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Black Lawyers Submit Names of Three Candidates for California Attorney General

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By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media

Everett K. Sands, Lendistry’s founder and CEO. Photo courtesy of Lendistry.

State Selects Black L.A. Firm to Disburse $500 Million in COVID-19

By Tanu Henry, California Black Media

The State of California announced that it has selected Lendistry, a Black-led-and-operated financial firm in Los Angeles, to act as the intermediary charged with disbursing $500 million in COVID-19 grants to California small businesses and non-profits.

The California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), which operates under the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), says small businesses and non-profit organizations across California that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can begin submitting applications for relief grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. The application process begins now and runs through Jan. 8, 2021.

The governor and the Legislature first announced the program November 30.

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The California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) submitted the names of three accomplished African American attorneys to the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) as possible candidates for the state’s soon-to-be open Attorney General position.

In a 46-page document that includes biographical data of the organization’s recommendations, CABL called on Black members of the state Legislature to support attorneys Diane Becton, Paul Henderson or Terry Wiley to become the next Attorney General. The group also forwarded the proposal listing the candidates they are supporting – all public servants with significant experience — to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“We are in a unique position to know, understand, and recommend one of our own members to serve as the next California Attorney General,” stated the letter dated December 23 from Melinda Murray, president of CABL. “We

The CABL recommends that either, from left to right, Terry Wiley, Diane Becton, or Paul Henderson to replace California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

strongly urge the Legislative Black Caucus to consider the above three candidates and to interview them for recommendation to Governor Newsom.”

Earlier in December, President-elect Joe Biden nominated current California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be

Secretary of Health and Human Services in his administration.

Since then, various candidates have emerged as possible replacements for the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official.

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Oakland Artist Vows to Replace Vandalized, Then Stolen Statue Honoring Breonna Taylor

By Post Staff

Wanting to create a ‘symbol of joy,’ in memory of Breonna Taylor, Oakland sculptor Leo Carson installed a head-andneck bust of her at Latham Square on Dec. 12, 2020.

On Tuesday, the bust of the emergency services worker killed in Louisville, Ky. last March in a botched police raid was stolen after it had been found smashed to pieces on Dec. 26, 2020.

Also on Tuesday, it was reported that two police officers involved in Taylor’s death in

Sculptor Leo Carson placed a bouquet of flowers on the column where his statue of Breonna Taylor had been installed on December 12. Photo by Auintard Henderson.

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By Paul Cobb

Euradell “Dell” Logan-Patterson, achieved acclaim for years as a dedicated, faithful educational, community and faith-based volunteer in Oakland and Berkeley passed away December 26, 2020, at home in the care of her husband William “Bill” Patterson.

“Dell” as she was affectionately referred to by her friends, was born September 26, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Her parents, Ernestine Dunlap and Euell Kenneth Logan were married in 1937. They moved from Seminole, Oklahoma to Oklahoma City where “Dell” was born.

In 1941, her family moved to West Oakland where Logan served briefly in the U.S Navy and then Dell’s family settled in Berkeley. After graduating from Berkeley High School she enrolled at San Jose State University before transferring to and graduating from San Francisco State University with a B.A. Degree in Education along with her Teaching Credential. She also earned a Master’s Degree equivalence from U.C Berkeley and she also earned a Reading Specialist Credential from Holy Names University.

While pursuing her academic studies she gained valuable exContinued on Page 8

New Board Members Seek Increased Community Influence in School District Decisions

Bay Area Medical Workers Share Views on COVID-19 Vaccine

By Clifford L. Williams

Thirty-seven-year-old Angela White of Oakland didn’t even flinch when she was administered the COVID-19 vaccine. “I don’t remember when the needle was inserted in my arm after the nurse said ‘you’re done’,” said White. “It was quick and painless.”

White, an Emergency Medicine physician at Oakland’s Highland Hospital since 2016, is one of the few Black doctors working in Highland’s emergency room. She took the vaccine on December 18 and is looking forward to her second vaccine shot on Jan. 9, 2021.

As of this writing, White has not experienced any major side effects.

“There was a small muscle in my arm that was sore for a day but aside from that, I’ve felt pretty normal,” added

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study on any particular group,” said White. “I think it is critically important for our community to take the vaccine.

We’re essential workers who are more likely to be impacted by COVID-19. To not get the vaccine would be giving up an opportunity to protect ourselves, our health, and the health and livelihood of our friends and community.”

“I think using the vaccine is another way of protecting me, in addition to wearing a mask and face shield at work, I also practice social distancing. It’s just one more step that’s going Angela White (seated) receives a vaccine shot from Adrian to make me, my family and my Cabrera, RN of Alameda Health System’s Employee Health community safer, and I highly recommend people take the Department. Photo contributed. vaccine if they are eligible.”

White. “As a doctor who cares myself, my family and my Physician and immunolofor COVID patients I took the community. I wanted to show gist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who vaccine because I’m exposed people that they have nothing has served as director of the to COVID patients on a daily to fear by taking the vaccine.”

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District 1 OUSD Trustee Sam Davis.

By Ken Epstein

There are high hopes in the community for a newly energized school board as four new members set to take office in January pledging to disentangle the multiple crises facing the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), including shuttered classrooms and COVID-19 enforced distance learning, ongoing threats of austerity-driven budget cuts and state-enforced demands to close more neighborhood schools.

This week, the Oakland Post interviews two new

District 3 OUSD Trustee VanCedric Williams.

board members, Sam Davis and VanCedric Williams. Last week, the Post published interviews with Mike Hutchinson (D-5) and Clifford Thompson (D-7).

Davis, who represents District 1, worked as a teacher and family outreach coordinator in Oakland schools for 10 years.

Originally from Queens, New York, he has lived in Oakland since 2001. He has a son in the 9th grade at Oakland Technical High School.

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School Districts, Charter Schools to Get $6.8 Billion of Federal Aid

By John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis, EdSource

The COVID-19 relief legislation that Congress passed on December 21 will provide at least $6.8 billion to California’s school districts and charter schools.

That equals about an eighth of the $54.9 billion that Congress will award to K-12 schools.

The latest federal funding is about four times as much as the $13.5 billion in aid that went to K-12 schools under the CARES Act that Congress passed in March. But the combination of the two -- about $70 billion -- is substantially less than the $98 billion that Congress provided K-12 under the Economic Recovery Act that Congress funded in the midst of the Great Recession a decade ago, said Michael Griffith, a national expert on

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Jackie Ormes: The Radical Cartoonist

By Tamara Shiloh

There was “Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger,” which boasted witty storylines and politically acute subject matter. A Black weekly newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, ran the single-panel comic from 1945 to 1956.

And “Candy,” a 1945 comic strip, appeared in another Black encing. Those extra costs disnewspaper, the Chicago Weekly tinguish the current pandemicDefender. The character Candy precipitated recession from the worked as a domestic for the Great Recession, Griffifth said.

