funds yet, but plan to continue fundraising for future events and workshops. Guerreras of Empowerment has talked about creating an on-campus self-defense workshop and bringing in a guest speaker to inform women about the dangers of sex trafficking in the Bay Area. According to HeatWatch.org, a website that tracks human trafficking in collaboration with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, 80 percent of reports of human trafficking cases come from the Bay Area. They’re also currently planning to collaborate with Academic Advising and Career Education center to host a cover letter and resume workshop for winter 2017 to help students who may not know to properly make one. Members like Soto and Farias, who consider themselves to be introverts, also hope that the club will help them become more confident dealing with people. “We have our strengths and our weaknesses and we all just push each other to explore our limits and to definitely get out there,” said Farias. If you’re interested in becoming a member, email Guerreras of Empowerment at: CsuebGoe@gmail.com.
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Trump policies could boost Bay Area, California economy By George Avalos EAST BAY TIMES A likely increase in defense spending under a Donald Trump presidency is expected to benefit technology companies that supply the military, spurring Bay Area and California economic growth to a greater degree than previously thought, according to a new UCLA Anderson Forecast report. The expected rise in defense spending would bolster defense contractors in California, said the report, published Tuesday. "The increase in defense spending will be disproportionately directed to California as sophisticated airplanes, weaponry, missiles and ships require the technology that is produced here," the Anderson Forecast said. Stimulus from defense spending could benefit tech companies in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley that might supply software or hardware used by the military. "We are anticipating an additional boost to the California economy from more defense spending," Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the Anderson Forecast, said in an interview with this newspaper. "The demand for sophisticated defense equipment will benefit the Bay Area, although not as much as Southern California." The Anderson Forecast projected California will achieve 1.8 percent annual job growth in 2017 and 1.3 percent in 2018. Previously, it had said the California job market would expand by an annual pace of 1.7 percent in 2017 and 1.1 percent in 2018. A separate forecast from Beacon Economics, released Monday, projected that the Bay Area will outperform California and the nation in the coming years -- although employment growth will be more sluggish in 2017 than 2016. "Although South Bay job growth has slowed compared to recent red-hot years, the region's performance would still be considered ro-
bust by most measures," Beacon economists stated in their quarterly report. Santa Clara County's jobs will grow 2.5 percent in 2017, a bit slower than the 3.3 percent growth rate for jobs during 2016 but stronger growth than for California, according to the Beacon quarterly forecast. "Overall, the future of the South Bay labor market looks bright," Beacon stated in its report. "Tech giant Apple recently announced plans to build a 4.15-million-square-foot research complex in North San Jose, while LeEco plans to establish its global headquarters in San Jose. Both of these projects are expected to create tens of thousands of new jobs, some of them arriving before the end of this year." The East Bay job market is expected to grow by roughly 2 percent in 2017, down from 2.7 percent growth in 2016, Beacon estimated. "Following heated gains last year, job growth in the East Bay has cooled," Beacon said in its report. The San Francisco-San Mateo region will add jobs at a 1.2 percent growth rate in 2017, which would be half of the 2.4 percent pace in 2016, the Beacon report said. One huge uncertainty looming over California, however, is the impact of any large deportation or exodus of illegal immigrants under a Trump administration. "California is fertile ground for this deportation policy," the Anderson Forecast stated. Some studies estimate that about 24 percent of the nation's undocumented immigrants reside in California, the economists said in their report. Farms employ about 2.3 percent of California's workforce. But studies have shown that farmers in Arizona, Alabama and Georgia weren't able to harvest all of their crops when officials clamped down on illegal immigrants in those states. "It is estimated that half the farm workers in Cal-
ifornia are undocumented," the Anderson Forecast stated. "If these numbers are even close, there will be a crisis in the Central Valley," in the event of large deportations. Trump economic policies that feature tax cuts and infrastructure spending are likely to stimulate the nation's economy, according to David Shulman, a senior economist with the Anderson Forecast. But that prescription for fiscal stimulus also could unleash larger deficits -- coming on the heels of loose monetary policy by a Federal Reserve whose chairwoman, Janet Yellen, was appointed by President Barack Obama. "We will switch from reckless monetary policy under the Fed to reckless fiscal policy under Donald Trump," Shulman said in an interview. Currently, the nation's economy is close to full employment. That could improve even more as a result of Trump's economic policies, Shulman said. "The Trump policies will keep the U.S. at full employment for at least two years," he said.
