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Oakland's Van Jones Accepts Obama White House Job as 'Green Jobs' Adviser - Inside Bay Area

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Oakland resident accepts White House post as 'green jobs' adviser - Inside Bay Area : “Oakland activist and author Van Jones has accepted a White House post as a "green jobs" adviser to President Barack Obama. Jones, 40, will serve starting Monday as special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, helping to shape and implement job-generating climate policy; working to ensure equal protection and equal opportunity in the administration's climate and energy proposals; and publicly advocating the Obama administration's environmental and energy agenda.”
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Oakland Tribune Owner MediaNews Group Ranked "Risky Debtor"

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Is the Oakland Tribune not far behind the SF Chronicle in lifespan ?  If this report by Editor and Publisher is to be believed:  Moody's Investors Service, the big credit rating agency, on Tuesday launched a new database and quarterly report of companies in the most serious danger of default -- and four newspaper companies are among those on the "Bottom Rung." Each of the four -- Freedom Communications, GateHouse Media Inc. MediaNews Group Inc. and Morris Publishing Group Inc. -- has a "probability of default" ratings that indicate they are at "substantial risk" of missing repayments if a so-called default event is triggered. On average there's about a 25% chance a company given those ratings will default within a year, going into bankruptcy or some other remedy. That means there's a one-quarter chance the Oakland Tribune could stop printing in the near future.  
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SF Chronicle Owned By Craigslist? A Possible Future

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According to Real Clear Politics , The San Francisco Chronicle is one of ten newspapers in trouble.  The total list in order from "still alive" to "almost passed on" is: 10. NY Daily News 9. LA Times 8. St. Paul Pioneer Press 7. Chicago Sun-Times 6. Detroit News 5. San Francisco Chronicle 4. Miami Herald 3. Philadelphia Daily News 2. Rocky Mountain News 1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer The San Francisco Chronicle, at number five, may cease to exist if management and union can't get together on an adjustment to the collective bargaining agreement.  (UPDATE: Seattle P-I reported close to closure ).  That did happen on Monday, with Thursday of this week set as the day for a large meeting for the Chronicle Guild to ratify the agreement.  As of the making of the video, no place was secured but that was to happen today, Tuesday.  It did according to Mediaworkers.org. The day and time of the meeting is Thursday, March 12,  5-8 p.m respectively an...
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Ella Baker Center: Soul of the City Introduction

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The Oakland-based Ella Baker Center has an interesting program I'm just learning about called "Soul of The City". The website explains the initiative as folows: * Political Education for a New Era Our transformational workshop teaches interconnectedness and introduces participants to the campaign's goals and vision. The Reclaim the Future Workshop uses interactive group sessions, cutting-edge analysis, and multimedia to help participants understand the magnitude of the challenges we face, envision a different way of being together, and connect with a shared purpose to transform our city into a place of health and hope. * Community Service for Community Solutions Solving the challenges before us starts in our own neighborhoods. Soul of the City's Serve Our City community service projects are member-led demonstration projects that aim to bring residents together to share resources, build mutual prosperity, and improve the environment. Serve Our...
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Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums On The Stimulus Package And Cities

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The video-blogger aprilryan asked Mayor Ron Dellums if he believed that federal dollars would reach cities. The Mayor's response was yes, but that the problem was much larger than what cities can handle alone. He also explained that some of his colleagues believed the money would go to the states and then trickle down to the cities. That appears to be happening, but remember Oakland has applied for block grant funds and some of the money will come through that program and not the state of California.
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