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By Kat Stafford Associated Press

Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history.

NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

“It stuns me to see that President Trump set a record last week by attracting the See VOTE page 2

How far does a month of unemployment benefits go?

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Biden’s transition team

By Stacy M. Brown

The author and Fox News political analyst then stated a head-scratching fact that many still find difficult to rationalize.

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Key role for Black policy leaders on

VOTE FOR TRUMP?’ Juan Williams posited that he’s a Black man born in a Latin country and grew up in a Spanish-speaking family.

Cannot be Heard”

Of the 500-plus team members announced last week, more than half are women, and Black men and women are leading more than one-quarter of the teams.

Election 2020 CAPTION: From left, Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Harris, President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden on stage together, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter co-founder, in Feb. 11, 2018. Cullors last week penned a letter to Presidentelect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to request a meeting to discuss “commitments that must be made to Black people.” (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

The diversity is significant because the teams will be responsible for evaluating the operations of federal agencies that have a broad impact on Americans’ lives. And it’s especially important because Biden will take office at a time when the United States is confronting a historic pandemic, joblessness and police brutality -- crises that have disparately impacted Black Americans.

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Coronavirus Highlights Optimism and Vaccine Realities at SDUSD Address Requires ‘Trust’

By Cori Zaragoza

Contributing Writer

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Annual State of the District Address was held on Tuesday, November 17 and honored Mayor-Elect Todd Gloria as its VIP Guest. Todd Gloria, in his first public speech as the Mayor-Elect, first addressed the SDUSD and its students directly on the impacts of COVID-19. The pandemic placed a spotlight on faults in the school district, revealing that it’s most underserved communities had no access to the internet, personal support, or the technology needed for long distance learning. Addressing this, Gloria pointed out that, through voter approved bonds, over 80,000 Chromebooks have been distributed to students in need.

Additionally, Cox Communications provided free wi-fi and hot spots to families without internet, enabling them to continue learning from home.

As coronavirus resurges eight months into a devastating pandemic, many jobless Californians have exhausted their options and are hanging on to what little government support remains. Once padded by See UNEMPLOYMENT page 2

The most urgent need that the pandemic revealed, however, was the problem of food insecurity among students and their families. “[There were] more than 7 million meals passed out by San Diego Unified food services, in partnership with Feeding San Diego and the San Diego Food Bank,” Gloria said.

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By Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

News that Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 among those without previous infection arrives as the United States continues to realize record-breaking new cases.

For the first time on Thursday, November 12, the country surpassed 150,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day.

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION unemployment:

leaders:

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an extra $600 a week from the federal coronavirus relief bill, many of the state’s unemployed say their benefits are just enough to survive — if they can get them.

View the graph to compare monthly benefits to the poverty-threshold cost of living in San Diego County for a single parent with two kids.

people in the fold.’’

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“The agency review process will help lay the foundation for meeting these challenges on Day One,” said Tony Allen, a transition advisory board member and president of historically Black Delaware State University. “We are building a team to reflect America and these Black leaders are dedicated experts in their fields.’’

The teams announced by Biden will lay much of the groundwork so the thousands of new staffers and appointees starting work in January will have a road map and guidelines for how to continue the federal government’s work without pause. The teams face hurdles because President Donald Trump has yet to publicly acknowledge Biden’s victory and his administration has prevented a formal start to the transition.

The makeup of the teams is a sign that Biden is focused on rewarding Black voters for their support in the election.

Black voters powered Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, to victory in critical states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.

They were also instrumental in Georgia, a longtime GOP bastion where Biden holds a narrow lead.

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“The Biden coalition owes a debt to Black folks,’’ said Niambi Carter, a Howard University political science professor. “Black people helped them survive the primary and then in this election cycle they showed up in key states like Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that really pulled Joe Biden over the line. So absolutely, I think this is an attempt by not just Biden but also the Democratic Party to keep Black

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They include Charmion Kinder, who will help lead or guide transition efforts at the Commerce Department.

Kinder was a White House press aide to first lady Michelle Obama and served as a public affairs appointee at the departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development.

Patrice Simms will lead the transition effort for the Environmental Protection Agency. He is a prominent environmental attorney and legal scholar who was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Obama Justice Department’s environment and natural resources division.

Civil rights leaders and activists have pledged to push Biden’s administration to create more progressive policies on criminal justice, housing, the economy and more.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, in a letter last week, congratulated Biden and Harris on their victory and sought a meeting to discuss “commitments that must be made to Black people.’’

“Without the resounding support of Black people, we would be saddled with a very different electoral outcome,’’ Cullors wrote. “In short, Black people won this election. . We want to be heard and our agenda to be prioritized. We issue these expectations not just because Black people are the most consistent and reliable voters for Democrats, but also because Black people are truly living in crisis in a nation that was built on our subjugation.”

Washington, DC health officials have administered nearly 572,000 COVID tests to roughly 272,000 residents.

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The total number of cases soared past 10.5 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Both California and Texas have recorded more than 1 million total cases, while states like Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey have seen significant rises in COVID infections.

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Many of the review team appointees are graduates of historically Black colleges and universities.

The most recent available statistics show that the District of Columbia has more than 18,500 total positive cases and 657 deaths.

More than 242,000 people have died in the United States since the declaration of the outbreak of the pandemic in March. Health officials have expressed that the new vaccine offers real hope for the future.

“It is a great day for science and humanity. The first set of results from our Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial provides the initial evidence of our vaccine’s ability to prevent COVID-19,” Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and CEO, offered in a news release.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION 1ST EDITORIAL:

COVID-19:

Structural Racism and Black Health

IN SUPPORT OF CONGRESSWOMAN

Barbara Lee For U.S. Senate

By Glenn Ellis

By Rev. Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

We all know by now that with Senator Kamala Harris becoming Vice President of the United States, her seat in the U.S. Senate will be vacant as of January 20, 2021. While she is the first African American woman to represent the State of California in the U.S. Senate, she must be replaced in that position by the next African American woman to hold that position. This newspaper believes that Barbara Lee must be that woman. Her life and record more than qualifies her for that position.

For more than 30 years she has served this state as an elected official. First elected to the State Assembly in 1990, she served for 6 years before being elected to the State Senate where she authored 67 bills. She was the creator and presided over the California Legislative Black Caucus before being elected to the U.S. Congress in 1998 from the States 9th and now 13th Congressional District. She is former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, serving from 2009 to 2011, and is currently a member of the House Budget and House Appropriations Committees. She is qualified to represent the State

of California in the U.S. Senate and Governor Gavin Newsom should make that appointment rather than call for a special election.

This is a good time to remind the Governor that Black women are the heaviest voting group in America and certainly responsible for the Democatic successes of 2020.

This is the time to continue that trend and while Congresswoman Karen Bass has her successes, this newspaper wants to be on record as supporting Congresswoman Barbara Lee for the next U.S. Senator from the State of California.

2ND EDITORIAL:

A Call For Volunteers As organizations and individuals continue their weekly food distributions throughout the community, pandemic fatigue is setting in. There is a serious need for volunteers, and or funds, to provide some stipends since many of them are young unemployed individuals with a heart to help others. This is a time to donate dollars, if we have them to.

I am My Brother’s Keeper, Paving Great Futures, and 5K Hip Hop Project are three organizations providing consistent weekly

services for more than six months.

Perhaps some of us can give a week at a time on designated days. Those hours can be of great help. The Voice & Viewpoint will assist those who need help in planning their support. Just don’t pledge what you can’t follow through on doing.

In the midst of others helping with food items and materials, we can still find time and ways to be of more help to each other.

Whether or not you are a volunteer, please wear a mask and help

save the lives of others and maybe yourself. Our present surge is due more to the stubborn behavior of individuals than to the virus itself in many cases, as some of us ignore the identified means of the spread in spite of the science and facts before us. Above all, let us pray for and help our care workers by wearing a mask and doing the things that will reduce our hospital numbers, save lives and save our medical staff who are putting life and every effort on the line 24 hours a day for all of us.

TRIPLE-DOG DARE:

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raw political power, for that also is not the wisest way to convince Governor Newsom to go your way.

By Kimberly Ellis Executive Director of Emerge California

No governor likes to be bullied, especially you (we know from personal experience). Nor would

I recommend anyone to dare the leader of the fifth largest economy in the world to demonstrate his

And yet, here we find ourselves and Black women in California are doing just that.

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Throughout modern U.S. medical history, official reports and statistics have documented, and confirmed, the disproportionate burden of health carried by the Black community. Now, COVID-19 has not only brought incredible attention to myriad of chronic diseases and social determinants that lead to those health outcomes but has made clear and indisputable how systemic racism works.

For all of us in the United States, the phrase “health disparities” or “health inequities” has never been made clearer than what we are seeing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black communities. For what is arguably the first time in this nation’s history, the entire country is witnessing exactly what has been historically denied the Blacks in healthcare. For generations, health disparities were thrust on us as though it was something “biologically wrong” with us.

Many of us, and the rest of America, actually believed that we were supposed to have higher rates of high blood pressure; diabetes; obesity; asthma; and many other chronic diseases. that had led to societal acceptance of the rate with which we die so prematurely; without any true medical or public health intervention.

High blood pressure is one of those “Black” diseases that is not only a chronic condition itself, but also is linked to heart attacks and strokes.

For Blacks, the risk of being diagnosed with diabetes is 77 percent higher than for whites. A similar gap, with poor outcomes in equity, follows with all other chronic conditions.

It was an acceptable fact that mistrust in Blacks is something we are dealing with that gets triggered by a memory or experience of an event or incident, that we should “get over it, that was a long time ago!” Blacks, and mistrust were thought to be as inseparable as hand in glove. It was accepted as “fact” by many of us, and the entire healthcare system.

Finally, because of COVID-19, all of America is feeling (and seeing) our pain!

For Blacks, the good news is that there is an underlying factor in these inequities that is seldom, if ever, mentioned in the scientific and medical reports that we get consistently in the media that “normalize” the notion of Blacks having higher rates of chronic diseases.

Turns out, we are the victims of an absence of a piece of vital information when it comes to understanding why we are “cursed” with so

many chronic diseases that seem to affect generation after generation!

Studies have shown that a term, first coined in 1993, called allostatic load is a huge factor in the unequal prevalence of chronic diseases between whites and Blacks in this country.

Allostatic load is “the wear and tear on the body” which accumulates as an individual is exposed to repeated or chronic stress.

Your brain interprets and responds to environmental challenges that we all face in our lives. It manifests as anxiety disorders, depressive illness, hostile and aggressive states, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There is growing evidence that depression and hostility are both associated with chronic diseases. This plays out as a product of the risk factors associated with early childhood experiences of abuse and neglect, which in turn increases their allostatic load later in life and leads many people into social isolation, hostility, depression, and subsequently to higher rates of chronic conditions than others.

Those individuals with a history of childhood abuse suffer greater early death and sickness from a range of chronic diseases. We find the same principle in those elderly who have had a lifetime of economic hardship ending up experiencing a more rapid decline of physical and mental functioning All of this previously unknown information is a clarion call for Blacks to be vigilant in chronic disease management and pay close attention to diet, lifestyle, and primary healthcare. We all know that, “when America catches a cold, Black people get pneumonia. Whether it’s COIVD-19; chronic diseases, HIV/ AIDS, or any of the other health issues that wreak havoc on us, we’ve got to realize that only we can save ourselves, and live healthy, productive lives.

Chronic diseases represent 75% of all health care costs in the United States and are 60 percent of all Americans have at least one chronic disease, representing 70% of all deaths. By 2030 that the total number of Americans will exceed 170 million.

Chronic diseases are linked strongly to the effects of structural racism on Blacks, but we don’t have the luxury of waiting for the system to change. We are not capable, on our own, of eliminating structural racism in our society; particularly in healthcare and medicine. What we can do is take care of ourselves to the best of our abilities. Diet; lifestyle; stress management; and physical activity are things that help us protect our health, particularly from chronic diseases. There is much more to be done, as great disparities in this country in wealth, income, and education continue to plague our community.

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SPOTLIGHT: THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL

Votes Yes on Housing, No on Parks

CITY COUNCIL

Approves New Surveillance Ordinance and Privacy Board

By Cori Zaragoza

Contributing Writer

On November 9, 2020, the San Diego City Council held a special meeting discussing two items related to the Complete Communities initiative that was approved earlier this year.

The initiative is the city council’s answer to the growing housing and climate crisis. Complete Communities plans to overhaul how housing is planned and wants to make affordable housing, public transportation, and well-kept parks accessible to every San Diegan.

The Council first voted on Complete Communities: Housing Solutions and Mobility Choices. A presentation by Heidi Vonblum, Deputy Director of the Planning Department, stated that “Since the 1990s, outside of Downtown and Otay Mesa, less than 5% of all development impact fees have been spent in communities of concern. Structural issues have created systemic inequities, resulting in lower investment in critically needed and deserved infrastructure.

Inequities that will never change unless action is taken now.”