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Fire From Page 1 Eibliawicz referred to the 17-year-old minor who has not been identified. Salvador Torres lives on 31st Avenue near the site and despite not knowing any of the victims he said the tragedy has affected him and his family. “Now everytime I see that building I’m gonna think about those poor people,” Torres said. “Everytime I leave or come home I’m reminded of them because p olice have to let us in the neighborhood.” Torres said you used to be able to see the roof of the building from his backyard but now all you see is a burnt board sticking out from the top of the structure. Neighbors in the surrounding areas have to be let in by law enforcement officials, primarily Oakland Police and Alameda County Sheriff's officers who have been doing most of the perimeter security.
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A view of the back of the "Ghost Ship" building in the Fruitvale District of East Oakland on Sunday. Officials have confirmed 36 deaths due to the warehouse fire.
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Berkeley shellmound site development plan draws protests By Tom Lochner EAST BAY TIMES Opposition to a planned mixeduse development on the parking lot of Spenger's Fish Grotto appears to be gaining traction among East Bay Native Americans as well as area preservationists. The 2.2-acre lot at 1900 Fourth St., bounded by Fourth Street, University Avenue, the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and Hearst Avenue, is part of the city-landmarked West Berkeley Shellmound site. West Berkeley Investors wants to develop 155 apartments, about 30,000 square feet of stores and restaurants, and a six-level, 372-space parking garage. At a Dec. 1 Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting reviewing the project draft environmental impact report, many among the packed audience called on Berkeley to honor City Council resolutions passed in January that recognize the Ohlone peoples as the original inhabitants of "the land now called Berkeley" and honor the shellmound as an indigenous sacred site. "We're still here," said Ruth Orta, an Ohlone Indian who lives in Newark, exhorting officials to "be a model for the world -- not just California." "Standing Rock has come here, to Berkeley," said Loa Niumeitolu, a self-described immigrant from Tonga, in a reference to the months-long protest against a planned pipeline in North Dakota that would cross Indian land. "This sacred site is older than the Pyramids (of Egypt)," said Rebecca Crump. The Giza Pyramids were completed around 2,500 B.C. Some archaeologists have traced human settlement around the West Berkeley Shellmound site as far back as 5,000 years or more. "This is the birthplace of Berkeley," said historian and author Richard Schwartz. "It's also the birthplace of human settlement on the San Francisco Bay." Many complained of the timing of the publication of the draft EIR,
which happened Nov. 16, a criticism echoed by LPC member Carrie Olson. "Why was this released just before a major holiday?" Olson asked. The city recently extended the public comment period by a week, to Jan. 12. Several speakers questioned how the site could even be considered for development if it is a city landmark. That status, conferred in 2000, was part of an effort to preserve the area as an important Ohlone living and burial site, according to the draft EIR, produced by LSA Associates Inc. Others said the city should seek out more Ohlone voices rather than talking largely to only one member of the tribe. That is Andrew Galvan, a Chochenyo Ohlone who is on the Tribal Consultation List of the California Native American Heritage Commission. Galvan, who lives in Fremont, also is a consultant to the 1900 Fourth St. developer team. Berkeley principal planner Shannon Allen said that around February, LSA had reached out to five people whose names the NAHC had provided, but only Galvan had responded, and that the city staff met "multiple times" with him. Allen said she also met last week with Corrina Gould, a Chochenyo Ohlone, at Gould's request, even though Gould was not on the NAHC's Tribal Consultation List. Gould, of Oakland, is a co-founder of Indian People Organizing for Change. Gould said this week she had applied in July to be put on the NAHC list, but was told by the city in October that she was not on that list. She said she has renewed her request to the NAHC. Oakland resident Chris Oakes, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, questioned whether Galvan has a conflict of interest in his dual role as tribal consultant to the city representing Native American interests, and consultant to the developer team. Galvan also is the president of the Ohlone Tribe Inc., which owns the Ohlone Indian Cemetery in Fremont. "He's getting paid from multiple
sides of the table," Oakes said. Oakes noted that one of the mitigation measures recommended in the draft EIR is a $75,000 donation by the applicant to Ohlone Indian Tribe, Inc. for maintenance, repairs, landscaping and other improvements at the Ohlone Indian Cemetery. In a September letter to the city, developer representative Mark Rhoades said the developer initially had offered the $75,000 for either a scholarship program for the Ohlone community or a Chochenyo language program, but that Galvan proposed that it go instead for much-needed improvements at the cemetery. Commenting on the $75,000, Galvan, in an interview last month, said, "It's not a check written to me," explaining that it goes for cemetery maintenance and landscaping and that all of it must be documented. "I'm not going to Europe on this money," Galvan added. "I'm not buying a new vehicle." He said there is no conflict of interest in his dual role as a tribal consultant acting in the interests of his tribe, and a consultant to the developer team. Asked how he would handle potential disagreements between him and his principals involving, say, what to do with any human remains that might be found at the site, Galvan, who has publicly expressed doubt that there are any, said he does not anticipate any problem. "We call that discussion, and deliberations," he said, adding, "I've been interacting with the developer for almost three years (and) you come to know people. You trust people. "The people I've been working with, they made a donation in memory of my mother to the nuns," he added. Galvan's mother, who died last month, was a devout Catholic who worked for many years for the Sisters of the Holy Family in Fremont. When human remains are found, reburial onsite is the preferred option; if that is not possible, then reburial at the Ohlone Indian Cemetery in Fremont would be an alternative, Galvan said, citing what he said are NAHC guidelines.
