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Toby Gene Levingston Oakland East Bay Dragons Founder Passed Away This Week Tuesday - Video Toby Gene Levingston Oakland East Bay Dragons Founder Passed Away This Week Tuesday As his obituary in the Martinez Tribune reads: Tobie Gene Levingston, who founded the East Bay Dragons, one of the nation’s first all-Black motorcycle clubs, died Tuesday morning of natural causes at the age of 86. Levingston was born in Louisiana in 1934 to a sharecropper father who made the migration West, along with thousands of other black American families, in the 1950’s. At the time, West Oakland’s Seventh Street corridor was still a bustling commercial strip, dotted with jazz clubs and black-owned businesses buzzing with customers from Oakland’s Army base. East Oakland was full of families who worked in the nearby metal foundries and packing plants, and the Levingston family settled in Brookfield Village. The Black Panthers and The East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club were sometimes mistaken for each other

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Oakland’s “Sterilization” Continues by Derrick Soo - Video I hear of another “Heritage” Oakland family becoming a casualty of PREDATORY Lenders, Developers, Speculators, Slumlords & many others that “Target” these homes in the impoverished neighborhoods. We need to protect our communities from these Profiteers of Poverty. via IFTTT https://youtu.be/FvCtJ8klazM

Cal Vs. UNLV Football Game At Allegiant Stadium Killed As PAC-12 Goes All Conference - Video Cal Vs. UNLV Football Game At Allegiant Stadium Killed As PAC-12 Goes All Conference via IFTTT https://youtu.be/fqsfU1tB95s

Former Oakland Raiders Player's Sister Missing in Boating Accident By: Joseph Armendariz - Video Multiple news outlets are reporting that Naya Rivera former Glee store on the fox series is reportedly missing after boating Excursion in Ventura County California. The incident took place on Lake Piru unfortunately search and rescue had a call off surge because of low visibility. Search and rescue are planning to resume their search Thursday morning via IFTTT https://youtu.be/ctU4SK9s6-k

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Las Vegas Raiders Will Allow Only 20% Of Ticket Holders In Allegiant Stadium? By: Joseph Armendariz - Video Today the NFL released a statement that they will leave it up to the individual teams whether or not to allow fans into the stadiums. The Baltimore Ravens have decided they will allow only 20% of the Stadium's capacity to be filled . If that moving forward becomes policy what does that say for the Raiders sold out season. Who will decide which fans will be allowed to attend and which fans will be left out in the cold. via IFTTT https://youtu.be/dFBl3Iy_HDk