Vonblum argued that San Diego is one city with two realities; while some parts of the city are flourishing, others lack basic infrastructure like sidewalks and bike lanes. The Mobility Choices initiative plans to create a ‘one city, one reality’ mentality by creating two new sources of income for housing and mobility solutions,

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Monday, November 10, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology (TRUST) ordinance, and the Privacy Advisory Board ordinance.

Heidi Vonblum, Deputy Director of the Planning Department.

with at least 50% going solely for infrastructure needed in underserved communities. The hope is that this initiative will benefit the entirety of San Diego by making sure financial resources improve the city’s infrastructure, creating an equitable living experience for all. The council voted yes for all ordinances presented under Complete Communities: Housing Solutions and Mobility Choices, moving this initiative forward.

The second motion the council addressed was Complete Communities: Play Everywhere. This initiative would overhaul how San Diego creates and maintains parks, creating recreational areas needed in communities that have none. The ultimate goal of this plan is to provide more safe outdoor spaces and a higher quality of living for all San Diego residents. Despite Council President Georgette Gomez stating that “this item is extremely critical”, the Complete Communities: Play Everywhere initiative did not pass.

The complete overhaul of the San Diego Parks system was a controversial topic for council members. More than likely, after some reviews and amendments, this initiative will be brought back to be voted on again.

Councilmember Vivian Moreno seemed optimistic for the future of Complete Communities, ending her ‘NO’ vote by saying, “I do think this policy is a huge step in the right direction. It needs to be looked at again to tweak some of the details. In addition, a policy of this level of importance that significantly changes existing city policy should not be rushed and passed at the last minute during a lame duck period. I would suggest bringing this back early next year.” She went on to say, “I do look forward to seeing it returned in the near future.”

The win comes after thousands of San Diego’s “smart streetlights” were found to be capturing live video of San Diegans, with little notice to the public and with no oversight. The Trust SD Coalition, composed of over 30 local community organizations, came together a year ago to demand accountability for violating the public’s trust. By December of 2019, the coalition was drafting a new surveillance ordinance, as well as a privacy advisory commission ordinance, and began a widespread campaign to bring the smart streetlights under council oversight.

In July, the City Council chose to cut funding for the smart streetlights. In September, Mayor Faulconer ordered access to the cameras be cut off. The two approved ordinances now face a required meet-and-confer process, before returning to City Council for further action.

The TRUST ordinance places all surveillance technology owned or operated by the city under the oversight of the City Council, and establishes a process for review of existing and future surveillance technology. The Privacy Advisory Board Ordinance establishes a board of community and industry experts to provide informed advice to the City Council.

“Let us never underestimate the power of concerned community members coming together and making change,” said Geneviéve Jones-Wright, Executive Director, Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance (MoGo) and Trust SD Coalition Steering Committee member.

“I think we are in a new era of governance in San Diego where the community is deeply engaged and the council members recognize the importance of community participation and transparency. This ordinance is a win for the city and all of us who live in it,” said Khalid Alexander, President, Pillars of the Community. Alexander is also on the Trust SD Coalition Steering Committee, along with others. Visit www.SanDiegoTrust. org for more information.

LOCAL NEWS

How Pro-Trump is San Diego County vs the Rest of California?

By Ben Christopher CALMatters

November’s election results showed that most of California’s Democratic counties moved further away from President Donald Trump — and the bulk of its Republican counties did too.

THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COUNT IN CALIFORNIA’S COUNTIES

With less than 1 million ballots left to count, the 2020 election here was an unsurprisingly blowout for President-elect Joe Biden. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton nabbed 62% of Golden State votes — an 80 year high. Four years later, Biden bested that by garnering 65%.

Biden outpolled the president in 35 of the state’s 58 counties, and racked up a bigger lead than Clinton’s in 27 of them. Two rural inland counties — Butte and Inyo — flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020.

Lassen County was the Trumpiest county in the state in 2016 and maintained that distinction in 2020. It was followed closely by Modoc.

More than 200 miles to the west and on the opposite end of the political spectrum, San Francisco once again came in as the most Trump-resistant county, followed by its northern neighbor, Marin.

Counties also come in very different sizes, which means a map can mislead: Democratic Los Angeles County has a population about 3,000 times larger than Trump-backing Sierra County. And in bluer-than-blue San Francisco, Biden’s 73% performance relative to Clinton’s 76% isn’t exactly a coup for the president.

Nonetheless a county-by-county look offers a telling look at how California’s political allegiances and voting patterns have shifted around in the intervening four years.

Imperial County experienced the largest shift in top-of-the-ticket voting behavior between 2016 and 2020. Four years ago, only a

San Diego County BIDEN Biden Support: 22 out of 58 Trump Support: 37 out of 58

Imperial County BIDEN Biden Support: 18 out of 58 Trump Support: 41 out of 58

quarter of voters in California’s most southeasterly county backed Trump. This year, the president picked up more than 35%.

The reason that’s notable: More than 80% of Imperial County’s population identifies as Latino, which makes it the most heavily Latino county in the state. From the tip of Florida, along the Texas-Mexico border all the way to Calexico, Trump outperformed his 2016 numbers in many Latino-majority regions of the country. It’s still too early to explain exactly why this happened, but it’s a national phenomenon and California seems to be part of it.

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STATE & LOCAL NEWS COUNTY LAUNCHES

COVID-19 Case Rate Map

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego

The County is launching a COVID-19 case rate map that shows how cities and communities are being impacted by the novel coronavirus.

The interactive map allows users to identify the case rate per 100,000 residents in cities and communities or by ZIP codes. The map also shows where each area falls under the different state tiers and whether their case rate and testing positivity are going up or down.

“Cities had previously requested the map to determine how they are faring

during the pandemic,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer.

“The map gives cities a clearer picture of how COVID-19 is impacting their residents and will help them determine whether to take more aggressive actions to enforce the public health guidance to slow the spread of the virus.”

The map is a new tool the County is using to monitor COVID-19 in the region which is experiencing a significant increase in cases.

COVID-19 Cases Set a New Record On Nov. 10, a record 661 COVID-19 cases were reported in the County, sur-

passing the 652 cases reported Aug. 7. A total of 620 cases were reported Nov. 11, bringing the two-day total to 1,281.

“We have not seen cases this high in months and it’s a clear indication that COVID-19 is widespread,” Wooten said.

“These totals also show people are not following the public health recommendations that we know work to prevent getting and passing COVID-19.

Coming in the weeks following Halloween, these results are a warning sign that we need to follow public health guidance throughout the upcoming holiday season.”

The daily case totals being reported now clearly show

that the County, which is now in the state’s most restrictive Purple Tier, is likely to remain there for the foreseeable future.

worship and movie theaters starting Sat., Nov. 14. Retailers will need to keep customers at 25% of capacity.

Because the County’s case rate increased to 7.4, then 8.9 over the past two weeks, the region stopped indoor operations at restaurants, gyms, places of

The County will remain in the Purple Tier for at least three weeks. It won’t be able to advance to the Red Tier unless it posts a case rate below 7

cases per 100,000 residents two weeks in a row.

“San Diegans should be wearing a mask, staying away from others and avoiding gatherings,” said Wooten. “We don’t have a vaccine yet and we need to remain vigilant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”

Answers to Your DMV Questions Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

Have questions about how and when to take care of business with the DMV? Much Much has changed at your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) field office over the past few months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Do you need to visit in person, or can you do what you need to do online? Is it safe to go into a field office? What about accommodations for senior citizens? Is the information you provide protected? The DMV has provided some answers to your frequently asked questions, and we have them here.

Is it necessary to visit a DMV field office given ongoing COVID-19 restrictions?

The California DMV also is adjusting to better serve its customers. Most transactions can be completed without stepping foot in a DMV field office. The DMV urges that customers use expanded online services, DMV Now kiosks and business partners to complete their transactions, including driver’s license and vehicle registration renewals.

Before visiting a field office, visit dmv.ca.gov/online first

to find out what you can do online, at a DMV Now kiosk or through business partners. If you must visit a DMV office, come prepared with the proper forms and documents and for a possible wait. The DMV has expanded its health screening and temperature check protocols at all field offices to protect the health and safety of its customers and employees. A limited number of customers are allowed into the building at a time to ensure physical distancing while waiting and being served. In addition, all customers must wear a face covering when visiting field offices.

Stay safe, stay home. You can learn more about these options at dmv.ca.gov.

Is there a service charge to complete DMV transactions online or at a kiosk?

For quick or immediate processing, the DMV recommends completing transactions online, through the virtual office, or at a DMV

Now kiosk. There is a 2.1 percent service fee for all payments made by debit or credit card. However, some online transactions are free, such as processing a change of address or requesting a temporary paper driver’s license extension. If you’re unable to pay by debit or credit card, you can mail in your forms or applications with a check and no service fee will be charged. Mailed forms may experience slower processing times.

Are special accommodations made for senior citizens?

Yes. The DMV has taken steps to protect the health of its senior customers by eliminating the need to visit a field office during the COVID19 pandemic, in most cases.

Customers over the age of 70, with driver’s license expiration dates between March 2020 and December 31, 2020, receive an automatic one-year extension from the original expiration date. If you are a senior citizen, visit dmv.ca.gov/seniors for information on DMV services, safety guidelines, and

other resources to accommodate you.

Is the information I provide to the DMV shared with other entities?

The DMV takes every precaution to protect consumer data. The DMV does not sell driver information for marketing purposes or to generate revenue outside of the administrative cost of the program. Information is only released pursuant to legislative direction, and the DMV continues to review its release practices to ensure information is only released to authorized persons/entities and only for authorized purposes.

What about Learner Permits Expiring through May 2021?

Driver’s license permits with expiration dates through May 31, 2021 will be expanded to give student drivers more time during the COVID-19 pandemic to complete the prerequisites needed for a provisional

license, including 6 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction with a driving school and 50 hours of supervised driving practice.

E l i g i bl e p e r m it s are extended six months from the date of expiration or to a date 24 months from the date of application, whichever is earlier. The DMV has alerted law enforcement of the extensions, which require no individual action on the part of drivers.

The DMV resumed behindthe-wheel drive tests with new health and safety protocols on June 26, and appointments to take the test are available.

Commercial learner’s permits expiring between March and December have been extended through December 31, 2020, to align with federal guidelines.

For more answers to your questions and for additional DMV updates and information, visit dmv.ca.gov and click “Ask the DMV”.

Covered California Officially Launches Open Enrollment Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Covered California officially kicked off its annual open-enrollment period on Monday, November 9, with

a statewide effort to encourage Californians to protect themselves, their families and their friends from the

COVID-19 UPDATE

COVID-19 pandemic by wearing a mask and signing up for health care coverage.

The enrollment deadline is

December 15, 2020 for coverage to begin January 1, 2021, though Californians will be able to sign up for Covered California through Jan. 31, 2021.

“The pandemic shines a light on the importance of health insurance and access to qual-

ity care, and now is the time when people can sign up for coverage through Covered California,” said Peter V. Lee, Executive Director of Covered California. “We will be reaching into every corner of the state to encourage Californians to keep COVID-safe and to get

health coverage now.”

An estimated 1.2 million uninsured people in the state are either eligible for financial help through the exchange, or they qualify for low-cost or no-cost coverage through Medi-Cal. See ENROLLMENT on page 18

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS J.J. RAWLINGS—A CHARISMATIC LEADER ETHNIC STRIFE IN ETHIOPIA AND A STALWART FOR PAN AFRICANISM RAISES FEARS OF ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR Global Information Network

Global Information Network “A bear of a man with a booming voice”.

That’s how some will remember Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings who died Nov. 12 in the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, according to local media reports.

He was 73.

“A great tree has fallen and Ghana is poorer for this loss,” said Ghana’s current president, Nana AkufoAddo. Ongoing campaigns for the Dec. 7 general elections were suspended in recognition of the former leader.

performed what was referred to as the “house-cleansing exercise”.

The first Black sub-Saharan former colony to gain independence, Ghana staggered through two decades of political and economic chaos. Flight Lieutenant Rawlings, after leading a military coup in 1979, launched a long political career beginning harshly with the execution of former heads of state and several high-ranking officials accused of corruption and profiteering. All were executed by firing squad.

Born in Accra on June 22, 1947 to Scottish pharmacist James Ramsay John and Ghanaian mother Victoria Agbotui, R awlings attended Achimota School in Accra, Ghana in 1966 and enlisted in the Ghana Air Force in August of 1967.

Upon graduation in 1969, he won the “Speed Bird Trophy” for best cadet in flying and airmanship. In 1977 Rawlings married his childhood sweetheart Nana Konadu Agyeman, with whom he had four children.

Rawlings ruled Ghana for years and reportedly changed her fortunes, wrote Nigerian entrepreneur Chiechefulam Ikebuiro, one of many who left their condolences on Twitter. “I adored Jerry Rawlings while growing up. At a very young age I heard how he did everything within his power to wrestle power from the government as well as curb corruption.”