Goldrocks. She was an expert President-elect Joe Biden has at making herself at home: the vowed to return to Congress Goldrocks’ home. early next year to request more The character Torchy Brown, money for schools. a Mississippi teenager who travThe $6.8 billion in new fundels to Harlem to perform at the ing for districts and charter Cotton Club, made her debut in schools in California will vary the Pittsburgh Courier comic widely per student, because it strip “Dixie to Harlem” (1937– will be tied to how much districts 38). Torchy Brown was then synreceived last year in federal Title dicated around the country until I funding -- a complex formula 1940. determined by the poverty rate These quick-witted and soand other factors. cially conscious Black characters Los Angeles Unified, the were all created by Jackie Ormes state’s largest district, alone will (1911–1985), the first Black fereceive $1.2 billion -- $2,756 per male cartoonist in the United student, while Capistrano UniStates to be published in a newsfied in Orange County, with a paper, and the first artist to portray low rate of poverty, will receive Black women as intellectuals. $15.4 million - $331 per student, Ormes focused on humor according to EdSource calculawhen creating the strips, but she tions. also used them as a platform for Districts that receive neglisubtle commentaries on the ills gible Title I funding are likely to of society, mostly racism. Later, complain that they face some of Torchy Brown, in “Torchy in the same health and safety costs, Heartbeats” (1950–1956), bein personal protective equipcame a platform for environment, ventilation improvements, mental pollution, as many black teacher training and sanitizing neighborhoods were suffering 100 60 100 as high-poverty 70 30 100 40 expenses, dis-40 100 40 100 40 70 40 70 40 40 40 70 40 40 70 40 from its effects. tricts.

Torchy Brown was made into Receiving no Title I funding, a popular paper doll in 1947. and therefore no federal COFilm10producer Susan Reib 100 100 60 100assistance 100 70 70 30 30 100 40 100 40 40 100 40 40 20 70 70 70 70 40 70 40 40 VID-19 this round, said of Ormes: “Jackie started are 253 charter schools and 89 the trend which resulted in more school districts. Although most humane portrayals and images are tiny, rural districts, 10 have T:12"of African Americans. She gave Continued on page 3 voice to her feelings and her 3%

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Jackie Ormes (botton, right) was the first cartoonist who portrayed black women as intellectuals.

longings and the world around her. That’s how she broke barriers, too.”

Dedicated to ensuring that her perspective resonated with as many people as possible, Ormes later designed one of the first highquality Black dolls for American girls, Patty-Jo (1947–49). She was frustrated with Black dolls that only represented mammies and were advertised as tragically dressed pickaninnies.

Ormes used her talent in fashion design to create an extensive 70 40 40 3 10 25 50 75 wardrobe for Patty-Jo, as she did all of her comic strip characters.

Today, Patty-Jo is a collectible.

After Emmett Till was lynched 0000 3.1 2.2 2.2 10.2 7.4 7.4 25 19 19 50 40 40 75 66 66 in Money, Miss., in 1955, Ormes created a single-panel comic in which Patty-Jo says to Ginger: “I don’t want to seem touchy on the subject, but that new little white

tea-kettle just whistled at me!”

For the times, it was a risky, but Ormes was left-wing in her views and used her work as a voice to comment on political and social issues.

A self-taught artist, Ormes was born Zelda Jackson in a small town on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Her first job was as a proofreader, then sports reporter, then editor for The Pittsburgh Courier. There, as a teen, she got her first break as a cartoonist.

In 1936, Jackie married Earl 90 100 Ormes, an accountant and hotel manager. The couple moved to Chicago in 1942, where Jackie became an important figure in 100 100 100 80 70 70 100 Black society. She began writing as a columnist for the Chicago Defender. By 1945, her work was Continued on page 3

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Cranes Taller Than The Tribune Tower Due at Port of Oakland This Week

By Marilyn Sandifur

Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan.

deal for the cranes. The cranes are valued at $30 million.

Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) is investing in the giant cranes, which can reach up to 225 feet across the deck of ships and lift as high as 174 feet above the dock.

“Taller cranes are needed for efficiently handling cargo that arrives on ultra-large container ships,” said SSA Containers President Edward DeNike.

“This new infrastructure is a commitment to the port that we will continue our maritime business at Oakland well into the future.”

According to Bay City News, each 1,000 containers represents eight jobs. With its business partners, the Port of Oakland supports more than 84,000 jobs.

The Mercury News, Bay City News and Rail News contributed to this report.

The Bay Area outpaces California’s other metropolitan areas in the amount of its jobs that can be done from home, according to a study from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on the ways in which the coronavirus pandemic has altered the region’s economy.

Approximately 45 percent of employees in the ninecounty Bay Area work in jobs that are eligible for remote work, more than the 40 percent in Sacramento, 39 percent in both San Diego and Orange County and 38 percent in Los Angeles.

San Francisco and Santa Clara counties both lead among all 58 of the state’s counties with 51 percent of their jobs eligible to work remotely. In total, roughly 1.79 million jobs are eligible for

BACEI executive director Jeff Bellisario. Photo courtesy of bayareacouncil.org

remote work in the Bay Area.

“Remote work has been critical to sustaining our regional economy through the COVID-19 pandemic,” BACEI executive director Jeff Bellisario said. “But remote work also could bring significant structural changes to the economy and the way the region plans for the future.”

The report found that a per-

manent shift in 12 cities across the Bay Area could affect some 265,000 jobs like transportation, food service and security jobs that rely on dense and bustling commercial hubs.

The shift to remote work has also caused the daytime populations of formerly dense areas to plummet. In San Francisco, 67 percent of jobs in the Financial District and 61 percent of those in the South of Market neighborhood can be done remotely.

If all 1.79 million remotework eligible jobs were done from home for only one day per week, more than 1 million trips by single-occupancy vehicles would be avoided per week, according to the report.

Those avoided trips would represent a decrease of 8 percent from pre-pandemic travel.

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The City of Oakland will get a huge boost to its standing as the Port of Oakland welcomes three large cranes to unload cargo from huge ships that will arrive from China this week.

“These cranes will keep the Port of Oakland competitive so that we can continue to attract the largest vessels calling North America,” said Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan in a statement. “Ultimately, bigger cranes at our waterfront translate into maritime and related jobs for the region.”

Manufactured in China, the cranes are mammoth in size, replacing three older cranes in Oakland’s port.

Fully assembled, the cranes are too large to fit under the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges.

The crew of the ship carrying the cranes “lowered the booms” Wednesday while the vessel was anchored in Drakes Bay near Point Reyes.

The ‘booms,’ long poles that lift the cargo from the ships to the port, are 100 feet taller than the 20-story Tribune Tower building at 13th and Franklin streets in downtown Oakland.

With the crane booms lowered the ship carrying the cranes, which were manufactured by ZPMC of Shanghai, will easily clear the bridges.

This is a historic moment for the Port of Oakland and the region, fulfilling a vision begun years ago by the Oakland Port Authority Board of Commissioners. At the time, the late Thomas L. Berkley, the founder of the Oakland Post and El Mundo and the port’s first Black commissioner, negotiated the

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more than 1,000 students, including the 11,000-student Fremont Union High School District in Sunnyvale; while it had some income-eligible families, the district did not apply for Title I funding.

Last spring, Gov. Gavin Newsom augmented funding for K-12 schools with an additional $5.3 billion in “learning loss” funding, much of it in CARES Act dollars he had at his discretion.

The total funding for education is $82 billion in the latest round of federal aid. This includes the $54.9 billion for K-12, $23 billion for higher education and $4 billion that governors can decide how to spend on education.

However, $2.75 billion of that discretionary money must be given to private schools, targeting those serving low-income children.

