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Observations on the What is Love? A talk about philosophy & love, at a charming little town in Northern California. By Lupita Peimbert ( Love & Sex) – Two philosophy professors and researchers talked about love last night at the First Friday of the Month, an event beautifully organized by the Mill Valley Library. The researchers attempted to … More Love is Revolution!
A week after the co-founder of Apple, Inc. passed away, here it comes the iCloud, another member of Steve Job‘s legacy. iCloud allows iOS users to store content like music, photos, and documents on Apple servers and allow people to access them wirelessly on different devices. For example, when you take a picture from your iPhone, your photo … More Of apples, tunes, and clouds
Many say it will take a while for the government to decide on illegal immigration. The last time the U.S. made a decision was in 1986 through an amnesty. Now everybody talks not about amnesty but rather reforming the system, comprehensively or not. While millions of people mostly from Mexico, El Salvador and the rest … More Administrative Relief
For millions of undocumented families, staying together may be possible, after all. There are alternatives to deportation other than immigration reform, a legal way to stop separating families and harming the lives of human beings while Congress decides on immigration. All in the hands of President Obama. At a packed meeting in Oakland’s Fruitvale District … More Alternatives to Deportation
On May 1st we celebrate worker’s rights in many countries. Locally, it is also an occasion for immigrant communities to gather and unite. Many active citizens and organizations take part of this effort, and among other things, they want us, the public, to pay attention and care. When millions of people still do not have … More Celebrating Worker’s Day on May 1st.
One day, Dick Davis, pictured left, took a bus in Tijuana to travel across Mexico on a route traced by him out of curiosity. He wanted to see the heart of the country, the places, costumes and faces of people whose day-to-day stories few know about. Sometimes even Mexicans don’t fully understand them. Dozens of … More Bus Journey Across Mexico
Miles de atletas y aficionados participarán en el Maratón de Oakland. ¡A ellos les gustan los aplausos y las porras! Por segunda vez Oakland cuenta con su maratón, este año a realizarse el Domingo 27 de Marzo del 2011. La ruta del maratón (26.2 millas) pasa por los diferentes vecindarios de la ciudad, incluyendo el … More Buenas Noticias en Oakland
Here is this man on his late 40s, taking care of his health. No place for excuses. Epie walks around Lake Merritt, religiously, every morning around 7 am. He has lost some of his vision; therefore he uses a walking stick. He has some type of diabetes. Yet, seven days a week he is walking … More Personal Responsibility
The other night I attended a very nice, intimate reception celebrating new San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy, pictured below with his wife Amy and daughter Fiona. As you may know, San Leandro is just a 15 square miles city located between Hayward, Oakland, and the San Francisco Bay, population of about 80,000, but it is … More New San Leandro Mayor and RCV
Things are shaping up in Oakland as Mayor Jean Quan starts off working on her priorities -not just words but actions-, as mentioned during her inaugural speech at the Fox Theater. 1. Children, Youth & Education 2. Jobs 3. Shop in Oakland I wonder if the current Mayor will be the one who gets Macy’s, … More Take a Fresh Look at Oakland
Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan got her car booted after $1,000 in unpaid parking citations. Sounds like a lot of money and parking citations but it is not. Most fines are $50 and over and if you do not pay within a very few days, the fee easily goes to $85 and more. Oakland parking extortion … More The issue is parking extortion
Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionists Masterpieces from the Musée D’Orsay at the De Young in San Francisco When I recently attended this exhibit at the De Young, highlights for me were John Singer Sargent’s La Carmencita, a very large painting (91 3/8 – 55 7/8.) Bonnard’s masterpieces really grabbed my attention, The Man and … More Post-Impressionists’ Masterpieces
The way parking tickets are imposed on drivers is wrong. As some local rebels have said, – it is extortion. The big lie is that some of us who get parking tickets are irresponsible, careless bastards. The ugly truth is that we get parking tickets not because we are scofflaws, but because the municipalities have … More Parking Ticket Outrage
Governor of California During his productive political career, Jerry Brown has used power to impact groups whose voice otherwise would have not been heard. Many of the privileges we have in California are because of the laws he did not veto. Many of the human, civil and workers rights we have are because … More Short List For The Nov. 2 General Election
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