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Black contractors getting little if any more city contracts since new law Black contractors getting little if any more city contracts since new law May 7, 2021 Black talent has put Oakland on the map as the center of culture since the 1960s. The city invites its streets and walls to be painted with beautiful murals celebrating Black life – this one is on 15th Street – but where are the contracts for Black workers? Does the City of Oakland truly support Black life when 70 percent of the contract dollars awarded go to the same 45 big construction groups? When 16.5 percent of all available contractors in Oakland are Black, but they only receive 6.5 percent of small contracts under $50,000 and few if any large contracts? – Photo: @endeavors oakland ....
Kamala Harris childhood home may become historic landmark Keith Burbank, Bay City News Service March 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 49th Vice President by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. A new resolution in Berkeley would designate her childhood home as a historic landmark.Saul Loeb/POOL/AFP via Getty Images BERKELEY (BCN) Berkeley leaders will consider a resolution next week that would be a step toward making U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris childhood home a historic landmark. Harris was born in Oakland and spent most of her childhood in Berkeley. She attended Berkeley s African American cultural center almost every week, and she was part of the city s first voluntary school integration program. ....
3 Horses Die Over 4 Days At Golden Gate Fields Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 19: Horse racing continues at Golden Gate Fields with no fans in attendance due to coronavirus concerns on March 19, 2020 in Berkeley, California. As millions of people in the San Francisco Bay Area are under a shelter-in-place order due to COVID-19, horse racing at Golden Gate Fields continues but the events are not open to the public. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Keith Burbank BERKELEY (BCN) Three horses have died since Saturday at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, according to the California Horse Racing Board. ....
Filly Dies At Golden Gate Fields; Second Horse To Die This Year Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail BERKELEY (BCN) A filly died Thursday at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, the second this year, according to the California Horse Racing Board. Munny, nearly 3 years old, likely died from a gastrointestinal or neurological disease, according to a board report and website that discloses the deaths to the public. Two weeks earlier, a three-year-old gelding named Staredown died at Golden Gate Fields during training. It is unusual for a young horse to pass away, and they are dying at concerning rates at Golden Gate Fields, whether they are training, racing or in the stable, said Berkeley veterinarian Dr. Crystal Heath. ....