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back in the Pittsburgh Courier.

Through her career as a cartoonist, Ormes used her talent and voice to strip away negative stereotypes. Although she retired as a cartoonist in 1056, she continued making art – murals, portraits and still lifes – until she contracted rheumatoid arthritis. She died in 1985 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Ormes was posthumously inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Eisner Award Hall of Fame as a Judges’ Choice in 2018.

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Sunday Boot Boot Camp Camp 8:30am 8:30am Sunday Sunday Worship 10:00am Sunday Worship 10:00am Sunday Worship 10:00am Wednesday Mid week Wednesday Mid Mid week week Wednesday service 6:30 6:30 pm pm service service 6:30 pm

1:00p.m. p.m.––2:00 2:00p.m: p.m: FoodDistribution Distribution 1:00 Food SUNDAY SERVICES SUNDAY SERVICES 7:00 p.m.: Music Ministry Rehearsal 7:00 p.m.: Ministry Rehearsal “Let theMusic redeemed of theLord Lordsay sayso....” so....”Psalm Psalm107:2.

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Sunday:Early EarlyMorning MorningWorship Worship......................8:00 ......................8:00a.m. a.m.

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Sunday: Saturday Saturday WEEKLY SERVICES WEEKLY SERVICES Sunday School .....................................................9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.–2:00 –2:00 p.m.: PraiseDance Danceand andChoir ChoirRehearsal Rehearsal Sunday School .....................................................9:30 a.m.

Sunday School .....................................................9:30 a.m.

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NewMembers MembersOrientation Orientation..........9:30 ..........9:30a.m. a.m.

New Members Orientation ..........9:30 a.m.

New Members Orientation ..........9:30 a.m.

New Sunday School ..............................9:30 a.m.

Sunday SundaySchool School..............................9:30 ..............................9:30a.m. a.m.

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Children’s Church......................

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Children’s Church......................

11:00 a.m.

Children’s

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday

PrayerHour Hour....................... .......................6:00 6:00 ---- 7:00 7:00 p.m. p.m.

Prayer Hour .......................

6:00 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Hour .......................

6:00 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Usher Board (1st & 3rd) ..............7:00 p.m.

Usher Board (1st & 3rd) ..............7:00 p.m.

UsherBoard Board(1st (1st& &3rd) 3rd)..............7:00 ..............7:00p.m. p.m.

Usher

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday

Bible Study Study......................... .........................Noon/7:00 Noon/7:00 p.m. p.m.

Bible Study .........................

Noon/7:00 p.m.

Bible Study .........................

Noon/7:00 p.m.

Bible Brotherhood (1st & 3rd) ..............6:00 p.m.

Brotherhood (1st (1st & & 3rd) 3rd)..............6:00 ..............6:00 p.m. p.m.

Brotherhood (1st & 3rd) ..............6:00 p.m.

Brotherhood Teachers’Meeting Meeting........................5:45 ........................5:45 p.m. p.m.

Teachers’ Meeting ........................5:45 p.m.

Teachers’ Meeting ........................5:45 p.m.

Teachers’ JuniorMission Mission (3rd) (3rd)....................6:00 ....................6:00 p.m. p.m.

Junior Mission (3rd) ....................6:00 p.m.

Junior Mission (3rd) ....................6:00 p.m.

Junior Mother’s Board (2nd) ..................1:00 p.m.

Mother’s Board Board (2nd) (2nd)..................1:00 ..................1:00 p.m. p.m.

Mother’s Board (2nd) ..................1:00 p.m.

Mother’s WMU (1st, (1st, 3rd, 3rd, & & 4th) 4th)................1:00 ................1:00 p.m. p.m.

WMU (1st, 3rd, & 4th) ................1:00 p.m.

WMU (1st, 3rd, & 4th) ................1:00 p.m.

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Wednesday 7:30 pm…...Choir Rehearsal

Tuesday Tuesday

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3:00 p.m.

Feeding Ministry .....11:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

Pastor’sAid Aid (2nd).........................6:00 (2nd).........................6:00 p.m. p.m.

Pastor’s Aid (2nd).........................6:00 p.m.

Pastor’s Aid (2nd).........................6:00 p.m.

Pastor’s MaleChorus Chorus.................................6:00 .................................6:00p.m. p.m.

Male Chorus .................................6:00 p.m.

Male Chorus .................................6:00 p.m.

Male Mass Choir Choir Rehearsal Rehearsal..................7:00 ..................7:00 p.m. p.m.

Mass Mass Choir Rehearsal ..................7:00 p.m.

Mass Choir Rehearsal ..................7:00 p.m.

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July, Elder Jack N. Gehonored the NAACP’s comlies hurting -- they are wor- including atcounseling community activi- uresLast who passed infocusedinon2020 the kingdom” years Pastoral experience (preferably Senior Pastor), be licensed and ordained by a recognized sibility to help make life better For More Info contact The groups have met severParker attended segregated rard spoke at the NAACP’s mitment to advance equality ried about their jobs, health, and ties such as voter registration clude basketball players Fred HR for those around us,” Presi510.986.8600 License Ordination Committee and have a Bachelor Degree from an accredited Bible College al times to pursue joint educa109th annual convention in school systems during the and justice in society. childcare and deserve the cer- and political campaigns. She “Curly” Neal, 77; Cliff RobCRISIS HOTLINE Sunday school 9 :00“I’m amlicense(s) dent Russell Nelson said also asafeplace.org tion effortsseminary. in Chicago and San San Antonio, honoredtoto have The Great Depression.

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Family BibleGibson, Study Wednesday admission or participation in its programs, services or employment. alike or look alike to have love Charlotte. friends,” Nelson concluded with the NAACP to advance was the only student in her 7th- unteering at North Oakland Senior Pastor Prayer Service Thursday 6:00pm and grade class able to recite the Senior Citizen (NOSC), where Phyllis Scott Sunday 8:30 am Gettysburg Address through- she was the Membership out her life.

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Looking Forward With Cautious Optimism to Better Times In 2021

By Ned MacKay

As we bid a not especially fond farewell to Year 2020, we can look forward with cautious optimism to better times in 2021.

In the East Bay Regional Park District, there are some good things coming. The newly restored Bay Point Regional Shoreline in East Contra Costa has opened and is well worth checking out. Planning continues for the opening of Concord Hills Regional Park (which will likely be renamed), with first public access possible later in 2021.

The district’s 2021 budget

funds some other major projects too, including opening of Brickyard Cove in McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, the new Dumbarton Quarry campground at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, Lone Tree Point extension of the San Francisco Bay Trail, and the remodeled Rocky Ridge Visitor Center at Del Valle Regional Park south of Livermore.

Another big project in 2021 is restoration of McCosker Creek in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in the Oakland Hills. The creek is being freed from culverts, creating new habitat for a variety of animals and plants.

Newly restored Bay Point Regional Shoreline in East Contra Costa has opened.

These and other projects can be viewed in the 2021 budget posted at the park district website, www.ebparks.org.

Of course much depends on defeating the pandemic. For the present, COVID-19 restric-

tions remain in place at the park district. All visitor centers, water fountains (except bottle fillers), campgrounds and reservable facilities are closed.

Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, Ohlone Wilder-

ness in southern Alameda County, and the Botanic Garden at Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley remain closed.