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City Hall lights up downtown Hayward By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Hayward’s “Light Up The Season” celebration took over downtown on Saturday. City officials closed off sections of B and Watkins Streets near City Hall where attendees could watch performances, play games, go on carnival rides and much more. According to the President and CEO of the Hayward Chamber of Commerce, Kim Huggett, this was the event's eighth year but the first time it was held on a Saturday. The event has grown since it began in 2009 as a result of an investment into Hayward by City Hall, according to Huggett. There were train rides, spinning teacups, a funnel cake stand, bands,
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Left: Vincent Bourdon, 8, a Hayward resident, searches for a candy cane from a basket on Saturday in downtown Hayward. Above right: Attendees of the eighth annual "Light Up The Season" celebration gather in City Hall for the tree lighting ceremony on Saturday evening. Above: Antioch resident Ernesto Vasquez helps his daughter Yandaili, 7, ice skate near City Hall in Hayward.
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At first glance, shellac manicures and jeweled acrylic nails may seem like harmless beauty products. However studies conducted through the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Toxic Substances Control reveal an ugly side to the beauty industry. On Nov. 30, the EPA awarded a $120,000 grant to Asian Health Services, an Oakland-based community health center that provides care to underserved Asian immigrant and refugee communities in the Bay Area, to help improve nail salon safety standards. The group was one of ten other organizations to receive this grant, which was dispersed nationwide, according to an EPA news release. The money will be used to fund The Healthy Nail Salon pro-
remover and fingernail glue remover, can cause headaches, dizziness, skin irritation and depression of the nervous system, according to a EPA handbook for nail salon workers. Other ingredients such as formalin, found in nail hardener, can cause irritation to eyes, nose, skin and throat, cause respiratory problems and even cancer if inhaled in a high concentration. EPA Northern California press officer Michele Huitric pointed out that nail products themselves aren’t necessarily toxic, it’s the chemicals within them that are. Nail salons buy their products through wholesale dist r ibutor s. Huitric said there are safer products on the market, but salons don’t always purchase them due to costs, lack of knowledge
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gram, a microloan program that helps salons in Alameda, San Francisco and San Mateo counties qualify as “Healthy Nail Salons” through safer handling practices, headed by Julia Liou, director of program planning and development at Asian Health Services and co-founder of the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative. According to Liou, there are over 129,000 manicurists in California and an estimated 53,000 licensed establishments, many of which provide nail services, operating in the state. In order to become a “healthy nail salon,” salons have to adhere to nine criteria established by Asian Health Services: use nail polishes without the “toxic trio,” toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate, or DBP; use safer nail polish removers like like acetone instead of those containing ethyl or butyl acetate; avoid nail polish thinners, require staff to wear nitrile gloves when handling products; properly ventilate the salon; install a mechanical ventilation unit within a year after entering program, properly train all staff; adopt safer products; and don’t allow customers to bring in products unless they meet criteria. Liou said it is not uncommon for manicurists to work up to ten hours a day, six or seven days a week in poorly-ventilated areas. They come in direct contact with toxic chemicals that are known to cause significant health impacts, many which are found in many standard nail products, according to Liou. Prolonged exposure to chemicals like acetone, which is considered a safer chemical found in nail polish
a b o u t s a f e r products, and even false labeling. A study conducted by the DTSC in 2012 found toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate, chemicals that are known to cause health conditions such as cancer, birth defects, asthma and other long-term issues, in commonly used products that were incorrectly labeled as “toxic-free,” according to a DTSC press release. When the DTSC sampled 25 nail care products from six different Bay Area locations, it found that ten of the 12 products that claimed to be free of toxic chemicals contained at least one of these major chemicals, some with even higher levels than products with no toxic-free claims, according to the DTSC. Liou said this is significant because the cosmetology industry is a haven for the Asian immigrant community. Ninety-seven percent of salon workers are women, and about half are of Vietnamese descent, according to the EPA. “We were trying to think of a solution to help support small businesses that are an important economic fabric of immigrant communities,” said Liou. Many immigrant women are disadvantaged by limited vocabularies, lack of health care and and understanding about U.S. health care systems, according to the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, an organization that advocates for higher health and safety standards in the salon industry. Because of this, there are few safeguards for workers and their health and safety through the cracks.
