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WEB5 days ago · Word In Black Newsletter The Observer Newsletter 60th Anniversary Event Updates To keep you informed about all the latest news and updates regarding this event, we are offering the opportunity to sign up to receive email updates. By registering, you will be among the first to know about our event schedule, …
Jail Expansion Put On Hold - The Sacramento Observer
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Sacramento County has put on hold plans to expand its main jail so a third party can reevaluate the nearly $1 billion project. County Deputy Executive Eric Jones said the Main Jail Annex project is paused until a third-party review of the work done so far by Nacht and Lewis, the county’s architectural consultant, is conducted. Jones said the ...
About Us - The Sacramento Observer
WEBAbout Us - The Sacramento Observer. The History of The Sacramento Observer. If you happened to be passing a small building on the corner of 21st and X streets, in Sacramento in November 1962, you may have heard the slow peck of a typewriter, or the chatter of a few dedicated individuals as they stuck stamps to the outside of an unusual 4-page ...
California drivers face 54% increase in auto insurance rates - The ...
WEBAug 16, 2024 · California drivers face 54% increase in auto insurance rates by end of 2024. (US MEDIA GROUP) – According to a recent report by insurance tracking website Insurify, California drivers can expect a significant increase in their auto insurance rates in the near future. The report, which analyzed the trends in insurance costs across the country ...
Generational Ties: Understanding Black Mothers and Their Adult …
WEBMar 10, 2022 · The late great poet Maya Angelou noted the strong relationship between mothers and their children. Black mothers are known for holding up the world — and their adult children are usually right up there with them in blessing them right back for raising them and loving on them from the womb to the present day. …
Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Years after COVID-19 upended American schooling, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance, according to data collected by The Associated Press and Stanford University educational economist Thomas Dee. Roughly one in four students in the 2022-23 school year remained chronically absent, meaning they …
Former Sacramento Mayor and Phoenix Suns Great Kevin Johnson …
WEBJul 12, 2021 · Before he was a two-term mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson was a three-time NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns. Johnson and NBA legend Charles Barkley led the Suns to a 62-20 record and the Western Conference championship before falling to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 4-2 in the 1993 NBA Finals.
The California Towns Where Blacks Feared Sundown
WEBSep 2, 2020 · California cities classified as “surely” sundown towns on Loewen’s website include Brea, Chico, Culver City, El Segundo, Fresno, Glendale, Hawthorne, La Jolla, Palmdale, San Marino and Taft. Cities that are now majority Black and Brown, including Compton and Inglewood in Southern California, previously barred Black residents.
Volunteers Still Needed For Sacramento’s Point-In-Time Count
WEBJan 19, 2024 · From 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 24 and Thursday Jan. 25, PIT volunteers will be deployed to help count people who are homeless across Sacramento County. The main deployment site will be at the Alumni Center at Sacramento State. Other surrounding cities involved in the count include Rancho …
Gone But Not Forgotten - The Sacramento Observer
WEBDec 31, 2021 · Shock G of the famed Bay Area rap group Digital Underground died of an accidental drug overdose in a Florida hotel room on April 22. The rapper, born Gregory Jacobs, was 57. Joseph W. Hatchett, who in 1975 became the first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court, died on April 30. Hatchett was 88.