However Sunol Regional Wilderness in southern Alameda County and Round Valley south of Brentwood have now reopened. Remember that dogs are not allowed in Round Valley, because it’s habitat for the rare and endangered kit fox.

All the inter-park trails are open, from the Marsh Creek Regional Trail in Brentwood to Alameda Creek Trail in Fremont. Trails within the parks are open as well. Because walking and riding the trails has become a major recreation-

al activity due to restrictions on other forms of diversion, please observe posted trail rules and exercise common courtesy.

The district asks visitors to wear masks, especially in places such as gates and narrow footpaths where six feet of social distancing is difficult.

Bring your own water, pick up after your dog, and pack out your trash.

Since the pandemic situation is constantly changing, it’s a good idea to check the park district website before you go, in order to determine the status of any restrictions. You Continued on page 7

Public Notices, Classifieds & Business To place a Legal Ad contact Tonya Peacock: Phone: (510) 272-4755 Fax: (510) 743-4178 Email: tonya_peacock@dailyjournal.com All other classifieds contact the POST: Phone (510) 287-8200 Fax (510) 287-8247 Email: ads@postnewsgroup.com LEGALS CIVIL SUMMONS (Family Law) CITACIÓN (Derecho familiar) CASE NUMBER (NÚMERO DE CASO): HF19019798 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name) AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): BENJAMIN JAMAR JACKSON You are being sued. Lo están demandando.

Petitioner’s name is Nombre del demandante: DRAKORI DOMINQUE GLAZE You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 días corridos después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica no basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado.

Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO: Las órdenes de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees.

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutención, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a petición de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas.

1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y dirección de la corte son): COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, 24405 AMADOR STREET, HAYWARD, CA 94544 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are (El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): DRAKORI DOMINQUE GLAZE, 21788 THELMA ST APT 2, HAYWARD, CA 94541 Date (Fecha): MAY 21, 2019 ----, Clerk, by (Secretario, por) DOMINIQUE CLARK, Deputy (Asistente) 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13/21 CNS-3425551# OAKLAND POST

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 575138 Fictitious Business Name(s): GOJO AUTOMOTIVE, 828 SAN PABLO AVE, SUITE #216B, ALBANY, CA 94706 MAILING ADDRESS: 900 ALVAREZ AVE. APT. #2, PINOLE, CA 94564, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): PATRICK RUZAMBIRANBAHIZI, 900 ALVAREZ AVE. APT #2, PINOLE, CA 94564 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].) /s/ PATRICK RUZAMBIRANBAHIZI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on DECEMBER 9, 2020 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150224 The following person(s) is doing business as: Ocean Spa, 1917 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965, County of Marin.

Huang Li Qun, 1917 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965; California This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Huang Li Qun, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 10, 2020.

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File No. 150181 The following person(s) is doing business as: ACTIVATE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WELLNESS / ACTIVATE PHYSICAL THERAPY & WELLNESS, 751 CENTER BLVD., FAIRFAX, CA 94930, County of MARIN. CLAIRE ATTERBURY BERNARD MILLER, 124 MONO AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/12/2020 /s/ CLAIRE A. BERNARD MILLER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 3, 2020.

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DOUGLAS D. CAIN, 1472 JACKSON ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109 This business is conducted by TRUST. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ DOUGLAS D. CAIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on NOVEMBER 13, 2020.

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expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once with the names of the members voting for an against the same in the Inter-City Express, a newspaper published in the County of Alameda. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California, on the 8th day of December 2020, by at least four-fifths vote, by the following called vote: AYES: Supervisors Carson, Chan, Haggerty, Miley, & President Valle - 5 NOES: None EXCUSED: None ABSTAINED: None RICHARD VALLE President of the Board of Supervisors ATTEST: ANIKA CAMPBELLBELTON Clerk of the Board of Supervisors APPROVED AS TO FORM: DONNA R. ZIEGLER, COUNTY COUNSEL BY: Heather Littlejohn, Deputy County Counsel 12/30/20 CNS-3426299# OAKLAND POST

your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: GENERAL THOMPSON 4172 E. STREET, EUREKA, CA 95503 / GARY THOMPSON, P.P. BOX 22159, OAKLAND, CA 94623-2159, Telephone: 510-915-2440

estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: JAMES A. MCELROY, 605 MARKET STREET, SUITE 605, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105, Telephone: 415-2823072

creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PETER GUSTAF JOHANSSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by LINDA CHERYL ALBERTI in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that LINDA CHERYL ALBERTI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on JANUARY 22, 2021 at 9:45 A.M. in Dept. 202 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150271 The following person(s) is doing business as: THE UPS STORE 6407, 1005 NORTHGATE DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, County of MARIN. ANDREW DEAN HOLZBAUR, 39 LOS ALONDRAS CT., NOVATO, CA 94947 LILIA RIVAS, 39 LOS ALONDRAS CT., NOVATO, CA 94947 This business is conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ ANDREW HOLZBAUR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 17, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20/21 CNS-3427078# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 575323 Fictitious Business Name(s): BLUE-GREEN BYTES, 281 JAYNE #9, OAKLAND, CA 94610, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): WALTER EPP, 281 JAYNE #9, OAKLAND, CA 94610 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].) /s/ WALTER EPP This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on DECEMBER 16, 2020 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20/21 CNS-3426986# OAKLAND POST

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150221 The following person(s) is doing business as: Equestrian Fitness, 401 Sausalito St., Corte Madera, CA 94925, County of Marin.

Juronimo Fitness LLC, 401 Sausalito St, Corte Madera, CA 94925; California This business is conducted by a limited liability company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. /s/ Courtney Prince Juron, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 9, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13/21 CNS-3426096# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150168 The following person(s) is doing business as: Clever Collective 852 Old Quarry Road S Larkspur, CA 94939, County of Marin.

Alyssa DiMaria 852 Old Quarry Road S Larkspur, CA 94939 This business is conducted by An Individual .

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/12/2020 /s/ Alyssa DiMaria, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on 12/02/2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J.Mannion, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3424110# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150265 The following person(s) is doing business as: Green Gulch Farm, 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965, County of Marin.

San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102; California This business is conducted by a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/28/1973. /s/ Emily Hilldore, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 16, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20/21 CNS-3423703# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150193 The following person(s) is doing business as: 1. ME 2 WE DIVERSITY 2.

DIVERSITY & WELLNESS 3.

MIND SPA STRESS MANAGEMENT 4.

MUBBA & BUBBA 5. HAPPY BODY WOMAN 6. YD CONSULTING & RESEARCH 7. YD WELLNESS & NURSE CARE MANAGEMENT 8.

YVONNE DOTSON CONSULTING & RESEARCH 9. YD WELLNESS FITNESS & NURSE CARE MANAGEMENT 10.