microlenders, Working Solutions and Opportunity Fund, according to the EPA. The grant will provide any salon that wants to become a Healthy Nail Salon with a $5,000 loan to help them install ventilation units, purchase safer products and adhere to the other criteria, according to Liou. Liou said while localized efforts are important, a larger issue is the lack of safe products on the market. Liou said Asian Health Services will conduct door-to-door outreach to introduce this option to salons around
Bay Area. It will also cond u c t trainings for nail salons and workers about chemical exposure, proper disposal of hazardous waste, according to Huitric. This grant isn’t the first awarded by the EPA to help improve nail salon safety standards. In 2013, the organization provided Asian Health Services with a $30,000 environmental justice grant to reduce chemical exposure and improve safety standards for nail salons operating in Alameda, Marin and Santa Clara counties, according to the EPA. It also awarded a grant to Boat People SOS in 2012, an organization that provides health services, academic support and financial support to Vietnamese communities throughout the U.S. Huitric said the EPA’s role is limited to voluntary approaches, since the Food and Drug Administration is the governing body charged with regulating nail salon products. Organizations like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the CDC have also awarded grants and conducted research to other organizations supporting this cause.
As a lifelong Raider fan, I keep waiting for the bad break. For the past 15 years, Oakland hasn’t posted a winning record and it always seems like something bad happens to the team: a bad call, an injury to an important player, a high draft pick doesn’t live up to expectations; it seems like it’s always something. It seemed like things were going to fall apart again last week when thirdyear quarterback and Fresno native Derek Carr dislocated the pinky finger on his throwing hand when the ball snapped into it in the third quarter of the home game against the defending NFC champion, Carolina Panthers. Backup quarterback and veteran Matt McGloin came in and Oakland began to sputter on offense, resulting in 14 unanswered points by the Panthers. However, Carr came back and helped the team hold off Carolina for a close 35-32 victory. Following the win, Carr seemed irritated with reporters who asked about his injury. His response to all injury questions: “I’m fine, thanks for asking.” Last week was more of the same when the silver and black hosted the Buffalo Bills. Oakland was in control for much of the game before Buffalo stormed back in the third quarter and put up a couple of touchdowns to take the lead. It looked like the Raiders luck was starting to run out but the team rallied and responded with 29 unanswered points to win the game 38 to 24 and improve to 10-2 overall. Those bad breaks just aren’t happening this year and unlike years past, they are finishing games and putting teams away. It has a lot to do with the high draft picks they accumulated while the team was bad. In the NFL, the draft order is determined by overall record, with the worst team picking first in each of the seven rounds and the super bowl champion picking last in each round. Oakland was so bad for so long that they acquired a slew of high draft picks that are flourishing and becoming stars in a league built on star power. In addition to Carr, defensive end Khalil Mack is also becoming a household name in the football world. On Tuesday the NFL announced the leaders in the pro bowl voting, a fan voted system that determines which players start in the annual all-star game of sorts for the league. Mack leads all AFC players at defensive end with 279,466 votes. Five other Raiders are leading vote-getters at their positions as well. Those players include fullback Jamize Olawale with 169,509, tackle Donald Penn with 118,863, guard Kelechi Osemele with 118,666, free safety Reggie Nelson with 82,819 and punter Marquette King with 138,640. The Raiders are tied for the second best record in the league with the New England Patriots and both teams only trail the Dallas Cowboys, who are a nearly perfect 11-1 so far this year. Oakland has a short week as they play in the Thursday night game against AFC West rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, on the road at Arrowhead Stadium. This game will go a long way in determining the conference champion, as Kansas City beat the Raiders in Oakland in their previous matchup on Oct. 16, 26-10. The chiefs are 9-3 this year and in second place in the division behind Oakland. “I think you do the best you can to recover as we begin our preparations,” Head Coach Jack Del Rio said in a press conference following the game. “That’s just part of it. I know late in my career, if you played on a Thursday, you’re going to take some soreness into the game, typically. The older guys for sure. Some of the younger guys even.”