“Life in Ghana according to him had become unbearable so that he had to overthrow a military dictator and, in a bid to stop corruption,

“If people in power use their offices to pursue self-interest, they will be resisted and unseated,” he declared, although later regretting some of the executions.

“I am prepared at this moment to face a firing squad if what I try to do for the second time in my life does not meet the approval of Ghanaians,” he continued, adding that his team would “clean up corruption by God or the Devil.”

Rawlings had a wide range of alliances including the Free Africa Movement made up of young men who dreamed of a united African continent free of discredited corrupt leaders close to the European colonial governments and western business interests that dominated so much of the postcolonial land-

scape.

By 1980, with 10 years of military life behind him, Rawlings had become a charismatic and fearless speaker popular among the young soldiers and a militant, impoverished urban working class. He had anti-imperialist foreign policy reminiscent of Ghana’s first president after independence, Kwame Nkrumah.

Cuba’s leadership rekindled the old relationship from the Nkrumah era and offered support, especially in health and education, opening a school in Cuba for Ghanaian children on the Island of Youth, alongside the schools for children from the liberation movements of Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and Ethiopia.

Ghana’s government was close to Angola’s, then under clandestine military assault from Washington allied with apartheid South Africa. Rawlings was also deeply involved with another charismatic military figure, who took power in a coup in 1983 to launch a revolution – Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso.

After the Cold War, he moved towards multiparty democracy and won two elections.

In 2000 he agreed to step down but continued to play a role in retirement, as an African Union envoy to Somalia, a lecturer at Oxford University and in July 2019 as Chair of the Thomas Sankara Memorial Committee.

“He was God’s gift to the country and l can only ask that God keeps his soul in peace,” a former ally, Maj. Kojo Boakye Gyan, was reported to say.

U.S. EMBASSY URGES

RESPECTFUL ELECTIONS— IN IVORY COAST! Global Information Network “Show commitment to democratic processes and the rule of law!”

No, that was not the Democrats chiding the R e publ i c ans nor t he Republicans scolding the Democrats in the recent election drama that brought scorn f rom President Donald Trump and praise from former vice president Joe Biden as a historic number of ballots were scrupulously tallied.

declared himself the winner—even as ballots were still being counted.”

“The leaders of Cote d’Ivoire should just cross out the name of their country, write USA instead and send this straight back,” Chika Ejikeme, a 21-year-old Nigerian student wrote on Facebook, referring to the Ivorian election in which Pres. Alassane Ouattara was

Rather it was the U.S. embassy in Abidjan which issued a statement following that country’s national election that read: “We urge all parties, Photo of satirical cartoon by Patrick Gathara groups, and individuals to engage in inclusive questionably re-elected for a dialogue to find peaceful third term with 94% of the solutions to their disagreevote. ments and to heal national divisions.”

Kenyan cartoonist Patrick Gathara tweeted that Trump Writer and analyst Samira “has barricaded himself Sawlani wryly observed: inside the presidential palace “The irony was hard to miss. vowing not to leave unless Just hours earlier, incumbent he is declared the winner,” President Donald Trump with a mediator “currently had called the vote a ‘major trying to coax him out with fraud on the nation’ and

promises of fast food.”

“It was meant to be funny but also thought provoking,” Gathara told Al Jazeera.

The Continent, a South Africa-based publication, wrote in a satirical piece titled: “The African Union statement on the US elections”: “The AU remains concerned about the worrying political developments in the US and has decided to intervene in the matter, to ensure there is peace and order.”

Radio show host Dan Corder wondered if they will create outreach programs in which African students travel to the US to teach children about voting and take selfies with them for Instagram.

Finally, Signal Risk management director Ryan Cummings observed: “the Trump presidency and his overall demeanor during this election has shown that strongman politics is not an innately African phenomenon.”

Those who held high hopes for peace in the Horn of Africa are troubled by the rise in conflicts across the region with fears growing of a potentially destabilizing civil war.

The latest conflict pits the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the Tigray people who see themselves sidelined from power after almost two decades as head of a coalition that ran the country from 1991 until 2012.

Two weeks ago, Mr. Abiy, winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize after making peace with Eritrea, ordered the start of a military offensive against Tigray, accusing the region’s ruling party of attacking a government defense post and attempting to steal artillery and military equipment.

The offensive left some 60 people wounded and six killed in one location along the Tigray border alone, according to Doctors Without Borders. The United Nations warned of a major humanitarian crisis if up to 9 million people flee all-out fighting or the Tigray region remains largely cut off from the world.

“This situation has reached a level where it cannot be prevented and controlled through the regular law enforcement mechanism,” a statement from Abiy’s office said Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the Ethiopian government indefinitely postponed all elections previously planned for August due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Tigray region decided to hold its own regional elections in September, which the federal government branded “illegal.”

Meanwhile, Twitter is filling up

Photo of Ethiopian soldiers

with comments by observers, analysts, and the diaspora.

Mahboub Maalim, former head of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development, commented: “Ethiopia was a hallmark of stability, infrastructure development, and economic growth in the region. They achieved a lot within a very short time, and I believe the economic growth momentum is still in progress…. My advice is for Ethiopia to choose losing decades of economic development and stability or embrace national dialogue.”

Professor of peace/conflict studies Kjetil Tronvoli wrote: “Ethiopia is torn apart by this senseless war between ‘brothers’. This discord cannot be settled on the battlefields, but must be solved through negotiations.”

“It’s time for the international community to increase the pressure for de-escalation of hostilities, before the Horn of Africa once again turns into a larger war theater.”

Over the last five years, Ethiopia has seen numerous politically and ethnically motivated protests leaving thousands dead and arrested. Ethnic unrest after the killing of the popular Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa left hundreds dead.

His songs focused on the rights of the country’s Oromo people and became anthems that led to the downfall of the previous prime minister in 2018.

NEW WAVE OF MIGRATION OUT OF AFRICA

WITH TRAGIC RESULTS Global Information Network

scourge that we have to fight harder."

Migrants around the world are continuing their desperate flights for survival even though rescue efforts have slowed and rich countries are building higher walls against the asylum seekers.

The government in Senegal has warned of a "resurgence" in migrants attempting to reach Europe via a perilous crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands.

The deadliest shipwreck of the year occurred most recently off the coast of Senegal where at least 140 people drowned after a boat carrying around 200 migrants sank, according to the UN migration agency (IOM).

We are "deeply saddened by this tragedy, which follows four shipwrecks recorded in the central Mediterranean off Libya as well as another in the English Channel” the IOM said in mid October.

Senegalese authorities had previously said that some 10 people had died while 60 had been rescued.

EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell Fontelles expressed his anguish on Twitter at the turn of events, writing: "Another tragedy at sea. Human traffickers taking advantage of despair are a

IOM announced it had arranged a mission with the Senegalese government to assess the needs of survivors and provide "immediate psychosocial assistance."

An estimated 11,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands so far this

millions.

“Few situations have shocked me as much,” confessed Filippo Grandi, UNHCR commissioner, “the violence, the brutality, including horrifying stories of gruesome murders of parents in front of their children. Most abominable of all, thousands of women are raped as part of the dynamics of violence.”

“Obviously, some (border) restrictions are needed... but these must be temporary and non-discriminatory, and respect non-derogable international human rights obligations.”

year, compared to 2,557 arrivals during the same period last year, according to IOM data.

He cited the work of the Ugandan gover nment which assists more than 1.4 million refugees, allowing them to set up businesses, find employment, and move freely around the country.

Meanwhile, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) at its recent executive board meeting, identified the central Sahel – a band of countries running from Mauritania to Eritrea - as one of the most worrying situations - a political, security and humanitarian crisis which has displaced

He also congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris for their election win. “We look forward to working with your administration on global and domestic refugee issues. U.S. leadership is more crucial than ever for the world’s most vulnerable.”

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NICK MACCHIONE, FACHE AGENCY DIRECTOR

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

• Thursday, November 19, 2020

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

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WILMA J. WOOTEN, M.D. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

3851 ROSECRANS STREET, MAIL STOP P-578 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110-3134 (619) 531-5800 • FAX (619) 542-4186

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS (EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 14, 2020) Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b) the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020, and continuing until further notice, the following will be in effect for San Diego County (county): 1. All persons are to remain in their homes or at their place of residence, except for employees or customers traveling to and from essential businesses or reopened businesses as defined in sections 10 and 11, below, or to participate in individual or family outdoor activity as allowed by this Order.

2. All “gatherings,” as defined in section 15 below, that do not comply with the requirements of the California Department of Public Health Guidance for Private Gatherings found at https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/ CDPH-Guidance-for-thePrevention-of-COVID-19-Transmission-for-Gatherings-10-09. aspx, are prohibited.

3. SCHOOLS a. All public, charter, and private schools may hold classes and other school activities only under circumstances permitted by the State and in compliance with the COVID19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School - Based Programs, and as may be updated or superseded by further State guidance. Institutions of higher education may hold classes or other school activities only under circumstances permitted by the State and in compliance with the COVID – 19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education and as may be updated or superseded by further State guidance. A written, worksite-specific COVID-19 prevention plan as stated in their applicable state guidance may be used by schools and institutions of higher education in lieu of a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol or Safe Reopening Plan. b. All school districts, charter schools, and private schools serving grades TK – 12 inclusive, shall report the following to the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) on or before the second and fourth Monday of each month, in a format designated by SDCOE: i. Number of students participating in full-time in-person learning, by school site and school district, if applicable. ii. Number of students participating in hybrid learning (a mix of in-person and distance learning) by school site and school district, if applicable.

Number of students particiiii. pating in distance learning by school site and school district, if applicable.

iv. Number of school employees who work onsite at a school, by school site and school district, if applicable. v. The name, email, mailing address, and phone number of the person responsible for responding to complaints regarding COVID-19 prevention, by school site and school district, if applicable.

SDCOE shall report this information to the County of San Diego by the end of business on the following day (Tuesday) and shall post this information on its publicly facing website. c. All school districts, charter schools, and private schools serving grades TK – 12 inclusive, as required in the most recent COVID -19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School-Based Programs, shall notify local health officials immediately of any positive case of COVID-19, and exposed staff and families, as relevant, while maintaining confidentiality as required by state and federal laws.

4. Child daycare and child care providers shall operate in compliance with the measures set forth in State COVID-19 Updated Guidance: Child Care Programs and Providers and shall prepare and post a Safe Reopening Plan pursuant to section 11c, below.

5. “Non-essential personnel,” as defined in section 15b below, are prohibited from entry into any hospital or long-term care facility. All essential personnel who are COVID-19 positive or show any potential signs or symptoms of COVID-19 are strictly prohibited from entry into hospitals or long-term care facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, individuals requiring medical care for COVID-19 or related conditions may be admitted to hospitals or other medical facilities if the hospital or medical facility is appropriate for treating COVID-19 and has adequate precautions in place to protect its patients, medical personnel and staff.

6. Hospitals and healthcare providers, including dentists shall: a. Take measures to preserve and prioritize resources; and, b. May authorize and perform non-emergent or elective surgeries or procedures based on their determination of clinical need and supply capacity, and where consistent with State guidance. c. Nothing in this Order shall prevent physicians and other healthcare providers from conducting routine preventive care provided it conforms to any applicable State guidance. d. Nothing in this Order shall prevent dentists or dental hygienists from conducting routine preventive care provided it conforms to any applicable State guidance.

7. Hospitals, healthcare providers, pharmacies, commercial testing laboratories, and any other setting conducting testing shall report all positive and non-positive (i.e., negative, indeterminate, and specimen unsatisfactory) test results from nucleic acid amplification tests, antibody tests, and antigen diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 to the Public Health Officer immediately after such results are received.

8. Face coverings shall be worn as described and required in California Department of Public Health Face Covering Guidance issued on June 18, 2020, (available at: https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID19/ Guidance-for-Face-Coverings_06-18-2020.pdf).

9. All businesses not meeting the definition of essential business or reopened business in section 10 and 11 below are referred to in this Order as “non-essential businesses” and shall be and remain closed for the duration of this Order. All essential businesses and reopened businesses must comply with the requirements of this Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any business may remain open if its employees and owners can provide its services from home, including by telecommuting, without direct contact with the public.

10. ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES a. “Essential business” is any business or activity (or a business/activity that employs/utilizes workers) designated by the State Public Health Officer as “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” set forth in: https://covid19.ca.gov/img/ Essential CriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf) as that list may be updated from time-totime, and referenced in Executive Order N-33-20 issued by the Governor of the State of California. b. All essential businesses that allow members of the public to enter a facility must prepare and post a “Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol” on the form available at: https://www.sandiegocounty .gov/content/dam/sdc/hhsa/ programs/phs/Epidemiology/ covid19/SOCIAL_DISTAN CING_AND_SANITATION_ PROTOCOL_04022020_ V1.pdf ), or on a form required by another governmental entity requiring substantially similar information, for each of their facilities open to the public in the county. The Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must be posted at or near the entrance of the relevant facility, and shall be easily viewable by the public and employees. A copy of the Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must also be provided to each employee performing work at the facility. All essential businesses shall implement

the Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol and provide evidence of its implementation to any authority enforcing this Order upon demand. The Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must describe all measures required in section c below. Any business that fails to prepare and successfully implement a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol shall immediately close. c. When the State of California has issued an industry guidance, or any subsequent amendments thereto, with mandatory or suggested restrictions and/or measures to be implemented by a particular sector of essential business, every essential business in that sector must comply with the guidance and shall include in its Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol (prepared pursuant to section b, above) all of the measures listed in the industry guidance. Any mandatory measures required by this Order must also be included in a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol.