YD CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, 665 MAGNOLIA AVE., LARKSPUR, CA 94939, County of MARIN. YVONNE E. DOTSON, 665 MAGNOLIA AVE., LARKSPUR, CA 94939 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ YVONNE E DOTSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on DECEMBER 7, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: O. LOBATO, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3423648# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 574534 Fictitious Business Name(s): 1. 100K TREES FOR HUMANITY 2. 100K TREES, 310 WESTLINE DR. #B303, ALAMEDA, CA 94501, County of ALAMEDA Registrant(s): AMOS WHITE, 310 WESTLINE DR. #B303, ALAMEDA, CA 94501 Business conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL The registrant began to transact business using the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/17/2019 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].) /s/ AMOS WHITE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on NOVEMBER 17, 2020 NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3422483# OAKLAND POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150154 The following person(s) is doing business as: RAFAEL FLORIST / SAN RAFAEL FLORIST, 815 3RD STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901, County of MARIN. RAFAEL FLORIST, INC., 815 3RD STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 (CALIFORNIA) This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ ANGELA DO PRADO BAFFA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on NOVEMBER 30, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. MANNION, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3422469# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150120 The following person(s) is doing business as: MARIN WHOLESALE FLORIST, 15 VIA BELARDO. #5, GREENBRAE, CA 94904, County of MARIN. CIAMAK M. BAYGI, 15 VIA BELARDO. #5, GREENBRAE, CA 94904 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2019 /s/ CIAMAK M. BAYGI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on NOVEMBER 20, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: L. VAWTER, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3422468# MARIN COUNTY POST FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150078 The following person(s) is doing business as: TALLTREE TRUST, 16 LIBERTY ST., LARKSPUR, CA 94939, County of MARIN.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 150169 The following person(s) is doing business as: Ni O Initiative, 9 Santa Barbara Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960, County of Marin.

Ni O Initiative, LLC, 9 Santa Barbara Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960 This business is conducted by Limited liability company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on November 5, 2020 /s/ William Scott Komoto, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on December 2, 2020.

Shelly Scott, County Clerk By: J. Mannion, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3420218# MARIN COUNTY POST

GOVERNMENT Notice is hereby given that The County of Alameda General Services Agency (“GSA”) Purchasing Department is accepting sealed bids for the following Project# 901911 AsNeeded Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Maintenance and Repairs.

NON-MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 1:00 PM - ONLINE ONLY - Join via Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Dial: 1 415-915-3950 Conference ID: 972 561 126# at or after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud - ONLINE ONLY - Join via Microsoft Teams Meeting OR Dial: 1 415-915-3950 Conference ID: 917 774 265#. Response Due Date: January 22, 2021 at 11:00 AM County Contact: Percy Irving at (510) 667-3046 or via e-mail: Percy.Irving@acgov.org.

Information regarding the above may be obtained at the Alameda County Current Contracting Opportunities Internet website at www.acgov.org.

12/30/20 CNS-3427023# OAKLAND POST ORDINANCE NO. O-2020-64 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. O-2020-22, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. O-202040, AND ORDINANCE NO. O-2020-51, TO MODIFY THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS RESULTING FROM LOSS OF BUSINESS INCOME DUE TO COVID-19 IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA SECTION I 1. In enacting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda hereby reaffirms and incorporates by this reference the findings contained in Section I of Ordinance Nos. O-2020-22, O-2020-40, and O-2020-51; and 2. On, September 23, 2020, the Governor of the State of California issued Executive Order N-80-20 which extended to March 31, 2021 the portions of Executive Order N-28-20 concerning commercial evictions, thereby suspending any provision of state law that would preempt or otherwise restrict a local government’s exercise of its police power to impose substantive limitations on commercial evictions due to specified financial burdens caused by COVID-19. SECTION II NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda ordains as follows: This urgency ordinance hereby amends Ordinance No. O-202022 of the uncodified Alameda County Ordinance Code adopted by the Board of Supervisors on September 22, 2020, as amended by Ordinance No. O-2020-40 adopted on July 14, 2020, and Ordinance No. O-202051 adopted on September 22, 2020 as follows: In Section 3.A., “December 31, 2020” is hereby deleted and replaced with “March 31, 2021” In Section 3.D., “December 31, 2020” is hereby deleted and replaced with “March 31, 2021”. SECTION III Pursuant to Government Code Section 25123, subdivision (d), this measure is declared to be an urgency ordinance, to take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and before the

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PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OLLIE THOMPSON CASE NO. RP20071101

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: OLLIE THOMPSON AKA JOSH THOMPSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by GENERAL THOMPSON AND GARY THOMPSON in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that GENERAL THOMPSON AND GARY THOMPSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on 1/22/2021 at 2:00 P.M. in Dept. 201 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704.

MANDATORY APPEARANCE:

REMOTE

The Court requires all parties who wish to attend the hearing on the above date and time, including those who wish to state objections, to appear by audio or video technology.

The parties should consult the court’s website for the specific telephonic and video applications available. The parties may also contact the probate clerk in the respective department for information concerning remote appearances. Parties must be present at least five (5) minutes before the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JUANITA WALKER CASE NO. RP20080915

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JUANITA WALKER A Petition for Probate has been filed by CAROLYN F. TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that CAROLYN F. TAYLOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on 1/22/2021 at 2:00 P.M. in Dept. 201 Room N/A located at 2120 MLK JR WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94704.

MANDATORY APPEARANCE:

REMOTE

The Court requires all parties who wish to attend the hearing on the above date and time, including those who wish to state objections, to appear by audio or video technology.

The parties should consult the court’s website for the specific telephonic and video applications available. The parties may also contact the probate clerk in the respective department for information concerning remote appearances. Parties must be present at least five (5) minutes before the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MORTON MCDONALD CASE NO. RP20078548

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MORTON MCDONALD A Petition for Probate has been filed by IAN B. MCDONALD in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. The Petition for Probate requests that IAN B. MCDONALD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on JANUARY 20, 2021 at 9:31 A.M. in Dept. 202 Room N/A located at 2120 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, MANDATORY BERKELEY, CA 94704.

MANDATORY APPEARANCE:

REMOTE

The Court requires all parties who wish to attend the hearing on the above date and time, including those who wish to state objections, to appear by audio or video technology.

The parties should consult the court’s website for the specific telephonic and video applications available. The parties may also contact the probate clerk in the respective department for information concerning remote appearances. Parties must be present at least five (5) minutes before the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: FRAYDA L. BRUTON, 3638 AMERICAN RIVER DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95864, Telephone: 916-444-8826

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REMOTE

The Court requires all parties who wish to attend the hearing on the above date and time, including those who wish to state objections, to appear by audio or video technology.

The parties should consult the court’s website for the specific telephonic and video applications available. The parties may also contact the probate clerk in the respective department for information concerning remote appearances. Parties must be present at least five (5) minutes before the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner:MICHAEL W. PERNA, 1 KAISER PLAZA, SUITE 750, OAKLAND, CA 94612, Telephone: 510-8342822 APPEARANCE:

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PETER GUSTAF JOHANSSON CASE NO. RP20080892

To all heirs, beneficiaries,

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New California Absenteeism Data Shows Big Discrepancies Between White, Black Students

By Carolyn Jones and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource

Black students in California have much higher rates of unexcused absences from school than their white peers, which sometimes lead to disciplinary consequences that can further disrupt their education, according to newly released data.

The data, released in November, represents the first time the California Dept. of Education has broken down absenteeism rates by the reasons for students missing school -- whether students were excused, say, for an illness or doctor’s appointment, or unexcused, defined as missing school without a “valid” reason. Lack of transportation to school, among the most common reasons students miss school, is typically an unexcused absence.

