Blue Shield Of California Gives $2 Million To Restore Health Services, Support CA Fire Victims

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Oakland, CA – Blue Shield of California announced its giving $2 million to restore health services and support CA fire victims. Blue Shield of California, soon to be Oakland’s newest corporate headquarters, has contributed $2 million to help fire victims in northern California. Most of the money will be used to restore health services in … Read more

Why Max’s City Center Oakland Restaurant Closing Is A Big Deal In Local Politics

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Max’s City Center Oakland Restaurant is closed, and has been since just after the start of the year. This Oakland blogger has been away in Georgia keeping his Mom company, and yet maintaining a life in the real town of the Warriors. So, the news that Max’s City Center Oakland Restaurant closed came to me … Read more

Blue Shield Of California Supports San Francisco Pride 2018 (SF Pride)

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It’s nice to see that soon-to-be Oakland-based company Blue Shield of California is a major sponsor for the fourth year in a row of the 2018 San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade also called SF Pride. As a nonprofit health plan with 4 million members across California, Blue Shield says it is dedicated to supporting … Read more

601 City Center Oakland Marketing Fears To Show Black, Diverse Town

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This blogger’s first post and Zennie62 on YouTube vlog, was a celebration of the completion of 601 City Center in Downtown Oakland, the last truly large building for the 30-year-old City Center Development Complex. Now, the 12 block development that was the result of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency’s removal of Victorian homes during the early … Read more

601 City Center Oakland Finishes 30-Year-Old Development, But Signals A Less Diverse City

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 UPDATE: 601 City Center Oakland Marketing fears to obviously show black Oaklanders. 601 City Center fills in the last giant hole in a larger project called Oakland City Center. Established 30 years ago, Oakland City Center is the end result of a California urban renewal project that started back in the early 70s, when … Read more