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Sharks stumble but do not fall early on San Jose off to slow start in 2016 By Benjamin Conroy CONTRIBUTOR This season’s San Jose Sharks do not look like the same team who made the historic championship run last year. Teams are bringing their top game against the Western Conference Champions, whose sluggish play on the ice makes it seem like they have a bit of a hangover from their deep run into last season’s playoffs. But it’s imperative that they stay on top of their game if they want another chance at the Stanley Cup. “Every game is challenging, teams are ready for you to begin the season,” Joel Quenneville, head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks and winner of three Stanley Cups since 2010, told CSN last week. Quenneville has a theory and Sharks head coach Peter Deboer agrees: Quenneville feels that the first 20 games of the season are the toughest to play after going deep into the playoffs. Early in the season, the Sharks did not show much interest in playing a full 60-minute game: they lost to Arizona, Calgary and Carolina, which are bottom of the league teams the Sharks absolutely need to beat to help stay ahead of the competition. Many key players are also tired. The Sharks played late into June last season, a first for many on the team. The majority of them had never played in the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and did not get as much rest as they usually do during the offseason. The playoffs ended in late June and preseason started in late September, so there wasn’t much time to rest and get back to 100 percent. The Stanley Cup is often referred to as the hardest trophy to win in sports, because you have to go through four bestof-seven rounds of tough hockey. Guys play harder going deep into the playoffs, so players are even more exhausted than usual. The World Cup of Hockey is also a factor: the international tournament started in mid September, and five of the Shark’s top players competed, so they had even less rest time. This is valuable down-time for those key players, who are on the ice more often than not. San Jose’s Powerplay is also not clicking like it did last year. This season they have only converted 13 times out of 71 opportunities, an 18.3 percent success rate. Last season their power play percentage was at 22.5 percent putting them at the third highest in the league for the 2015-2016 season. When I watch the top unit of Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns, I feel like they are trying
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The San Jose Sharks’ Matt Nieto (83) and the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Josh Anderson (34) jockey for the puck during the first period at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. to be too cute with the puck. The best part of the top unit is that all five can play any spot on the Powerplay. Last year, it seemed like there was a lot more movement, guys trading places and more bang-bang plays that resulted in goals. This year it seems like they are trying to set up that perfect play and making that extra unneeded pass, rather than just getting open and putting the puck on net. Injuries have not helped the team either. Tomas Hertl has been out with a knee injury for several weeks now. Hertl played on the top line with Thornton and Pavelski, taking away some of the chemistry those three had together. Melker Karlsson is another player that just got off the injured reserve list. Karlsson is a big part of San Jose’s secondary scoring, adding depth to the team’s offense. Both Karlsson and Hertl are younger players on the team, so not only do they provide offense, they also provide energy that the older players might not have on some nights. As of this week, the Sharks were 15-9-1 so far this season, which isn’t bad but it’s not great either. Now before you start worrying, Sharks fans, there is good news. This year’s team has looked like the team from last season in small spurts and seems to be playing that high-caliber of hockey more and more as the season goes on. The team is starting to dominate and control more of their games rather than letting other teams dictate the pace of the game. Also, it is a long season and the Sharks have only played about a quarter of it. There is still plenty of hockey left to be played.