The data covers two school years, 2017-18 and 2018-19, before schools shifted to distance learning in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Districts with high absenteeism rates before the pandemic are expected to see similarly high rates when schools return to inperson classes.

According to the data, Black students missed an average of 13.2 days of school in 2018-19, compared to 9.1 days among white students.

Of those absences, schools recorded 52.7% of Black students’ absences as unexcused -- meaning they did not have an authorized reason to be out of school and could potentially face disciplinary measures. By comparison, 29.4% of white students’ absences were unex-

Students must attend school until they’re 18 or graduate from high school, according to California law. Photo by Alison Yin/EdSource.

cused.

“That discrepancy is problematic,” said Clea McNeely, a research professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville who has studied trends in student attendance. “If you browse the data, in school after school, you’ll see that students of color -- especially Black and Native American students -- who miss school are put on a punitive path that can push them further out of school, rather than a supportive path aimed at keeping them in school.”

Each school district has its own protocols, but in general, absences are excused if a student is ill, attending a funeral, has a doctor’s appointment or is engaged in a pre-arranged activity like “Take Your Daughter to Work Day.” Unexcused absences can be anything else, but common reasons include taking care of younger siblings, helping a grandparent or a lack of transportation to school -- issues more likely to affect students from lowerincome families.

Although students of all

backgrounds occasionally skip class, that’s only a small percentage of unexcused absences, especially among elementary and middle school students, McNeely said. Most unexcused absences are due to circumstances beyond the student’s control, such as a lack of transportation, she said.

States fund schools based on attendance, regardless of whether students’ absences are excused or unexcused. But students with multiple unexcused absences can face an array of punishments, such as a hearing before a discipline committee, detention or the inability to make up tests or homework.

Under the state penal code, students with 18 or more unexcused absences in a school year can be considered truant and referred to local law enforcement. Their parents can face fines of up to $2,000 and a year in jail.

Meanwhile, students with excused absences face little if any consequences. They’re usually allowed to make up assignments and given help to catch up. They’re never re-

Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, California’s First Surgeon General

By Kiki

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was appointed California’s first Surgeon General in January 2019 by Governor Gain Newsom.

Harris was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has dual citizenship.

She is a pediatrician and a mental health researcher. Harris received her undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley, her medical degree from U.C. Davis, as well as post-graduate degrees from Harvard residencies at Stanford.

Harris is the founder and former C.E.O. of the Center for Youth Wellness as well as the founder and director of the Bayview Child Health Center.

She spoke at a TED event in 2014, her talk, entitled “How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime” has reached nearly 8 million views.

Harris is also an author, “The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity”.

According to the California Black Media, the “California Dept. of Public Health announced that . . . Burke-Harris will chair the state’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee. The group Burke-Har-

Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, California’s First Surgeon General. Photo courtesy of healthforce.ucsf.edu

ris leads will help guide the state’s decision-making about vaccine distribution.”

And with the vaccine distribution, there must be confidence to take it. The first person vaccinated in the United States was a Black woman, a nurse.

Black folks are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

At the time of this publication there are currently two vaccines in circulation in the United States.

Some Black folks have expressed reluctance to take a vaccine.

The Post interviewed Harris about vaccines.

She is seeking an equitable recovery for all Californians, particularly those in “vulnerable communities”.

As a government worker, she herself has not taken the vaccine, but assures us that the vaccine is safe and effective.

She reminds us that the Tuskegee experiments ended in the 1970s. She acknowledges the tragic history of Black folks and the medical profession, noting that the hospitals did not desegregate until 1965.

In addition to the change in laws she notes the current experiences of people of color engaging in the health care system demonstrates how they are valued day to day.

She also adds the importance of self-care.

“Self-care isn’t selfish” and she and other parents need to “put on their “figurative” masks first” so that they can better take care of their kids and then themselves.

And speaking of masks, Harris advises as we are in stay-at-home orders we still need to remember the 3 W’s: 1.

Wash hands, 2. Wear a mask and 3. Watch your distance.

Harris’ TED talk can be seen on PostNewsGroup.com

Losses of Notable African Americans in 2020 Continued from page 5

and Charley Pride, 86, were all victims of COVID-19.

Thespians who passed in 2020 include Nikita Pearl Waligwa, 15; Chadwick Boseman, 43; Naya Rivera, 33; Paula Kelly, 77; Ja’Net DuBois, 74; Esther Scott, 66; Tommy “Tiny” Lister, 62; Natalie Desselle Reid, 53; Bert Belasco, 38; and Gregory Tyree Boyce, 30.

Others in the arts and entertainment industry include Stanley Crouch, 83; B. Smith, 70; Jas Waters, 39; Chi Chi

DeVayne, 34, of Ru Paul’s Drag Race; Ashley “Ms. Minnie” Ross, 34; and Jeremy Hutchins, 37.

In mathematics, Katherine Johnson, 101, is no longer a “Hidden Figure.”

In civil rights and politics we lost Herman Cain, 74; Rev. Joseph Lowery, 78; C.T. Vivian, 95; Charles Evers, 97; David Dinkins, 93; Bruce Boynton, 83; and John Lewis, 80.

Alfred Thomas Farrar, 99, a former Tuskegee Airman passed away.

The most notable Black

deaths of 2020 were, of course, those of George Floyd, 46, and Breonna Taylor, 26, but two of the numerous murders by police.

The deaths and subsequent protests following them solidified the #BLM movement, #Defundthe Police, and acknowledgment of systemic racism world-wide and the need for healing.

Newsone.com, Soul TV, The Wall Street Journal, and Wikipedia were sources for this report.

ten I got marked absent,” said Brown, 17, who is Black. “It was a double problem because I was in trouble for missing school, and then I was so behind I didn’t know what was going on in class. It was bad.”

ferred to law enforcement.

Some districts even mark students excused if they’re on a family vacation.

The result is a two-tiered system that supports some students who miss class, but criminalizes others, said Hedy Chang, director of Attendance Works, a nonprofit aimed at improving student attendance.

“We need to take a hard look at how the truancy system works, and ask ourselves if the truancy system itself needs transformation,” Chang said.

For some students, repeated absences can affect their academic performance and the way a student feels about school generally, even if the situation never escalates to a truancy hearing.

When Shawn Brown was

in middle school in the Central Valley, there was a period when getting to school was a constant struggle. His parents’ car had broken down, and he had to take a bus across town.

Nearly every day Brown was either late or absent entirely.

“All the time. That’s how of-

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can be done from home.

In addition, roughly half of jobs held by white residents across the nine-county Bay Area are work-from-home eligible while 33 percent of the Black workforce and 30 percent of the Latinx workforce have the same access.

“It makes clear that there is

no one-size-fits-all solution for managing the range of possible outcomes,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez said.

“As we emerge out of the pandemic and consider lasting structural changes, we need to be flexible and adaptive, and make sure we’re asking the right questions,” she said.

ta bushes. Manzanita is present in almost every regional park, but the flowering is especially noticeable on the Chaparral Loop Trail at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch.

Another later winter bloomer is Indian Warrior, a magentacolored plant that grows underneath the manzanita, deriving nourishment from the manzanita roots. A good place to see it in profusion is the Manzanita

Trail and Manzanita Loop at Sobrante Ridge Regional Park in El Sobrante.

