Twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey and agreed 10 million to give every single child in oakland access to a laptop. It internet their homes closing the Digital Divide. Dorseys generous donation came in the day after mayor libby shaft and the Oakland Unified School district put out a call for help closing the Digital Divide for oakland students who are now engaged in Distance Learning at home but schools being closed due to the covid19 pandemic students like Skyline High School junior Jessica Ramos says this is a really big deal. So i love tom is actually the. Its so real its so unreal because just having a laptop and so its just like the world because it is not going to the world not in the news didnt earn air not bring up all the top 2 nitties i didnt have a computer until starts right computers. My internet was unstable because my parents couldnt afford it. She says those circumstances are common among her classmates so most of my friends are from bp stoker him and now many of my friends have wi
Development department promises it is listening thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne kron fours dan thorn talks with the edd tonight to learn more about what theyre doing to help people he joins us now live in the city with more dan. Well ken and pam this has been really frustrating time for people across the bay area and in the state of california the edd says that they are working on employment recovery efforts, including cutting down on frustrating wait times for people and right now theyre just asking people to help them help you. The covid19 pandemic and shelterinplace orders are forcing california into unprecedented unemployment numbers in february the state was at a record low of just under 4 . Now 2 and a half months later its a much different story know want to plan for the anti avalanche that we got it will probably going to be looking at a record high Unemployment Rate henri levy with the Employment Development department or edd says theyve been deal
FAMILY TIME Above, Barbara Conklin of Thousand Oaks and her granddaughter Karaline Harrell, 10, chat while partaking of enchiladas March 20 during the Viva La Comida fundraiser at the Camarillo Community Center. Below, Lisa Eklund of Camarillo gets ready to feast. The dinner, sponsored by the Camarillo Rotary Club, benefits various local groups, and this year