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Historic women’s volleyball season comes to an end By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER It was a bittersweet ending for the California State East Bay women’s volleyball team. Although they lost in the first round of playoffs to no.14 ranked California State University San Bernardino on Nov. 17, the team made playoffs for the first time since entering the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference in 2009. They also tallied their highest win total since 2011 with 13. Many of those regular season wins came against top tier teams including the number one team in the CCAA North Division, Chico State (23-7 overall, 15-3 conference) and the second ranked team in the South Division, Cal State Los Angeles (15-11, 11-6). The win against California State Los Angeles was a major turning point for the Pioneers this season and helped lead them to a successful season. “Beating Cal State LA was a great win for, and was a highlight in, this season,” sophomore setter and AllCCAA player Katie Ireland said. “We were down 0-2 in sets and were losing the third set 25-19 and managed to come back and win the match. I have never seen our team battle so hard and it gave us that extra push throughout the rest of the season.” East Bay fought hard versus San Bernardino (22-4,15-2) in their final game. The Pioneers came into the game as underdogs and were playing a team on a 13-game win streak is never an easy task. The Coyotes dominated the first set with a 25-15 win, but East Bay showed some resilience in the middle of the second set, only trailing by two points 11-9. San Bernardino then showed why they are a nationally ranked team when they went on a 5-0 run and won the set 25-14. “We lost some of our confidence as a team against San Bernardino,” sophomore middle Kathy Kiernan said. “We knew they were at an advantage of playing at home and being first in the conference. We were nervous and played hesitantly.” In the third set, the Pioneers gained their first lead of the game and led 13-11, but the Coyotes’ .323 hitting percentage overwhelmed East Bay. San Bernardino scored six straight points and continued their strong play for the rest of the set, winning 25-19 and bringing East Bay’s season to a close. “San Bernardino played really well and is a very great team so I can do nothing but tip my hat to them,” sophomore middle blocker Deja Thompson said. “Every game was a learning experience this year, win or lose, and I think as a group we learned just what we are capable of doing.” The Pioneers beat the odds and made a complete turnaround this season (13-14, 9-9) in comparison to the previous season (6-22, 5-9). The team had a total of four AllCCAA players: sophomore outside hitter Kiki Leuteneker, Thompson, Ireland and junior libero Brandi Brucato. All four of these players will return next season, along with three other rotation regulars. The future looks promising for the Pioneers and they will look to get better each year. “We took a big step this year,” said Ireland. “We will only get better with age. We are only losing three people so we will be very mature and have great chemistry. We just have to keep believing in ourselves, our coaches, and one another.”
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Men’s basketball ends six-game win streak By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER The California State East Bay men’s basketball team began California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference play last weekend against California State Monterey Bay and San Francisco State. The men started off with confidence as their record stood at 6-1 with a six game win streak. On Friday against Monterey Bay (2-6 overall, 0-2 conference), that streak continued as the Pioneers dominated the Otters and won the game 95-74. The Pioneers had one of their best shooting nights in the past four years as they shot 61.9 percent from the field, and 53.3 percent from the three-point line. “Everyone was contributing,” senior point guard Jalen Richard said. “From the jump we were ready. This was the
best game we have had collectively. We shot the ball well and forced Monterey Bay to make heavily contested shots, which worked out in our favor.” East Bay dominated all over the floor as they outscored the Otters in the paint 38-32, and 24-12 in turnovers. In the first half the Pioneers only led by 6, but in the second half the men exploded and scored 53 points, which not only gave them the 95-74 win, but also their biggest win of the season. Senior Micah Dunhour had another outstanding game as he scored 26 points on 10-for-13 FG, 8-8 FT and also had 6 rebounds. Freshman guard Druce Asah added 15 points on 6-9 shooting and Richard had a double-digit game for the third game in a row, scoring 13 points. Consistently off the bench, senior guard Pierre Carter added 15 points and four rebounds on 6-9 FG and 3-4 from behind the arc. “I believe coming off the bench is a big spark because my teammates know
what they are going to get from me everytime I step on the floor,” Carter said. “I stay aggressive on offense and I do not settle, and also I try and play great defense. I take great pride in that.” The win against Monterey Bay extended the Pioneers streak to seven, but unfortunately the undefeated acrossthe-Bay rival, San Francisco State (8-0, 2-0) ended that streak. East Bay came out strong against the Gators as they led the first half 38-30 and shot over 60 percent. But in the second half, San Francisco went on an early run and never looked back. “Unlike the first half we were prepared and playing to win like any other game, being aggressive and attacking defensively and it was working for us,” Richard said. “But in the second half we got timid and were playing not to lose, instead of to win, which caused many careless turnovers and gave them the leverage to attack in transition.”