11. REOPENED BUSINESSES a. “Reopened business” is a business that is not an essential business as defined in section 10a above, and has reopened in conformance with the State of California’s Plan for Reducing COVID-19 and Adjusting Permitted Sector Activities to Keep Californians Healthy and Safe (available at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/COVID19CountyMonitoringOverview.aspx Statewide Public Health Officer Order, issued by the California Department of Health Services on August 28, 2020, all portions of which are operative in San Diego County effective immediately, and available at { https://www.cdph. ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/ CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/8-28-20_ Order-Plan-Reducing-COVID19-Adjusting-Permitted-SectorsSigned.pdf}. A reopened business may open when the Public Health Officer has posted an acknowledgement of the reopened status on the County of San Diego Coronavirus website and the business has complied with the requirements of this Order.

number: • Hair Salons & Barbershops • Personal Care Services c. All reopened businesses, with the exception of restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries which do not limit services to take-out or delivery, must prepare and post a “Safe Reopening Plan” on the form available at:https://www. sandiegocounty.gov/content/ dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/ Epidemiology/covid19/Community_Sector_Support/BusinessesandEmployers/SafeReopeningPlanTemplate.pdf for each of their facilities in the county. Restaurants bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries which do not limit services to take-out or delivery, must prepare and post a “COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol” on the form found at https://www.sandiegocounty. gov/content/dam/sdc/deh/fhd/ food/pdf/covid19sdrestaurantoperatingprotocol_en.pdf for each restaurant in the county. d. The Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must be posted at or near the entrance of the relevant facility, and shall be easily viewable by the public and employees. A copy of the Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must also be provided to each employee performing work at the facility. All reopened businesses shall implement the Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol and provide evidence of its implementation to any authority enforcing this Order upon demand. The Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must describe all measures required in section e, below. Any business that fails to prepare and comply with its Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol shall immediately close.

b. The State of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy establishes a four tier system for reopening business sectors.

Those business sectors listed in the Activities and Business Tiers table are allowed to reopen per San Diego’s tier assignment and under the conditions set forth in the chart.

e. When the State of California has issued an industry guidance, or any subsequent amendments thereto, with mandatory or suggested restrictions and/or measures to be implemented by a particular sector of reopened business, every reopened business in that sector must comply with the guidance and shall include in its Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol (prepared pursuant to section c, above) all of the measures listed in the industry guidance. Any mandatory measures required by this Order must also be included in a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol.

i. Every business in the following sectors listed in the Activities and Business Tiers that are permitted to operate indoors shall require all customers who receive services indoors or use indoor facilities to sign in with their name and telephone

f. All restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries shall be closed from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. every day. Guests already in the facility at 10:00 p.m. may remain in the facility until 11:00 p.m. Only staff needed to close, open or clean

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NICK MACCHIONE, FACHE AGENCY DIRECTOR

The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

WILMA J. WOOTEN, M.D. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

3851 ROSECRANS STREET, MAIL STOP P-578 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110-3134 (619) 531-5800 • FAX (619) 542-4186

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS (EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 14, 2020) CONTINUATION shall be in the facility between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

12. Each essential business and reopened business shall take all of the follo wing actions if an employer becomes aware that an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19: a. Promptly notify the County Department of Public Health that there is an employee that is laboratory-confirmed diagnosed with COVID-19, together with the name, date of birth, and contact information of the employee. b. Cooperate with the County Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 response team to identify and provide contact information for any persons exposed by the employee at the workplace. c. Provide notice of the exposure to any employees, and contractors (who regularly work at the workplace), who may have been exposed to COVID-19, as stated in the State’s COVID-19 Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening, available at {https:// files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/employer-playbook-for-safe-reopening--en.pdf}.

13. OUTDOOR RECREATION a. Each public park and recreation area or facility, shall operate in compliance with the measures set forth in the State COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Campgrounds, RV Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The operator of the park shall prepare a Safe Reopening Plan pursuant to section 11, above, indicating how the park or recreation facility will implement the required measures. Any park or recreation area/facility at which the Protocol requirements cannot be effectively implemented may be required to close. b. Outdoor recreation instruction and day camps that comply with the State COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Day Camps, may be conducted in park and recreation areas/facilities. c. Recreational boating may occur in compliance with applicable State guidance: https:// files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/guidance-campgrounds.pdf. d. Outdoor playgrounds may operate in compliance with the State guidance Outdoor Playgrounds and other Outdoor Recreational Facilities, available at: {https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/ Outdoor%20Playgrounds%20 and%20other%20Outdoor%20 Recreational%20Facilities. aspx}.

14. Persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19”, or as subsequently amended. Persons who

have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/ programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/ health-order.html. If a more specific isolation or quarantine order is issued to a person, that order shall be followed.

15. Persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19”, or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/ programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/ health-order.html. If a more specific isolation or quarantine order is issued to a person, that order shall be followed. a. “Gathering” is any event or convening that brings together more than one person in a single room or single indoor or outdoor space at the same time.

A gathering does not include: i. A gathering consisting only of members of a single family or household. ii. Operations at airports, public transportation or other spaces where persons in transit are able to practice social distancing. iii. Operations at essential businesses as defined in section 10a above and reopened businesses as defined in 11a above and where the other requirements set forth in this Order are followed. iv. A religious service or cultural ceremony including a wedding ceremony which is allowed provided the State Guidance on Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies is followed. However, a wedding reception is a gathering and is not allowed. v. Outdoor protests in which participants maintain social distancing and wear face coverings at all times. b. “Non-essential personnel” are employees, contractors, or members of the public who do not perform treatment, maintenance, support, or administrative tasks deemed essential to the healthcare mission of the long-term care facility or hospital. Nonessential personnel do not include first responders, nor State, federal, or local officials,

investigators, or medical personnel carrying out lawful duties. Non-essential personnel do not include visitors to hospitals and long-term care facilities who are granted entry by the facility’s director, or designee, because they are family or friends who are visiting a resident in an end of life or similar situation, are parents or guardians visiting a child who is a patient, or because of any other circumstances deemed appropriate by the facility director, or designee, and where appropriate precautions by the facility that follow federal, State, and local public health guidance regarding COVID-19 are followed. c. “Social distancing” is maintaining a six-foot separation from all persons except for household members, first responders and medical providers or employees conducting temperature screenings.

16. This Order is issued as a result of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 disease, also known as “novel coronavirus.”

17. This Order is issued based on scientific evidence regarding the most effective approaches to slow the transmission of communicable diseases generally and COVID-19 specifically, as well as best practices as currently known and available to protect vulnerable members of the public from avoidable risk of serious illness or death resulting from exposure to COVID-19.

The age, condition, and health of a significant portion of the population of the county places it at risk for serious health complications, including death, from COVID-19. Although most individuals who contract COVID-19 do not become seriously ill, persons with mild symptoms and asymptomatic persons with COVID-19 may place other vulnerable members of the public— such as older adults, and those with underlying health conditions—at significant risk.

18. The actions required by this Order are necessary to reduce the number of individuals who will be exposed to COVID-19, and will thereby slow the spread of COVID-19 in the county. By reducing the spread of COVID-19, this Order will help preserve critical and limited healthcare capacity in the county and will save lives.

19. This Order is issued in accordance with, and incorporates by reference: a) the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Health Officer on February 14, 2020; b) the Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the County Director of Emergency Services on February 14, 2020; c) the action of the County Board of Supervisors to ratify and continue both the local health emergency and local emergency on February 19, 2020; d) the Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued

by the Governor of the State of California on March 4, 2020; e) Executive Order N-25-20 issued by the Governor of the State of California on March 12, 2020 which orders that “All residents are to heed any orders and guidance of state and local health officials, including but not limited to the imposition of social distancing measures, to control COVID-19”; f) Proclamation 9984 regarding COVID-19 issued by the President of the United States on March 11, 2020; g) Executive Order N-3320 issued by the Governor of the State of California on March 19, 2020; h) the “Interim Additional Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Nursing Homes” issued by the CDC; i) COVID-19 guidance issued by the California Department of Public Health on including, but not limited to the Face Coverings Guidance issued on April 1, 2020; j) the State of California’s “Resilience Roadmap;” the State of California’s Plan for Reducing COVID-19 and Adjusting Permitted Sector Activities to Keep Californians Healthy and Safe; and, the California Statewide Public Health Officer Order dated August 28, 2020.

20. This Order is issued to prevent circumstances often present in gatherings that may exacerbate the spread of COVID-19, such as: 1) the increased likelihood that gatherings will attract people from a broad geographic area; 2) the prolonged time period in which large numbers of people are in close proximity; 3) the difficulty in tracing exposure when large numbers of people attend a single event or are at a single location; and 4) the inability to ensure that such persons follow adequate hygienic practices.

21. This Order is issued to provide additional opportunities for recreational activities while also requiring additional protections from the spread of COVID-19 to the public who are taking advantage of these opportunities for recreational activities. And providing additional protections for employees of essential businesses or reopened business and their customers/clients.

22. This Order is issued to protect the public health as businesses are allowed to reopen by requiring businesses to implement procedures necessary to ensure their employees and customers comply with social distancing, sanitation and screening practices.

23. This Order comes after the release of substantial guidance from the Health Officer, the California Department of Public Health, the CDC, and other public health officials throughout the United States and around the world.

24. The statement of facts and circumstances set forth as justification for each Guidance issued by the California Department

of Health Services that is referenced in this Order are hereby accepted and incorporated by reference into this Order.

25. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 120175.5 (b) all governmental entities in the county shall take necessary measures within the governmental entity’s control to ensure compliance with this Order and to disseminate this Order to venues or locations within the entity’s jurisdiction where gatherings may occur.

26. Violation of this Order is subject to fine, imprisonment, or both.

(California Health and Safety Code section 120295.)

27. To the extent necessary, this Order may be enforced by the Sheriff or chiefs of police pursuant to Government Code sections 26602 and 41601 and Health and Safety Code section 101029.

28. Once this Order takes effect it shall supersede the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations dated November 3, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: November 13, 2020 Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103. The following shall be in effect for the duration of the Health Officer Order issued above which is incorporated in its entirety by reference: The Health Officer Order shall be promulgated as a regulation for the protection of life and property.

Any person who violates or who refuses or willfully neglects to obey this regulation is subject to fine, imprisonment, or both.

(Government Code section 8665.)

Date: November 13, 2020 Helen Robbins-Meyer Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego

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MARKET CREEK PLAZA

By Brian Goodin Contributing Writer

The Southeast Art Team is busy with their paint brushes these days.

So much so that they have literally pictured and painted their way into a new store front art gallery. The location is perfect for exposure to the fine art from various gifted artists because it has a healthy share of foot traffic from the stores, restaurants and nearby trolley station in the area. This art gallery is a beautiful stroke of success for the team of artists, located on the north side of the Market Creek Plaza mini mall just across the parking lot from Starbucks. The address is 342 Euclid Ave, Suite 406 in San Diego. Pop-Up Art Gallery at Market Creek Plaza is the name of this exciting new storefront gallery of unique creativity.

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painting or any number of other topics, including what materials to use for your art and more.

Kim Philips-Pea, the curator of the Pop-Up Art Gallery and President of the Southeast Art Team, says, “The team would like to see more participation in the community on public mural projects. Art is a way of helping with depression. It would be nice to see more images of hope, life and culture in our neighbors. Who knows? Maybe we can go from an artist just merely trying to sell a painting to creating a job for that artist in our city.”

The opening of this ambitious storefront gallery also saw its first sale of a painting by one of the event’s featured artists, Ami YoungHill, who gladly sold her art to a very helpful public servant, Officer Jennifer Gregory of the San Diego Police Department. The event was joined by many along with District Four Councilwoman Monica Montgomery-Steppe.

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This Teacher Is Adding Black Cemeteries To History Lessons

By Paul Guzzo (AP) The Tampa Bay Times Greeks are credited with the emergence of the Tarpon Springs sponge docks, but Black residents were among the industry’s earliest leaders.

As Union soldiers fought to end slavery, there were slaves fighting against them.

Neither of those facts are “household knowledge,”said Shannon Peck-Bartle, a social studies teacher at Tampa’s Steinbrenner High School.

She is looking to change that.

