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The Oakland Builders Alliance, the advocacy group for Oakland's Commercial Real Estate Industry, has a new executive director. And I'm proud to say she's my business partner Beverly Rivas! Here's the announcement: Oakland Builders Alliance (OBA) Announces New Executive Director Oakland, California (April 18, 2012) - Beverly Rivas, social media and marketing entrepreneur, has been appointed Executive Director of the Oakland Builders Alliance (OBA). Over the last three months, Rivas has been working as the membership outreach coordinator, recruiting new members and re-structuring the organization. Under Rivas’ leadership, the organization has increased membership by 28%, implementing social media campaigns and hosting events. Rivas is a Bay Area native and graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with B.A. in Communication and Political Science. Rivas has over 7 years experience in marketing and real estate development working on such projects as the Oa

Jessica Dorrell, an assistant with the University of Arkansas' Athletic Foundation since 2009 , toiled in relative obscurity after a stellar college athletic career as a volleyball player at Kentucky, and was preparing for for her first marriage and to Arkansas Swimming and Diving Operations Director Mr. Josh Morgan on June 9, 2012 -- until Thursday April 5th, and after a weekend motorcycle ride with her new boss, Razorback's Head Coach Bobby Petrino that ended in a crash which left him hospitalized. Yes, her brand new boss. Jessica was just hired as Student-Athlete Development Coordinator personally by Arkansas football head coach Bobby Petrino on March 28th, 2012. In other words just a few days ago, as reported by todaysthv.com. So she made a move from the foundation to report directly to Petrino himself, as his hand-picked aide.  

http://zennie62blog.com/2012/03/24/kim-kardashian-flour-bomb-hater-peta-46069/  Kim Kardashian Flour Bomb By Hater From PETA

My friend Doug Thornton, the man who saved the Louisiana Superdome, and who's SMG's Senior Vice President for Stadiums, sat down with me to talk about how the Coliseum has progressed since he came on the scene representing SMG in this capacity, and about the competition with AEG (known for developing LA Live) to run the Coliseum in the future - a brass knuckles showdown. Doug's home is New Orleans, but, and in recognizing his years of expertise and cool under pressure, SMG expanded his role to include their stadiums they manage, and that includes the Coliseum. In our talk, Doug was able to readily list the accomplishments of SMG at the Oakland Coliseum. "Things are going well at the Coliseum. Over the years, we have been able to decrease the operating losses by about 3-and-a-half-million dollars a year to the (Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority), by increasing our revenues from concerts and non-sports team bookings - about 1.8 million over that period.&

This is welcome news after an episode of bad relations between the City of San Bruno and PG&E. Read the press release, below: SAN BRUNO, Calif.—The City of San Bruno and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced an agreement for PG&E to pay San Bruno $70 million in restitution to support the City and community’s efforts to recover after the Sept. 9, 2010 PG&E pipeline tragedy. “I am pleased to announce that San Bruno has reached a settlement with PG&E for restitution for the community of San Bruno,” said Mayor Jim Ruane. “This money will be used for the benefit of all the citizens of our city and to help us, as a community, get beyond the tragedy and devastation caused by PG&E’s explosion and fire.” “The community of San Bruno has suffered through a terrible tragedy and we understand that this accident will affect this community forever,” said PG&E President Chris Johns. “We committed the night of the tragedy and continue to commit