Winter is a great time to explore the regional parks and other open space, as what we hope will be abundant rainfall brings the grasses and flowers back to life. But however you spend your time as 2020 ends and 2021 arrives, here’s wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year.

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stew, sweet potato pie, etc.).

She happily shared recipes of favorite dishes. If you asked her for the measurement of ingredients in a recipe, she often replied, “Use your own judgment,” which often did not prove fruitful for most (lol).

These days, Centenarian Parker resides at her Oakland home with one of her daughters and is doing very well. Also, longevity runs in the family: In October 1995, Parker celebrated the 100th birthday of her mother, Effie Jackson.

Bay Area Outpaces Other Areas in Jobs That Can Be Done From Home

who are eligible to do their jobs from home.

According to the study, just 6 percent of occupations with an average annual income below $40,000 have access to remote work while 76 percent of jobs with an average income of more than $150,000 per year

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can click on “COVID-19 Closures” at the top of the home page. While you’re at the website, download a map of the park you’re planning to visit.

While you are out in the parks, look for seasonal changes in the natural world, whose cycle continues regardless of the pandemic.

For instance, winter rains will bring beautiful, tiny, bellshaped flowers to the manzani-

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lender.

“As an organization dedicated to efficiently providing capital to underserved small businesses, and with a deeply experienced senior management team that mirrors the diversity of our home state of California, Lendistry is proud to partner with the CalOSBA in this bold and critical effort,” said Everett K. Sands, Lendistry’s founder and CEO. Sands, who has broad experience in small business and commercial lending, said Lendistry has assisted over 19,000 small businesses in a dozen states since the onset of

the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization has also deployed nearly a half-billion dollars in capital.

“We are bringing the full force of our technology, expertise and relationships with partner CDFIs and community organizations to bear on CalOSBA’s landmark commitment to California’s small businesses,” he said.

CalOSBA says it will announce a second window for accepting applications to ensure the process is inclusive for disadvantaged minority firms.

“Small businesses form the economic heart of every community. Inclusive, equitable re-

lief is fundamental to the small business support developed by this administration,” said Isabel Guzman, CalOSBA Director.

“This grant program provides that support through a network of Community Development Financial Institutions and Community Based Organizations ensuring reach to those highly impacted small businesses in disadvantaged communities, underserved small business groups, and industries disproportionately impacted by this pandemic.”

The criteria for selecting beneficiaries will include industry sectors most impacted

by the pandemic; small businesses and organizations that are “mission lenders” or are operated by -- or that direct their services to -- underserved groups, including women, minorities, rural populations, among others; and organizations located in areas affected by the governor’s COVID-19 health and safety restrictions first issued in March and the his more recent regional stayat-home orders.

For more information on the grant requirements and eligibility, or to apply, please visit careliefgrant.com.

Gregory Givens, a registered nurse who has worked for 15 years as a medical professional in San Francisco, believes the vaccine is not the only answer. “I believe in health prevention more so than treatment,” said Givens.

“If people take better care of themselves and their bodies, they can avoid getting sick.”

“There are alternate means and ways to help people stay healthy, such as taking vitamins, getting plenty of rest, taking fluids, exercise more, take natural herbs, use common sense and avoid activities that would put their health at risk.: Givens said his “job is to educate individuals on how to stay healthy. Before taking the vaccine, I think people should weigh the pros and cons and understand the difference between establishing and maintaining good health habits rather than relying on a product that is produced in a lab. There are more ways to

cure people than (conventional) medicine.”

Santana Robinson, an EEG technician from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, received the vaccine and compared it to any other flu-like shot she has received. “I had the normal reaction most people get after taking a vaccine shot, which basically is a sore arm the next day, but no side effects to speak of,” said Robinson.

During her six-year tenure at Benioff, Robinson’s primary responsibility has been to monitor brainwave activity on patients who’ve had seizures or head trauma. When asked why she took the shot, she said it was her responsibility.

“I took the vaccine because I didn’t want to get sick,” said Robinson. “I don’t want my family to get sick and I don’t want anyone else to get sick. I was hesitant at first because it was so new, but never for one

moment was I not going to take it.”

She said that being one of the first to do anything is always a “little bit scary.”

“I’ve talked with several coworkers who are people of color about taking the vaccine and they’ve said ‘no way.’ They told me I was crazy to take it,” Robinson said.

To her, this resistance is “very frustrating because people in minority communities are more adversely affected by the virus than other groups. If anyone needs the vaccine most, it’s people in the Black and brown communities.

“From everything I’ve heard, it’s hurting us a lot more than other races of people and if someone is handing you a lifeline, you should take advantage of it. I will continue to be an advocate and encourage people to participate and take the vaccine,” said Robinson.

in death and officer-involved shootings resulting in injury or death,” Murray stated.

The organization believes, Becton, Henderson and Wiley are all candidates with the experience to carry out those tasks.

Gov. Newsom signed AB 1506 into law in September. Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) authored the legislation.

“Americans across the country took to the streets this summer rightfully demanding more and better of our criminal justice system – and of ourselves,” Newsom said. “We heard those calls for action loud and clear and today are advancing reforms to improve policing practices by ending the carotid hold and requiring independent investigations in officer-involved shootings.”

Becton has spent most of her professional career as a judge, lawyer and manager. In 2017, she was sworn in as the 25th District Attorney for Contra Costa County. Following her appointment by the county’s Board of Supervisors, she was elected to

the position in June 2018.

For 22 years, Becton served as a judge in Contra Costa County. She is a former president of the National Association of Women Judges, the nation’s leading organization for women in the judiciary, and past chair of the State Bar Council on Access and Fairness.

Becton leads a prosecutorial office of approximately 222 lawyers, investigators, and staff. She is the first woman, the first African American, and the first person of color to serve as Contra Costa District Attorney since the office was established in 1850.

Henderson has spent his entire professional career working in public service for the city of San Francisco. He was recently appointed director of the Dept. of Police Accountability, where he and his legal team are tasked with investigating all complaints regarding police use of force and misconduct.

Prior to this appointment, Henderson, an openly gay man, spent seven years as the deputy

chief of staff and public safety director to the late mayor of San Francisco, Edwin M. Lee. Henderson served as chief of administration and prosecutor for former San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris from 19952010. Handling all types of cases, ranging from nonviolent misdemeanors to serious felonies, Henderson became known as an expert in interpreting complex criminal justice public policy issues.

Henderson, who served under four elected district attorneys, was both the highestranking LGBT attorney and African American male attorney in the history of the San Francisco District Attorney’s office.

Terry Wiley is an Assistant II District Attorney and the third ranking prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, located in Oakland. Wiley joined Oakland’s DA Office in 1990. He has supervised the felony trial team, the Juvenile Division and the Oakland Branch Courthouse.

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, said that when the opportunity becomes available, getting the vaccine from either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna is the smart thing to do.

So far, there are more than 19 million cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., which has resulted in more than 330,000 deaths. In California, there are 2.19 million cases and more than 24,400 deaths.

Fauci has previously shared his concern that “the disproportionate rate of infections on people of color is staggering, and ‘herd-immunity’ will not be accomplished until everyone buys in and participates by taking the vaccine. This is especially true for African-Americans who, more so than other races, suffer from chronic lung and heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.”