Last school year, Peck-Bartle added the history of Tarpon Springs’ Rose Cemetery to her curriculum. It was approved for all Hillsborough County schools.

Buried in the Black cemetery are pioneers of the sponge docks and a Confederate soldier.

“Those are history lessons,”Peck-Bartle said.

Now, she is looking to add to her curriculum.

Peck-Bartle is among those tasked by the school district to create a curriculum for Ridgewood Cemetery, the forgotten and unmarked mid20th century burial ground for the indigent and unknown found last year on Tampa’s King High School campus.

But why not include all local Black cemeteries, she asked, from the endangered and forgotten to the lost, erased and

recently found?

“We can share the voices of those buried in the cemeteries to teach the community about their lives,”Peck-Bartle said.

A granite head stone marks the burial site of Wilburt Brooks, an African-American sponge diver, whose remains are interred at Rose Cemetery, 124 N Jasmine Ave, in Tarpon Springs. ( DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD ‘ Times ) Ridgewood, which has a few white burials but is mostly Black, can be used to educate students on what led to someone being buried in a cemetery set aside for the poor.

The early-20th century Zion Cemetery—discovered last year under public housing units, warehouses and a tow lot on the 3700 block of Tampa’s N. Florida Ave.—can be used to teach about segregation, Jim Crow and why the Black community lacked the power to stop a white developer from erecting buildings over the graves beginning in the 1920s.

The abandoned Memorial Cemetery, which the City of Tampa is trying to save, has graves belonging to pioneering Black residents.

“We had two found in C le ar w ater,” Pe ck - B ar t le said, referencing early-20th century graves discovered last year from St. Matthews Baptist Church Negro Cemetery on the FrankCrum campus and more from an unnamed cemetery discov-

ered on unused land owned by the Pinellas County School District.

tially owned by Hamilton Disston, a wealthy manufacturer from Philadelphia.

Each of those, she said, can be used to educate students on the pioneering Black communities that used the cemeteries when Clearwater was part of Hillsborough County.

Originally called Rose Hill Cemetery, the earliest legible marked burial is from 1904, but the cemetery is believed to date to the late-1800s.

What’s more, she said, archaeologists are still looking for erased Black cemeteries on MacDill Air Force Base and at Odessa horse ranch, both dating to the early-20th century.

“The goal is to network all of these cemeteries,”Peck-Bartle said, “to pull together resources into a comprehensive education program that can engage students.”

Her Rose Hill curriculum includes tours of the property, preservation efforts such as cleaning and repairing headstones, and talking with those who manage it via the nonprofit Rose Cemetery Association.

“It is a great idea,”Anne Dabbs, 84 and the nonprofit president, said. The graves of her parents and husband are there, and she plans to be buried there someday, too. “Let the people know our history because so much of our Black history has been depressed, ignored and forgotten. This is a start.”

According to the application that had the cemetery placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018, the Tarpon Springs property at 124 N. Jasmine Ave. was ini-

In 1917, it was deeded to the Rose Hill Association made up of the area’s Black residents, said Dabbs, who took minutes for the organization at the age of 15. The cemetery and nonprofit dropped the Hill from their name in 1979 to distinguish themselves from Rose Hill Memorial Park in Tampa.

Rose Cemetery had difficult years, said Alfred Quarterman, 91 and former president of the association.

He has a family plot there.

“I started helping to take care of it in around 1991,”he said.

“It was a disaster. We had trash piling up and weeds more than two feet high covering graves. It took a lot of volunteers and dedication to clean it.”

There have been offers to purchase the cemetery over the years from the city and the private sector, Quarterman said. He believes keeping it community-owned is why it lasted while other Black cemeteries were abandoned, lost, destroyed or erased.

Perhaps, Peck-Bartle said, that is also a lesson.

“They have a team that looks out for it,”she said. “It means

Alfred Quarterman, 91, of Port Richey, stands near his family plot at the Rose Cemetery 124 N Jasmine Ave, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Quarterman is the former president of Rose Hill Cemetery and is its current chairman of the board. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

a lot to them. They won’t let it go away. But I worry what happens to it when people like Mr. Quarterman and Mrs. Dabbs are gone. That’s why we need to bring more attention to it.

Someone needs to take over.”

who enslaved him in South Carolina. Quarls would later move to Tarpon Springs and call himself Christopher Columbus because it was the only other name he knew.

Among Quarterman’s favorites is the granite marker for Wilburt Brooks. Its inscription identifies him as a founding father of Tarpon Springs and a pioneer of the sponge industry. Black spongers arrived in Tarpon Springs in the late-1800s and early 1900s, according to Quarterman, most from the Bahamas or Rose Hill Cemetery is nominated to the National Key West. It is unclear Register of Historic Places for local significance where Brooks was born in the areas of Ethnic Heritage/Black and Social in 1898.

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The 4.6-acre cemetery’s burials total around 1,000.

practices, the development of Tarpon Springs’ African American community, and as a site at which community members maintained Southern and African American burial practices. (National Park Service photo)

Each, Quarterman said, tells a story.

“Walk through and learn about our history and our ancestors,”he said. “We have military men buried here from the Civil War to the current wars.

The Civil War grave belongs to Richard Quarls, who fought alongside the man

“They had boats with hooks on the end they used to get the sponges,”he said. “Then a lot of Greeks started coming and they had diving suits that made getting the sponges easier.”

The Blacks were pushed to the background of the industry, Quarterman said, and then “forgotten.”

“People are always surprised at what they find here,”Qubit Jackson, the cemetery sexton, said. “What is here? History.”

After 15 Year Family Effort

Army Sergeant Receives Medal Of Honor

By Daniel Kucin Jr. and David Matthew Zenger News After a 15-year effort by his family and members of Congress, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill authorizing a posthumous Medal of Honor for U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe.

Introduced by U.S. Reps.

Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), the bill waives a federal law that requires a Medal of Honor be awarded within five years of the actions that prompted it.

The House of Representatives passed it on Sept. 22, but its momentum slowed while Senate Republicans were focused on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation process. The bill will go to the White House to be signed into law. It permits the Department of Defense to waive the five-year rule for Cashe.

Cashe died on Nov. 8, 2005, from injuries he sustained while rescuing his fellow soldiers from a vehicle destroyed by an Improvised Explosive Device in Iraq.

“I am so grateful the Senate passed our bill to pave the way for the President to award Alwyn Cashe the Medal of Honor. We are now very close to recognizing this unbelievably heroic

soldier,” said Murphy, who represents the Sanford, Fla., and Oviedo Fla., communities where Cashe was born and raised.

“It’s not every day you read an extraordinary story like Alwyn Cashe’s,” Waltz, a former Army Special Forces officer, said. “His bravery in the face of danger has inspired so many already, and this is a significant step forward to properly recognize him for his heroism.”

Cashe will be the 91st African American serviceman to receive the Medal of honor.

The Long, Hard Road to Now Cashe was born on July 13, 1970, the youngest of a blended family of 18 children. He is remembered by his sister as a “rambunctious, spoiled, somewhat bad kid” with a passion for the outdoors.

“He was very outdoorsy,” said Kasinal Cashe White, 62, a registered nurse in Tallahassee, Fla. “His favorite times were when he had a gun on his hip or a fishing pole in his hands.”

After graduating from Oviedo High in 1988, Cashe enlisted in the U.S. Army, where, as an infantryman, he

served tours of duty in the 1991 Gulf War and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

On Oct. 17, 2005, acting as a platoon sergeant for 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Cashe, and his troops embarked on a mission to clear a route in the city of Daliaya.

According to Militar y Times reports, Cashe was in the lead Bradley Fighting Vehicle when it struck an Improvised Explosive Device, rupturing the vehicle’s fuel cell, covering him in fuel, and causing the Bradley to engulf into flames.

While ablaze and under heavy gunfire from insurgents, Cashe rescued six soldiers from the burning vehicle, returning multiple times and refusing medical assistance until everyone was pulled from the burning wreckage.

At the end of the skirmish, an interpreter was killed in action, with 10 soldiers wounded, seven severely.

Cashe was flown to a medical facility in Germany after having 72% of his body severely burned before being transported to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he ultimately succumbed to his wounds.

“I was routed to the doctor in Iraq that told me Al had been burned and was in crit-

For more than 15 years, Cashe family and members of Congress have lobbied for a posthumous Medal of Honor. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army)

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to authorize a posthumous Medal of Honor award for U.S. Army St. First Class Alwyn Cashe. (Photo: U.S. Army)

ical condition. That’s not a term that’s used loosely. All I could think was, ‘please don’t let my brother die.

Send him home to me,’” White said.

The fog of war made initial reports of the action sketchy.

Unaware of how badly wounded Cashe was and the extent of his heroism, his battalion commander at the time nominated Cashe for the Silver Star. Meanwhile, the hospital staff provided Cashe’s sister with more details of his actions on that fateful day in Daliaya.

“They were telling me that my brother was a hero, but, in the U.S., that’s a word we throw around a lot,” said White. “But, I did my research and concluded that my brother deserved a Medal of Honor.”

After getting the “runaround” from former Sen. Bill Nelson and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who both claimed they could not

Cashe Family with Rep. Stephanie Murphy: SFC Cashe’s son, Andrew, a newly minted Army infantryman, poses in front of a memorial plaque with Cashe’s sister, Kasinal Cashe White, and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) at the renaming of the Oviedo Post Office. (Courtesy of Rep. Murphy’s Office)

aid in her efforts to upgrade Cashe’s Silver Star to a Medal of Honor, Rep. Murphy took up the mantle.

“She called me and said, ‘Ms. White, I’ve been reading your brother’s story, and I can’t believe a Florida citizen did this, and there’s not a building named after him.

I will support you,’” said White.

On July 14, 2014, a new Army Reserve Center in Sanford, Florida got Cashe’s name. The Oviedo, Florida post office was renamed in his honor in May

2019. Murphy, Waltz, and Crenshaw reached out to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper last fall to formally request the upgrade.

“After giving the nomination careful consideration, I agree that SFC Cashe’s actions merit award of the Medal of Honor,” Esper responded in a letter to Waltz on Aug. 24.

“However, 10 U.S.C. § 7274 requires that the Medal of Honor be awarded ‘within five years after the date of the act justifying the award.’

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HEALTHY LIVING No need to cancel Thanksgiving, but play it safe

By Carla K. Johnson AP Medical Writer

A safe Thanksgiving during a pandemic is possible, but health experts know their advice is as tough to swallow as dry turkey: Stay home. Don’t travel. If you must gather, do it outdoors.

With a fall surge of coronavirus infections gripping the U.S., many Americans are forgoing tradition and getting creative with celebrations.

For the first time in five years, Atlanta nutrition consultant Marisa Moore won’t travel to South Carolina to see her large extended family. Instead, she plans to video chat with them as she attempts her first homebaked apple pie. When it’s time to eat, they’ll compare plates.

“We’ll talk all day,” Moore said.

On Nov. 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its holiday guidance, noting the virus crisis is worsening and that small household gatherings

are “an important contributor.” The CDC said older adults and others at heightened risk of severe illness should avoid gathering with people outside their households.

a gathering, the greater the chances that someone in the party will be carrying the virus, Fehrenbach said, “even someone that you know and love.”

Experts point to Canada, where Thanksgiving was celebrated Oct. 12. Clusters of cases tied to family gatherings followed. “This sucks. It really, really does,” Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said two weeks later.

On any other Thanksgiving, dozens of Olga Garcia’s family members would squeeze into her home to make tamales, watch football and tell stories.

This year, the 61-year-old professional caregiver will deliver food to family spread along 30 miles of the North Cascades Highway in Washington state.

There’s no need to cancel the holiday. Spending time with loved ones is important for health too, said Lacy Fehrenbach, Washington state deputy secretary of health.

The coronavirus spreads more easily when people are crowded together inside, so Fehrenbach encourages new outdoor traditions such as hiking as a family. Guest lists for indoor feasts should be small enough so people can sit 6 feet apart while unmasked and eating, she said. Open the windows to keep air circulating.

The more people who attend

If the plan works, everyone will sit down at the same time to eat in their own homes and join a group phone call.

“We’re going to be wise about this,” Garcia said. “We’re just crossing our fingers that in 2021 we’ll be able to sit down at our table and get crazy again.”

What about a quarantine?

The magic day to start a pre-Thanksgiving quarantine is Nov. 13, according to Lindsey Leininger, who leads the Nerdy Girls, a cadre of sci-

entists collaborating on a website called Dear Pandemic.

A strict quarantine would mean no grocery shopping, no working outside the home and no in-person school for 14 days.

What about testing? The best day to test would be as close to Turkey Day as possible while still leaving enough time to get results. But a test might not catch a still brewing infection so the best plan is the quarantine for two weeks—the time it can take for symptoms to show up.

Instead of that rigmarole, Leininger said her children will see their grandparents via Zoom on Thanksgiving.

After dinner, the family will meet neighbors in the driveway for pie.