The Gators scored 50 points on the Pioneers in the second half and made it difficult for them to come back, just what East Bay had done to Monterey in the previous game. The Pioneers shooting percentage increased by 30 percent while the Gators percentage fell. San Francisco went on to win 80-65, extending their CCAA record to 2-0 and putting the Pioneers at 1-1. “We know that this league is tough and we cannot let down like that for a second,” said Carter. “We settled too much with their zone defense instead of being aggressive and that can’t happen. We have to continue to stay aggressive despite the lead we have because teams are always going to continue to battle back, you must physically put them away.” East Bay will take a short pause in conference play as they play Santa Clara (3-6) in Santa Clara on Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. for an exhibition game.
Silicon Valley’s prominence is a good thing for Bay Area sports franchises By Cameron Stover CONTRIBUTOR For professional sports teams courting a free agent, nothing is more important than the sales pitch. And Bay Area teams may have the ultimate advantage: Silicon Valley. A growing number of athletes not only consider their athletic career when choosing a team, but also their business career. In professional sports, revenue-sharing and salary caps have made wages comparable from team to team. So athletes are now investigating ways to maximize their monetary value beyond their on-court salary. The Bay Area, home to Silicon Valley, has become a desirable destination for athletes looking for a second paycheck. Before joining the Warriors in 2013, forward Andre Iguodala said he and his manager began investing in tech stocks. They started out with companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tesla and Apple. “I’m in as good a situation as any NBA player can be in, being on a championship team and then being in an environment like Silicon Valley, where you can capitalize off the court with business,” Iguodala told CNBC in July.
Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber both have experience as venture capitalists in the tech industry. Per the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, Iguodala isn’t allowed to invest in any of their ventures. But that doesn’t stop him from soaking up their knowledge. “The Warriors ownership group is loaded with Silicon Valley executives and is tied to many other tech leaders,” Tim Kawakami wrote in the San Jose Mercury News in June. “And if Durant is looking to solidify his post-career life, it’s hard to do better than that, as Iguodala could testify to him.” Iguodala is also the vice president of the National Basketball Player’s Association. He has taken on a role of responsibility in regards to ensuring players understand they have other options. “The average career in the NBA is just three to four years,” Iguodala said in the July CNBC interview. “We always try to give our players many options post-retirement, because there’s many, many years of life when you’re not playing.” NBA superstar Kevin Durant made the infamous decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors. He announced his decision in July in the “The Player’s Tribune,” a website that publishes written
pieces by professional athletes. “I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man, moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth,” Durant wrote. “With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.” Many people considered Durant’s decision a surprise, but they may have underestimated the drawing power of the booming Silicon Valley. Durant capitalized on the opportunity that the Warriors offered, both on the court and off. However, success on the playing field doesn’t always translate to success in the business world. Take Patrick Willis for example. The former 49ers star linebacker retired from football at age 30 and took his talents to Silicon Valley. Willis filed a lawsuit on Oct. 26 against business partner Eren Niazi, founder of Open Source Storage, accusing Niazi of defrauding him out of $2 million. Willis alleges that Niazi purchased a number of real-estate properties without the former football player’s knowledge via a joint-investment ac-
count that was almost exclusively funded by Willis. A lawyer for Willis who filed the suit is also seeking punitive damages on his client’s behalf, claiming Niazi “steadily developed a friendly relationship with [Willis], and caused [Willis] to think of him as a friend and advisor whom he could trust.” Things may not always work out in business no matter who you are. Athletes may be at a disadvantage if they surround themselves with the wrong people, like Willis. “The majority of NBA players’ upbringing, there’s not much financial education,” Iguodala told CNBC’s Squawk Box in July. “When you get to college, they’re never teaching you how to start a credit line or get a loan on a car, things of that nature.” Most professional athletes, depending on the sport, retire from professional sports somewhere in their mid to late 30s. More than ever, these athletes are looking into business ventures while still actively playing. In the sports world, franchises will search every avenue for a potential advantage over opponents. The Bay Area has found the upper-hand in Silicon Valley.