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CABL’s decision to focus on who replaces Becerra rests not only on finding a candidate who can ably prioritize and address the broad and complex range of legal issues all Californians face. The group says it is also motivated by the need to address the persisting concerns of criminal justice reform and police use of force in Black communities.

In the wake of George Floyd’s violent death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and the continued unlawful killings of unarmed Black men and women by law enforcement around the country, the attorney general’s office and the California Dept. of Justice “need someone dedicated to criminal justice reform,” the Black lawyers’ organization stated.

“Californians need and deserve someone who can successfully implement the mandates of Assembly Bill 1506, which authorized the California Attorney General’s Office to investigate and prosecute cases of police use of force resulting

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Louisville, Ky., may face termination.

Detective Joshua Jaynes, who created the warrant on Taylor’s home based on false information, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who fired the shot that killed Taylor, received pre-termination letters from LMPD’s interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry.

Another officer, Brett Hankison, was terminated last June for blindly firing through the covered patio door and window of Taylor’s apartment.

None of the men have been found criminally responsible for Taylor’s death. The city of Louisville, however, paid $12

million in October 2020 to settle a wrongful death suit filed

by Taylor’s family.

In Oakland, Carson decried what he viewed as a racist act and called on the City of Oakland to help with repairs while community groups and a Burlingame lawyer quickly raised more than enough money to cover those expenses.

“After spending months creating this artwork it was incredible to see the community and neighbors taking photos and enjoying it,” Carson wrote on his GoFundMe page. “Now I am devastated and enraged to see it in pieces. This was an act of racist aggression and we need to show them we will not stand for it.”

The artist says the thieves won’t stop him and that he’ll rebuild, but he called on the city of Oakland to step up as well.

“This vandalism is an act of racist aggression, and it shows why sculpture and art matters,” he said. “I made this sculpture to support the Black Lives Matter movement, and while I’m overcome with rage and sadness at their cowardly act, their vandalism will make her even more potent.

Upon learning of the vandalism, Joe Cotchett of Burlingame’s Pitre & McCarthy, LLP was livid and offered to pay the entire cost of the repairs. “It’s scandalous and outrageous that anybody

would do such a thing,” he said. Citing the circumstances of her death, he said “the whole situation is preposterous -- first her death, and now this.”

At press time, more than $11,000 had been raised and the sculpture can now be replicated, this time in bronze. It was also speculated that the sculpture would instead be housed in a local museum.

A police report has been filed and the Oakland Police Dept. is investigating the vandalism and theft.

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perience working with youth and the community as a playground leader in the City of Oakland’s Parks and Recreation Department from 1958 to 1961.

Because of her knowledge of art, music, piano playing and her skill at organizing workflow she attracted the attention of William “Bill” Patterson and they were married on August 3, 1961.

She began her teaching career in 1962 under the supervision of Benjamin Hargrave, the Principal of Golden Gate Elementary.

Her teaching career spanned more than three decades while teaching at Washington, Franklin, Lakeview, Manzanita and Sherman Elementary Schools, she served as a Teacher of Special Assignment (TSA) for Reading and Language Arts.

Before she retired in 1998 and due to her incredible organizational and time-management skills, she found the time to volunteer as an organizationspecialist with the Oakland N.A.A.C.P , Oakland Black Caucus, the Shiloh Christian Fellowship College and its international missionary programs, prison ministry and many other community-based organizations.

Her training skills, honed from being a “master Teacher”, helped launch Shiloh’s Christian College and community outreach programs.

She and her husband were mainstays and part of the organizing backbone of many Black Community organizations and civil rights activities.

Known for her quiet-pleasant demeanor and her ability to

make everyone she encountered feel that “everyone counted with her, but none too much”, was the main reason she was able to make her home a welcome place to host many of Oakland’s Black leaders. She and Bill hosted organizing and planning meetings for Oakland’s first Black Mayor Lionel Wilson along with the effort to install a statue for the late Judge Donald P. McCullum at the Ronald Dellums Federal Building in Oakland.

The Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor of Allen Temple Baptist Church was mentored by Dell.

She reflected on when Dell was Recreation Leader at Brookfield Recreation Center in East Oakland.

Taylor recalled how Dell specialized in helping teenage girls at becoming “lady-like”. She was an encourager, who told all of us we could be anything we wanted to be. “Dell always had a smile on her face. I remember thinking, I want to be just like her when I grow up. She had a gentle kind mothering spirit and did not hesitate to correct us. I have often told Mr. William “Bill” Patterson, that both of them, shaped and molded so many of us to strive for goodness and greatness. Her mentoring taught me how to mentor others.

Dell Patterson has left a sweet lingering spirit,” said Dr. Taylor She is survived by her husband of 59 years William B. Patterson, her son William David Patterson and host of family and friends.

A memorial service will be announced after the COVID 19 approvals are granted.

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of the pandemic, he says he is aware of the huge controversy surrounding the reopening schools. “Now, we’re going to have a vaccine, (ands) kids are dying for some interaction.”

(Yet) a lot of families have serious concerns (about safety) … (while) some people want to open schools immediately.”

Once the schools are reopened, he said, one of the biggest questions will be whether “there is going to be money for summer schools for the kids who have the most need,” Davis said.

He sees mixed indicators on the district’s financial condition. “The good news is that we have much stronger financial management within the district (now),” he said. Because of the pandemic there are a lot of state and federal emergency funds coming into the district, but at the same time there is a high risk of recession in the coming year.

Though there is a high level of mistrust in the community of district leadership, residents continue to strongly embrace the public schools and in November passed Measure Y, a school bond measure to repair and renovate schools across Oakland. Among other projects, the bond will improve school ventilation systems -needed to protect teachers and children from COVID in tight spaces -- and also to protect air quality during fire season. The funding will also help the district move out of its downtown Oakland offices, which at present costs several millions of dollars a year to lease.

To come to grips with the looming challenges, the district needs to improve its approach to interacting with the public, he said. “OUSD has a history of “last-minute public engagements,” organized as “afterthoughts,” creating the impression that community engagement is being done in a

“perfunctory way.”

Davis says his first step as a board member will be create an advisory group of family and teachers and school site staff “that will help me stay rooted in their concerns.”

“As a board member, you hear a lot from senior leaders,” he said. He says the advisory group will provide “balance,” which will “help me keep my feet on the ground.”

Williams, who represents District 3, has lived in Oakland for 12 years. He has been an educator for 17 years, teaching high school social studies including ethnic studies and honors U.S. history. He currently is treasurer of the San Francisco teachers’ union, on release as a union representative. He has lived in San Diego and was born in West Covina in Southern California.

Williams says his immediate goals are to start conversations with parents and students in District 3 schools and has already met with Black students.

“I’m reaching out to each of the District 3 school sites,” he said.

“It is very important to market and showcase the schools and the District 3 neighborhoods, to build trust and engage the community.”

A top priority is to strengthen the feeder-school system, which functioned in the past but has decayed, so neighborhood elementary schools again will lead students to neighborhood middle schools and from there to neighborhood high schools.

“I’m a big proponent of neighborhood schools, sustainable community schools,” he said. “Kids in a neighborhood will go to a (nearby) school, building the feeder system.

The school choice system has not been helpful to neighborhood schools. We have to move to sustain District 3 enrollment, to keep more students in District 3.”

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