“We bring our own pie and they bring their own pie,” said Leininger of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. “It’s cold here in northern New England, but pie can be a quick activity.”

In Washington state, Garcia will get up before dawn to roast a 20-pound turkey and bake capirotada, a bread pudding layered with cheese, bananas, raisins, cinnamon and pecans.

Her siblings will prepare other specialties in their homes: tamales, enchiladas, pico de gallo, ceviche, green bean casserole, yams with marshmallows, pumpkin pie and pecan

pie. Up and down the route, the feast will be divided into boxes and delivered.

“It’s a sad time,” Garcia said.

“But it can also be a grateful time: that we’re all here, that we have a roof over our head, a job to go to and enough food to go around. And for those that don’t have enough, we can say, ‘Here’s a plate.”’

New Study Suggests COVID Patients More Susceptible to Mental Illness

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Medical and scientific experts have sounded the alarm, wanting people to understand that COVID is not the flu or a common cold, and recovery may not be permanent.

According to a new study, 20 percent of recovering coronavirus patients develop some form of mental illness within 90 days.

“(Health) services need to be ready to provide care, especially since our results are likely to be underestimates (of the number of psychiatric

testing positive for COVID, 1 in 5 survivors were recorded as having a first-time diagnosis of anxiety, depression, or insomnia—about twice as likely as for other groups of patients in the same period, the researchers said.

The study further revealed that people with a pre-existing mental illness were 65 percent more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than those without.

Twenty-four percent of Black adults lived in households that

More than 10 million Researchers at Oxford were behind on rent payments. And approximately oneAmericans have been University in Great third of African Americans shared a home with someone diagnosed with the Britain noted that first- expected to lose employment income this month. Photo: iStockphoto / NNP coronavirus, and over time diagnosis of anx238,000 have died. iety, depression, and patients),” he added. insomnia increased two-fold African Americans comprise in patients after they’ve recovmore than 20 percent of the The study, published in The ered from COVID. total deaths in the United Lancet Psychiatry journal, States. analyzed electronic health Further, they discovered that records of 69 million people COVID survivors also found Blacks and other communiin the United States, includsignificantly higher risks of ties of color continue to sufing more than 62,000 cases of dementia. fer disproportionately from COVID-19. the economic consequences “People have been worried that of the coronavirus pandemic, The findings are likely to be COVID-19 survivors will be at according to the Urban the same for those afflicted greater risk of mental health Institute.

by COVID-19 worldwide, problems, and our findings… the Oxford researchers noted, show this to be likely,” Paul Over one-quarter of adults in according to Reuters.

Harrison, a professor of psyBlack households surveyed In the three months following chiatry at Oxford, told Reuters. between August 19-31 used

EDUCATION Historically Black schools announce

plan to train doctors Associated Press Tennessee State University and Meharr y Medical C o l l e g e on Tu e s d ay announced a partnership aimed at training African American doctors and dentists who will provide essential care to underserved communities.

The accelerated program will allow selected students to spend three years in a pre-med program at TSU before going on to Meharry, earning a medical or dental degree in seven years instead

of the customary eight.

TSU President Dr. Glenda Glover: (Screen capture) The two historically Black institutions in have the greatest health care Nashville will work together needs. The Dr. Levi Watkins to recruit interested students Jr. Institute/TSU/Meharry and support them with menAc c e l e r a t e d Pathway toring, tutoring and career Program is named after a guidance.

TSU graduate who was the The overriding goal of the first surgeon to successfully program is to increase the implant an automatic heart number of African American defibrillator in a human providers who will work in minority communities that patient.

savings or sold assets to meet economic needs on the previous week.

Twenty-four percent of Black adults lived in households that were behind on rent payments.

And approximately one-third

of African Americans shared a home with someone expected to lose employment income this month.

“COVID-19 affects the central nervous system, and so might directly increase subsequent

disorders,” Simon Wessely, regius professor at King’s College London, told Reuters.

“But this research confirms that is not the whole story, and that this risk is increased by previous ill health.”

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Located at: 4224 Governor Dr San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 10/20/20 This business is hereby registered by the following: Thang Viet Khuong 4224 Governor Dr San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 5, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 5, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017602 Fictitious business name(s): Guilty Pleasures Parties

Located at: 5434 Bayview Heights Pl #7 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was 10/12/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Tiffany Brenna Laster 5434 Bayview Heights Pl #7 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --Kayla Unique Hale 5359 Santa Margarita St #3 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 27, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 27, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018312 Fictitious business name(s): McGowan Auto Wholesale

Located at: 1216 N 1st Street El Cajon, CA 92021 County of San Diego --23852 Copper Court Wildomar, CA 92595 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Shondell Pierre McGowan 23852 Copper Court Wildomar, CA 92595

LEGAL NOTICES County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 5, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 5, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017033 Fictitious business name(s): Grandmaster Rawls Taekwondo

Located at: 914 East 8th Street, Suite 112 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 08/26/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Troy Lynn Rawls 914 East 8th Street, Suite 112 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 13, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 13, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018309 Fictitious business name(s): Peacefull Mind Clohting

Located at: 4734 Crooked Creek Ct. San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Timothy Omario Douglas

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Located at: 371 Blue Cape Lane #276 San Diego, CA 92154 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was 9/23/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Avis Lee Brown-Riley

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NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

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Located at: 5450 University Ave San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 08/20/1992 This business is hereby registered by the following: Reneil Patton Victoria

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Total Altruistic Project Foundation

Located at: 2838 Farragut Rd., suite 125 San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Total Altruistic Project Foundation 2838 Farragut Rd., suite 125 San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 17, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 17, 2025 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017122 Fictitious business name(s): AAA AGELESS

Located at: 553 Parkway Plaza El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Nan Wang 1547 Golden Rose Ave Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 14, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 14, 2025 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017281 Fictitious business name(s): Real Medical Transportation LLC

Located at: 9821 Apple St Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liabillity Company The first day of business was 07/23/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Real Medical Transportation LLC 9821 Apple St Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 17, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 17, 2025 10/29, 11/05, 11/12, 11/19 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9015638 Fictitious business name(s):

Morton Acupuncture

J.J.'s Mobile Detailing --J.J.'s Janitorial Services

Located at: 7290 Navajo Road Suite 110 San Diego, California 92119 County of San Diego --6311 Lake Lomond Drive San Diego, CA 92119 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 11/1/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Tomodachi Acupuncture Inc 6311 Lake Lomond Drive San Diego, California 92119 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of

Located at: 5895 Parkmead Ct San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 03/21/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: John Anthony Jordan SR. 5895 Parkmead Ct San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 19, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on

Innovative Wellness Clinic, Inc., A Nursing Corporation

Located at: 9239 Camp Rd. Suite A Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Innovative Wellness Clinic, Inc, A Nursing Corporation 9239 Camp Rd. Suite A Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 9, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 9, 2025 10/29, 11/05, 11/12, 11/19

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division Hall of Justice 37-2020-00038766CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Rebeca Vazquez on behalf of Zarahi Martinez To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Rebeca Vazquez on behalf of Zarahi Martinez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Zarahi Martinez PROPOSED NAME: Zarahi Martinez-Vazquez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 09, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2020-00029656CU-PT-CT Petitioner or Attorney: Rashanda Rochelle Wilkinson on behalf of a minor To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Rashanda Rochelle Wilkinson on behalf of a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ja'Lyn Claudette Nadia Wilkinson PROPOSED NAME: Ja'Lyn Claudette Nadia Green THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 02, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made:

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2020-00037315CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Amanda Nicholle Vaughn To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Amanda Nicholle Vaughn filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Amanda Nicholle Vaughn PROPOSED NAME: Amanda Nicholle Fowler THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 03, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in,

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/29, 11/05, 11/12, 11/19 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway Rm #225 San Diego, Ca 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2020-00038303CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Tasha Whitley and Jayon Whitley and Jazlyn Whitley To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Tasha Whitley and Jayon Whitley on behalf of Jazlyn Whitley, a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jazlyn Nicole Whitley PROPOSED NAME: Jazzlyn Nicole Whitley THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to

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be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

parties by mail with further directions.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 07, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/29, 11/05, 11/12, 11/19

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST TO PREQUALIFY AND FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN DISTRICT PROJECTS LEASE-LEASEBACK (LLB) GROUPS F & G - CZ20-0965-42 The San Diego Unified School District (“District”) is requesting submission of a two-step process: First, a prequalification application with the supplemental prequalification for LLB projects (“Prequalification Application(s)”). Second, once prequalified, Contractors will be invited to submit a statement of qualifications (“SOQ(s)”) (together, “Response(s)”), from qualified firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, persons, or professional organizations (“Contractor(s)” or “Firm(s)” or “Proposer(s)”) to perform preconstruction services and construction services for projects pursuant to a LLB structure*.

This request is not a formal request for bids or an offer by the District to contract with any Contractor responding to this Request to Prequalify and for Statement of Qualifications (“RFPQ”). The District intends to create two pools, Group F and Group G, of qualified Contractors that the District intends to maintain for two (2) years with two options to extend for an additional year each (at the District’s discretion) for a qualification term of three (3) or four (4) years in total. The District intends to then solicit from these pools, proposals for certain projects through subsequent Request(s) for Proposal (“RFP(s)”). Group F Pool is for projects at or below $26,000,000 in estimated value. Group G Pool is for projects at or above $26,000,001 in estimated value. A mandatory pre-SOQ conference will be held November 19, 2019 at 9:00 AM via Zoom online conferencing. All participants are required to pre-register. The pre- registration information will be given to interested Contractors who email Ashley Mains when requesting the RFPQ package. The conference is expected to take approximately one (1) hour. Failure to attend or extreme tardiness and to sign in will render a Contractor’s Proposal ineligible. Completed prequalification package must be submitted at or before 2:00 PM on November 24, 2020 via email to Ashley Mains at amains@sandi.net. Contractors who have been prequalified, will be invited to submit a SOQ on or before 2:00 PM on December 17, 2020. Go to Planet Bids for the complete details: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43764. Search for “Invitation number” CZ20-0965-42 Request to PQ & SOQ for Precon & Construction Services for LLB Groups F & G. For new vendors, please register under “New Vendor Registration”. *Note: Authorized under Education Code section §17406, LLB is a common delivery method used by approximately 89 school districts in California, including 15 school districts within San Diego County. Effective January 1, 2017, LLB is to be used via a competitive selection process for best value award (in contrast to the regular design-bid-build which requires award to the lowest bidder). The Board of Education for the San Diego Unified School District reserves the right to reject any and all submissions and to waive any irregularities. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Andrea R. O’Hara, M.A, Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Officer, Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Department.

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ARTS & CULTURE The Old Globe Has A New Initiative ‘What Is Theatre Now?’ will inform the Globe’s trajectory, provide resources to six artists A.L. Haynes Voice & Viewpoint For melanin-gifted theatre goers in San Diego, the experience of looking around the room and feeling alone and unrepresented is common. That is true whether the focus is on the audience or the stage. It is an issue San Diego’s Old Globe is seeking to address with their panel of consultants for the “What Is Theatre Now?” initiative.

With 85 years and 13 Tony Awards under its belt, the Old Globe is turning the focus to the future. “What Is Theatre Now?” focuses on making theatre equitable and inclusive across a variety of platforms.

Enlisting a team of six well-known directors (with a strong emphasis on less-heard perspectives), The Old Globe is reimagining theatre.

According to insiders, “This new initiative will inform the Globe’s trajectory moving forward”.

Initiated in response to the pandemic lockdowns, “What Is Theatre Now?” focuses on keeping theatre as a relevant medium both online and in-person across diverse perspectives. Artistic Director Barry Edelstein noted, “The six remarkable theatremakers in this cohort

have real and authentic ties to the Globe, sincere affection for San Diego and its audiences, a huge range of interests, talents, and insights, and a wide diversity of backgrounds.”

Meet The Directors Justin Emeka is director, writer, and actor, as well as a tenured professor at Oberlin College in both the Theatre and Africana Studies departments. He believes that race affects character portrayal and must be part of a play’s planning process.

Patricia McGregor is a director and writer from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

She has been profiled by The New York Times for her direction of world premiere shows. For many years she has directed The 24-Hour Plays on Broadway and has been the director for the HBO emerging writer’s showcase.

Johanna McKeon directed The Old Globe’s 2019 production of NOURA. She has been an Associate Director of several Broadway plays, including War Paint and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She also directed the 2016 version of the film “Auld Lang Syne”.

Delicia Tu r n e r Sonnenberg is the found-

The six artists participating in The Old Globe’s What is Theatre Now initiative are clockwise from top left: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, James Vásquez, Johanna McKeon, Whitney White, Patricia McGregor, Justin Emeka

ing artistic director of MOXIE Theatre. Honors include the New Visions Award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle, NAACP Theatre awards and nomination for direction and production, and a Women’s International Center Living Legacy Award. She was a guest of the recent live online salon about Black artists’ experiences in the theatre industry, "We Are Listening", a partnership between San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP), La Jolla Playhouse, and The Old Globe.

