Emory launching Atlanta-focused speaker series – The State
Emory launching Atlanta-focused speaker seriesThe State“Atlanta Intersections” is set to kick off March 18 with a conversation with Atlanta-based urban…
Owner Mark Davis: Oakland is on its ‘last chance’ to keep Raiders – CBSSports.com
CBSSports.com“We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity… to develop this unique property, which we expect will become a transformational and…
Lax enforcement of Denver’s camping ban? No tickets ever issued under 2012 … – The Denver Channel
Lax enforcement of Denver’s camping ban? No tickets ever issued under 2012 …The Denver ChannelDENVER – Despite an urban camping…
An urban farm in Las Vegas? Supporter looking at 50 acres, seeking startup … – Las Vegas Sun
An urban farm in Las Vegas? Supporter looking at 50 acres, seeking startup …Las Vegas SunGarza is leading an effort…
Architecture & Design Film Festival expands to Los Angeles – Los Angeles Times
Architecture & Design Film Festival expands to Los AngelesLos Angeles TimesBy Lisa Boone. February 14, 2014, 9:15 a.m.. Following a…
Britain deal with suspect mail packages – Xinhua
XinhuaLONDON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — British police on Thursday revealed that a series of suspect packages had been sent to…
Inquest in Britain clears police in killing that triggered riots – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesLONDON – Fury from family and supporters greeted an inquest jury’s finding Wednesday that police acted lawfully when…
Governor, former astronaut reenact historic broadcast – Chicago Tribune
Chicago TribuneForty-five years ago, James Lovell Jr. and two other astronauts who had just orbited the moon read a Christmas…
Nicki Minaj Halloween Costume Mixes With Kmart And Macy’s
Nicki Minaj is amazing. She’s the only pop-culture star who’s been able to combine her racy edgy style and actions,…
YouTube Music Awards Has Leo Justi From Brazil
YouTube Music Awards has Leo Justi! YouTube has tapped one of Brazil’s premiere urban-electronic artists, LEO JUSTI, to perform at…
Oakland’s Michael A Lenoir 114th President Of The National Medical Association
Oakland’s Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., a well-known practicing Pediatrician and Allergist in the San Francisco Bay Area, was installed as…
HyperLoop: Elon Musk’s Idea Leaves Out Some Simple Considerations
HyperLoop is an idea that has popped up all over my newsfeeds over the past day or so, and since…
Dennis Wu Elected Chair of Recology Board of Directors
Dennis Wu, a very respected member of the international and Recognized Business and Community Leader is now the newly elected…
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev And Tamerlan Tsarnaev Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are officially the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects. That headline is hard to find, so this…
West Oakland Urban Farm and Park Ground Breaking Ceremony, Oakland, Today, 1 PM
WOW! This is great news. If you recall from a past post, City Slicker Farms, one of Oakland’s great non-profits,…
Hadiya Pendleton In Chicago, 8 Year In Oakland Old Killed By Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCck8vnI4U Hadiya Pendleton was just 15-year-old, and shot in the back by someone who opened fire in a park near…
West Oakland Urban Farm and Park Groundbreaking Jan 31st
Just got this email from Oakland’s City Slicker Farms: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Innovative West Oakland Urban Farm and Park 1.4…
CNN’s Ridiculous Look At “Black Nerds”
CNN just had a segment devoted to “Black Nerds” that was just completely annoying. The reason is, Carolyn Costello, the…
Barack Obama For President Of The United States Of America
Today’s Election Day 2012, and you’ve heard the cliched statement that “You have a clear choice.” Well, folks, it’s true:…
World Soccer Dribble Record Set: America Scores Draws 2,149
On Saturday, this blogger participated in a fun event: the America Scores effort to break the Guinness Book Of World…
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Oakland Tribune’s Angela Woodall’s Wronghead View Of Downtown
Grrr. Oakland Tribune reporter Angela Woodall’s done it again: wrote another completely wrongheaded account of my Oakland. The first time…
Oakland Builders Alliance New ED: Beverly Rivas
The Oakland Builders Alliance, the advocacy group for Oakland’s Commercial Real Estate Industry, has a new executive director. And I’m…
“Welcome Back Kotter” ‘Epstein’ Actor Robert Hegyes Passes at 60
This is sad news for any fan of the shows Welcome Back Kotter and Cagney and Lacey: veteran actor Robert…
San Francisco News: Transbay Transit Center Meetings Wednesday
This important San Francisco News is about an upcoming Transbay Transit Center-related meeting this Wednesday. As you know, the Transbay…
Subway Fights, NYC Naked Man Rants – How To Avoid Both
If you live in an urban area with a subway train system, chances are you’ve seen it, a subway fight.…