James Vasquez is a member of San Diego’s Cygnet theatre group. He has directed productions

for Cygnet, San Diego Musical Theatre, and The Old Globe, and is well-entrenched in the San Diego theatre community.He is co-founder of Daisy 3 Pictures and a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama.

Whitney White is an Obie Award and Lily Award-winning director, writer, and musician. She has directed plays all over the country. Her original musical, Definition, was part of the 2019 Sundance Theatre Lab. She is passionate about black stor ies, reconstr uc ting classics, stories for and about women, genre-defying multimedia work and film.

Drawings of Underground Railroad journey, maps, at Currier Associated Press A suite of large-scale map drawings and a series of drawings that tell the story of an enslaved family’s journey along the Underground Railroad are new additions to the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester.

“Critical C ar tography : Larissa Fassler in Manchester”includes drawings, paintings and sculptures based on research and observation of cities.

Her work primarily takes the form of maps and presents and draws attention to vital issues facing a city.

Her drawings reflect her impressions of Manchester’s downtown as observed over several weeks in the summer of 2019.

The museum also acquired “Whispering Quilts”By Richard Haynes, who used traditional quilting patterns to evoke the narrative in

his compositions. The faceless figures represent the thousands of enslaved people who made the treacherous journey along the Underground Railroad, while the brilliant colors suggest that joy can be found even in horrific situations.

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Before we can take further action with this nomination, Congress must waive this time limit. Once legislation is enacted authorizing the President of the United States to award, if he so chooses, the Medal of Honor to SFC Cashe, I will provide my endorsement to the President.”

After skepticism born of a decade and a half of trying, White said she is elated at the news.

“My heart is overjoyed. We now have passed the Senate, which means we have full support,” she said. “This means more than you’ll ever know because now all we need is for the president to sign off on the endorsement, and my brother, Sgt. First Class Alwyn C. Cashe, will finally get the medal he deserves, our nation’s highest honor.”

By Rob Maaddi AP Pro Football Writer Emmanuel Acho is making his most impactful tackle six years after playing his last game in the NFL. The former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker has enjoyed a spectacular rise off the field, beginning with his desire to take on racism. Acho celebrated his 30th birthday this week with the official release of his book: “Uncomfortable C onversations with a Black Man.”His YouTube series with the same name has already amassed over 65 million views in five months.

“I hope very simply that people realize they actually have the ability and it is up to them to change the world at a minimum, change their world,”Acho said on the AP

Pro Football Podcast. “My goal for this book, you don’t need to change the mind of the person in a neighboring state to ease the mind of your neighbor. Change the mind of the person in the neighboring bedroom. Let’s do that and let’s see the ripple effect.”

I didn’t do this for Oprah,” Acho said. “I did it because after the tragic murder of

Acho launched his video series in response to the death of George Floyd. His guests have included actor Matthew McConaughey and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Acho’s c onve r s at i ons w it h prominent white men Photo from Twitter about racism in America George Floyd, as a Black caught Oprah Winfrey’s man, I was devastated. I attention. She called Acho was distraught. I was heartand they turned the video broken. And I was walking series into a hardcover book around my house saying: ‘I published by her imprint. have to do something. My “I didn’t do this for fame. I God didn’t put me on this didn’t do this for followers. earth to just talk about football and talk about LeBron I didn’t do this for books.

James’ highlight dunks.”’

Acho, the host of FS1’s “Speak for Yourself,”grew up in Texas the son of Nigerian immigrants. He was drafted out of Texas in the sixth round by Cleveland in 2012 and played 20 games with the Eagles in 2013-14. His brother, Sam Acho, played linebacker for Arizona, Chicago and Tampa Bay from 2011-19.

Acho covers topics in the book ranging from white privilege to interracial families. He recalls standing up to a teammate’s bullying in Philadelphia in a chapter on reverse racism.

“Reverse racism doesn’t exist. Racism can exist but reverse racism is a manmade concept of nothingness,”Acho said. “I tell the story of my second year in Philly. There’s a defen-

sive lineman. He just didn’t like me for whatever reason, totally different. I don’t really go out. He’s a go-out kind of guy. I’m a little more reserved. He’s a little more loud, whatever the case may be. And finally, after practice one day, I say to him: ‘You’re the worst teammate in the history of teammates.’

“Imagine how silly it would sound if someone said: ‘Emmanuel, you were being a reverse bully.’ No, I was just simply standing up for myself. Let us not mistake Black people, Brown people standing up for themselves against the likes of oppression and systemic injustice and racism. Let us not mistake that for reverse racism. Now, if Black people are going to be prejudiced against white people, that’s racism. But reverse racism makes no sense.”

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Lastly, he stated that UC San Diego Health will begin providing testing for students and school employees. “This type of collaboration illustrates the absolute best of our city and the importance of coming together to tackle big problems,” he said. Addressing San Diego students, Gloria stated that he is a “proud product of San Diego Unified”, attending Hawthorne Elementary School and graduating from Madison High School.

to fill the seat vacated by the only Black woman in the United States Senate. Just a few years ago, Californians chose a Black woman to represent them and it would be an inexcusable slight - a proverbial slap in the face - to replace her with a man, irrespective of his race. Full stop.

“When I was 10 years old, while attending Hawthorne Elementary, I was a runner up in the Mayor For a Day contest. Little did I know that many, many years later I would become the actual elected mayor of the city,” Gloria noted, while expressing his surprise at the fact that he is the first openly gay man and first person of color to ever hold the San Diego mayoral office.

On this he says, “I hope this accomplishment is a signal to all our students, particularly our students of color and our LGBT youth, that there is a place for you here in this city, if you work hard.”

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highest percentage of the non-white vote of any Republican presidential candidate in the last 60 years,” Williams wrote in an editorial for The Hill.

Perhaps must stunning, lamented Williams, “How did 12 percent of Black men vote for Trump?”

Although an overwhelming majority of Black men, 80%, voted for President-elect Joe Biden, support for the Democratic presidential ticket reached a new low among Black men in 2020, according to the NBC News poll of early and Election Day voters.

In the same poll, 8% of Black male voters were reported to have cast their ballots for alternative candidates.

In Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, of all Blacks casting ballots, 95 percent of Black men and 96 percent of Black women chose him, NBC News reported.

Four years later, Black women’s support remained at 96 percent for Obama’s 2012 re-election. However, the black male vote decreased to 87 percent.

In 2016, when the nominee was Hillary Clinton, Black men dropped even further to 82 percent, while Black women’s support for Clinton remained high at 94 percent. Biden came close to matching that this year, garnering the support of 91 percent of Black women.

“It’s a trust issue. I view the Black community’s relationship with the Democratic Party, for example, as sort of like

Vaccine: continued from page 2

“We are reaching this critical milestone in our vaccine development program at a time when the world needs it most, with infection rates setting new records, hospitals nearing over-capacity, and economies struggling to reopen,” Dr. Bourla remarked.

He continued: “We are a significant step closer to providing people around the world with a much-needed breakthrough to help bring an end to this global health crisis. We look forward to sharing additional efficacy and safety data generated from thousands of participants in the coming weeks.”

Pfizer has maintained a strategic partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, offering insight on various

Concluding his first speech as Mayor-Elect, Garcia acknowledged that, “although the pandemic is not over, and that we will surely face additional obstacles in the months ahead, I know that San Diegans will step up and do whatever it takes to ensure that our students are not left behind.” While he offered no new solutions on how to move San Diego students forward, and the future of COVID-19 is still unknown, the Mayor-Elect nevertheless is optimistic.

a domestic violence relationship,” Demetre Coles, a 25-year-old African American who lives in Waterbury, Conn., told NPR.

were all of these Black people, including the clergy, who supported the bill,” said Lenora Turner, a California-based psychologist.

Coles told the outlet he voted for Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins because Coles couldn’t connect with Democrats or Republicans.

“So, with Black men still smarting over that bill and holding it against Biden, and Trump repeatedly spreading the falsehood of how much he’s done for the Black community, you had quite the storm brewing among Black male voters,” Turner offered.

“We’ve been giving our vote to them loyally for 55, 60 years, and we have got nothing in return,” Coles remarked.

And as for the Republican Party, I don’t feel as if they care about me at all. It’s just more blatant.”

While Coles expressed a reason for casting his ballot for an alternative candidate who had virtually no chance to win, his declaration didn’t explain why so many other Black men voted for Trump.

“Black men are hurting. Political parties mostly forget them, and then there’s this anger — whether it’s right or misguided — towards Biden for the 1994 Crime Bill,” said Unique Tolliver, a New Yorkbased mathematician.

The 1994 Crime Bill, which was authored by then Senator Biden, and signed by President Bill Clinton, was crafted to address rising crime in the United States.

The law contained numerous crime prevention provisions, including the controversial “three strikes” mandatory life sentences for repeat violent offenders.

The law, which also called for funding community policing and prisons, disproportionately punished African American men, and most observers said it caused mass incarceration.

“But, what Black people [today] fail to understand is that, at the time, there

“You also had respected strong Black men like Ice Cube — even though he said he didn’t endorse Trump — swaying Black men. I know that makes it sound like Black men don’t have a mind of their own, but think about what Ice Cube came out and said. He said the Democrats told him we’d talk later while Trump ‘listened’ and agreed to institute some of Cube’s initiatives in the President’s overall plan.”

Still, as Juan Williams noted in his editorial, Trump’s racism toward Blacks and Latinos is so well-established. “It’s sad to say, but a lot of Black and Latino voters, especially the men, got distracted by Trump’s boasts and bling,” said Williams.

Half of all Americans in a June 2020 YouGov/Yahoo News poll said outright that he is a racist, and another 13 percent could only say they are “not sure” whether he is a racist or not.

A Quinnipiac University poll in July 2019, found that 80 percent of Black people and 55 percent of Latinos said Trump is a racist.

A Fox News poll in July 2019 found 57 percent of Americans agreed that Trump has no respect for racial minorities.

California’s one million Black women fought hard to finally get a seat at that decision-making table and we will not accept it being given away in the third act of political theater. This isn’t a game of musical chairs, and if you truly believe that representation matters, then don’t talk about it, be about it.

So, let’s be clear - this seat must be filled by a Black woman -- as the voters intended. And, in this moment, someone who stands out as both worthy and capable is Congresswoman Barbara Lee. The protégé of Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Lee’s commitment to environmental justice, healthcare as a human right, reproductive freedom and advocacy against unnecessary wars is beyond reproach.

More importantly, it’s her two decades’ of experience in the halls of Congress that is our incontrovertible proof that she’s ready on day-one to walk into the Senate at a time when we need unapologetically bold leadership the most. We can’t afford to promote someone who will have to learn Washington, DC on the job. And with the Senate headed toward a deadlock at best… nope; the stakes are too high.

But beyond the practical and policy, Barbara Lee is the safest political choice that will avoid a bloody and ridiculously expensive Demon-Dem election in two years when this seat comes up again. No one is more respected by both the moderate and progressive wings of California Democrats and non-partisans.

It was Barbara Lee who led the charge for progressive policy inclusions in our Party’s platform this year. It was Barbara Lee who came out first and hardest for Vice President-Elect Harris when she decided to run for President nearly two years ago.

And while some folks are still debating whether Black lives matter, after this past election, one thing is for damn sure – Black votes matter, don’t they?!

Lest we forget, it was the Black women organizers (and voters) in Philly and Milwaukee and Detroit and Atlanta who literally snatched this country from the jaws of death and it’s because of them that we’re even having this conversation right now.

But seriously, think about it: Black women are being asked to give up our only seat in the United States Senate due to a vacancy created by the success of a Black woman. It’s like we can’t win for losing and we also can’t win for winning. It’s the cruel irony for me…

Appointing a Black woman to replace a Black woman isn’t doing us a favor. It’s doing right by us. And that’s on, period.

So, please Mr. Governor, trust us, this isn’t a dare; it’s a request to return to an era of meritocracy and dignity that’s been missing from our politics for far too long. California’s Senate replacement pick for Vice-President Elect Harris should be Congresswoman Barbara Lee. We’re counting on you to do the right thing, White Chocolate.

Kimberly Ellis is an American activist and was the Executive Director of Emerge California from 2010 until she ran for the Chair of the California Democratic Party in 2017.

To refresh our memories, it was Barbara Lee who bridged California’s Hillary and Bernie divides in 2016 and she did it again in 2020.

rare diseases like sickle cell that disproportionately affect the African American community.

Many vaccines undergo Phase IV formal, ongoing studies after the vaccine is approved and licensed.

skeptical community of color that the vaccine will help and protect them,” said Gina Harper.

their justified suspicion of government-sponsored public health programs.”

Dr. Kevin Williams, the Chief Medical Officer for Pfizer’s Rare Disease unit, periodically writes a column in the Black Press to help keep the African American community informed.

Pfizer’s vaccine is the first in the United States to generate late-stage data.

She created an urban garden in New York after growing up on a farm in Oklahoma.

An analysis of individuals that received two injections of the vaccine, spaced three weeks apart, revealed more than 90 percent fewer cases of symptomatic COVID-19 when compared to those who received the placebo.

“Perhaps the best way would be to prove the point by exemplifying members of the Black community who have taken the vaccine and remained healthy,” Harper remarked.

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, one of the world’s foremost immunologists and president and CEO of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., is a recent appointee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s commission that will ultimately approve the Pfizer vaccine and any others.

According to information posted on the CDC’s website, clinical development is a three-phase process.

During Phase I, small groups of people receive the trial vaccine.

In Phase II, the clinical study is expanded, and vaccine is given to people who have characteristics (such as age and physical health) similar to those for whom the new vaccine is intended.

In Phase III, the vaccine is given to thousands of people and tested for efficacy and safety.

The results are significant because health and science experts have stated that they expected a vaccine to yield an effective rate of no more than 70 percent.

In spite of this good news, many in the African American community continue to take a wait-and-see approach.

“Somehow, scientific, education and community leaders must reassure a

The Pfizer vaccine clinical trial “went out of its way in their recruitment and enlarged their initial population of 30,000 to almost 44,000 to recruit more people of color,” stated Dale Yuzuki, a biotech executive and author of “COVID-19: From Chaos to Cure. The Biology Behind the Fight Against the Novel Coronavirus.”

“It is certainly a focus within the National Institutes of Health, where they are sensitized to the acute needs of minority populations and

Hildreth, an African American, insists that any vaccine must have the confidence of Black people.

“I’ve made the decision that I’m going to participate in one of the vaccine trials. The trust issue cannot be overstated,” Dr. Hildreth said.

“We have to have more trusted messengers and more trusted opinion leaders to make this work.”

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Dr. Ashley Roxanne Peterson advocates for preventive medicine. Photo from Instagram

The year 2021 marks a key centenary for black women.

It’s 100 years since Dr. Meta Loretta Christy became the first black woman in America to graduate from what is now the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. It will also mark two years since Dr. Ashley Roxanne Peterson, now 26, graduated as the youngest black female osteopathic physician in America from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The practice of osteopathic medicine began in the United States in 1874; however, it wasn’t until 1892 that Dr. Andrew Taylor Still coined the name and founded the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri, at a time when osteopathic medicine was largely believed to be fraudulent.

Osteopathic medicine takes a whole-person and preventative approach to health care.

Osteopathic physicians believe the body’s systems are interconnected and work together to heal the body. They also consider how each patient’s lifestyle and environmental factors impact their well-being. They hold a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree, or D.O., and are equivalent to allopathic physicians, who hold a doctor of medicine degree, or M.D. “One of the biggest things you can do for your health is to take accountability, by doing some preventative things, such as exercise, lowering your stress levels, taking your medication, vaccines and having screenings like colonoscopies,” said Peterson, who advocates for preventative medicine.

Her decision to pursue medicine was inspired by Still, an ardent abolitionist, who allowed both women and black students to attend his classes.

Peterson was also inspired by

the discovery that her ancestors had been unwilling participants in the infamous Tuskegee Study, conducted by the United States Public Health Service and the Tuskegee University in Alabama beginning in 1932.

a direct descendant of slaves.

“Sometimes, people are ashamed to say their ancestors were slaves. Quite frankly, I’m not ashamed. My ancestors worked so I can have this dream, and I am their wildest dream.”

“[Those events] drive me more, because I know that’s my background,” said Peterson.

Peterson began her studies at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at the age of 19, making history of her own: The average age for starting medical school at the time of her admission was 26.

The projected six-month study, which actually lasted 40 years, observed the natural history of untreated syphilis among the selected population in hopes of justifying syphilis treatment for African Americans, according to the CDC. The study involved 600 black men and operated without the men’s informed consent.

Those in the study were misled and offered no treatment, even after penicillin was discovered as a remedy in 1947.

Ultimately, an advisory panel concluded the study was ethically unjustified in 1972.

“I always want to make sure people know that my history and legacy is rooted in the poor and oftentimes hurtful history of American slaves,” said Peterson, who is

Will Smith’s Health Platform Prioritizes the Underserved Affected By Pandemic Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Millions are struggling to cope and to make ends meet due to the pandemic, the resulting economic downturn, racial tensions, and social isolation. Focusing on serving people of color and underserved communities, mbue, Inc.mbue, Inc., a wellness resource company co-founded by Will Smith, recently announced the official launch of its effort to provide remote mental health therapy tailored to fit their needs.

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The initiative plans to help clients manage the day-to-day pressure and anxiety associated with COVID-19’s new realities.

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As the youngest black female osteopathic physician, Peterson is now a role model

for many young girls.

“I’ve had so many people reach out to me, especially young black women. There was actually a little girl who, this year, was me for Black History Month. That just made me cry because I guess my story is really inspirational to people,” she said.

Of the practicing physicians in the United States, only 5% are black or African American, according to a study conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges in 2018.

“I want to see someone else be the youngest black osteopathic doctor in the country when they graduate,” said Peterson. “I want to see someone else break records, be they a young black woman or man or whichever race.”

Peterson’s advice to young girls: reject the fear of failing.

“I’m here to let you know that I failed, but I also succeeded,” Peterson said. “There are going to be haters. You just have to look past the haters and know and believe what God has said about you and not what others have said about you.”

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JOSEPH CONEY, SR. was born on February 18, 1943 to Lucile Alma Sewins.

He was the second of four brothers born in the state of Arkansas. In 1965 he, along with his brothers moved from Winchester, Arkansas to make San Diego, California his home.

Geneva moved to San Diego, California at an early age and attended Sherman Elementary, Memorial Jr. High, and San Diego High School. She graduated in 1956.

Geneva was baptized early in life at Calvary Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Taylor, followed by Rev. S. M. Lockridge.

Geneva departed this earth on November 8, 2020. She was preceded in death by parents; son Reginald; brothers Nathaniel and Arthur; sister Geraldine; grandchildren Shantae and Rachelle.

Left to cherish Geneva’s memory are children David, Valinda Gwen, Gregory, Yolanda, and Rhonda. Also to praise her homecoming are children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, as well as a host of family, friends, and co-workers.

In 1984, Bishop Coney began his Ministry in San Diego to what is now prominently known as Holy Ghost Deliverance Church. At one point and time in his life Bishop Coney found himself running from God’s calling. He had his faith, but he also had his doubts and for a while his doubts of being able to have a successful ministry was overpowering what God was calling him to do. As the Lord kept him in his view and got heavy on his heart and in his spirit Bishop Coney stopped running and began following what God was leading him to do. As Holy Ghost Deliverance Church thrived Bishop Coney had a broader vision of what he wanted for his ministry. Bishop loved to hear the word and no matter what your denomination, if you were preaching and teaching the truth about God you had his attention. In 1988 Bishop Coney created the IUM (Interfaith United Ministries, Incorporation). Bishop’s Coney vision was for all religions and denominations to fellowship and unite under one roof. This past July the IUM celebrated its thirty second anniversary.

Bishop Coney was a prominent, well respected and cherish member of the community and throughout San Diego. His love for Christ, peace, joy, and happiness lead him to lend a helping hand to countless people. Bishop Coney was ever so patient. Whether it was advice you were looking for or just a shoulder to lean on, he would be there for you. His words of encouragement was untouchable always ending with, “keep praying and leave it up to God”. We like to say, “let go and let God, or let Bishop Coney”!

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION ENROLLMENT: continued from page 5 Sonya Young Aadam, CEO of the California’s Black Women’s Health Project, spoke about the importance of health care, particularly in the Black community.

“We advocate statewide for policies and practices that address the social and system determinates of health and the elimination of disparities in the health outcomes for Black women, families and communities. Continued access and coverage under Covered California are of paramount importance in addressing disparities, especially those that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Aadam.

Get Covered, Stay Covered All new Covered California consumers who sign up during the open-enroll-

ment period will receive a Covered California Covid19 mask to help prevent the spread of the virus, while spreading the word about open enrollment.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed what we’ve long known: affordable health care coverage can make the difference between health and illness, economic security and financial ruin, life and death,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

California Premiums both subsidized and unsubsidized consumers could see a drop in their premium, with many Californians potentially getting a lower gross premium if they shop and switch.

10 consumers who enroll through Covered California receive financial assistance — in the form of federal tax credits, state subsidies, or both. State subsidies will benefit nearly 600,000 con-

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD! ” Psalms 122:1

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

9 : 30 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube and on bethelamesd.com

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

Pastor Rodney and Christine Robinson

10 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream Facebook 6: 30 P.M. Wednesday Live Stream Bible Study

“A new Hope, A new Life, A new Way through Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 A change is coming”

8 : 45 A .M. Sunday School - Contact Office for details 10 A .M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook 7 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study on Zoom - Contact Office for details

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr.

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Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

605 S. 45th Street San Diego, CA 92113-1905

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

619.263.3097 • t.obie95@yahoo.com

619.262.2505

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

Sunday School 9 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10 : 30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer 11: 00 a.m. - 12 : 00 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7: 00 p.m.

Sunday School 8 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship 9 : 45 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 10 : 00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6: 00 p.m.

Pastor Jerry Webb

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 12 p.m. & 6 : 00 p.m.

Pastor Jared B. Moten

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

Bethel Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

1962 N. Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

2701 East 8th Street National City, CA 91950

619.724.6226 • www.coyhm.org

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619.670.6208 • www.totaldeliverance.org Fax: 619.825.3930 • Mail : P.O. 1698, Spring Valley, CA 91979

The Church of Yeshua Ha Mashiach Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah”

Pastor Dennis Hodge First Lady Deborah Hodges

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Sunday In the Know Bible Study 8 : 00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9 : 00 a.m.

Saturday Shabbat Service 1: 00-2 : 30 p.m.

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Morning Prayer 6 : 00 & Worship 7: 30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 : 30 a.m.

Morning Worship Youth & Children’s Church 11: 00 a.m.

Community Prayer (Hemera) Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat . 7: 30 a.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 7: 30 p.m.

Mid Week Prayer Wednesday 12 : 00 noon and 7: 00 p.m.

Suffragan Bishop Dr. William A. Benson, Pastor & Dr. Rachelle Y. Benson, First Lady

“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

Eagles Nest

Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

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Sunday First Worship 9 : 30 a.m.

Second Worship 11: 00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 7: 00 p.m.

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Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

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Wednesday Noon Day Bible Study 12 : 00 p.m.

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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

580 69th Street, San Diego, CA 92114

625 Quail Street San Diego, CA 92102

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BLACK HISTORY 1921

1966

1979

ROY CAMPANELLA BORN

GAIL DEVERS BORN

BARRY JENKINS BORN

Born in Philadelphia, Roy C amp anel l a , ni ck name d “Campy”, began playing Negro league baseball in 1937 for the Washington Elite Giants.

The Elite Giants moved to Baltimore the following year, and Campanella became a star player of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Campanella moved into the Brooklyn Dodgers’ minor league system in 1946 as the Dodger organization began preparations to break the MLB color barrier with Jackie Robinson. His easy-going personality and strong work ethic were credited with his being able to move successfully between the races. Although Branch Rickey considered hiring Campanella to break baseball’s color barrier, Rickey ultimately decided upon Robinson. Campanella made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, for whom he played until 1957. His playing career ended when he was partially paralyzed in an automobile accident in January 1958. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game. After he retired as a player as a result of the accident, Campanella held positions in scouting and community relations with the Dodgers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and passed away on June 26, 1993.

Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, but grew up near National City, California. She graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984.

Barry Jenkins was born in 1979 in Miami, Florida as the youngest of four siblings. He was primarily raised by an older woman who had also looked after his mother. Jenkins studied film at the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts, where he met many of his future collaborators.

Four days after graduating, Jenkins moved to Los Angeles and spent two years working on various projects as a production assistant. In 2008, his first feature film, Medicine for Melancholy, was released. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBT-themed independent drama Moonlight (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received a nomination for Best Director.

He became the fourth black person to be nominated for Best Director (none of them have won). In 2017, Jenkins was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His upcoming projects include a series based on Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad, a screenplay based on the life of Claressa Shields, and a biographical film about choreographer Alvin Ailey.

Devers was in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics when she started experiencing health problems that included vision and hair loss. She still qualified for the Olympics, but her health continued to deteriorate. In 1990, she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an immune system disorder that results in hyperthyroidism. She began radiation treatments, but developed blistering and swelling on her feet severe enough for her doctors to offer amputation as a good option. Amazingly, Devers recovered after stopping radiation treatments. She resumed training and won a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Devers qualified for the final of the 100 m, which ended in a photo finish that awarded her gold. The 1996 Summer Olympics was almost an exact repeat, with Devers again winning in a photo finish. Devers won her third Olympic gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay team.

In 2011, she was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. The following year she was elected into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame. Since retiring from competition in 2007, Devers spends time with her children and husband in their Atlanta home.

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