San Diego Equity Conference to host sisters creating change in school district
Last year, a new social media account called Black in Poway Unified School District quickly began gaining followers.
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Last year, a new social media account called Black in Poway Unified School District quickly began gaining followers.
The account allowed people to anonymously post about their experiences with racism in the district.
âWe did not expect it to get this big.â The young women behind it, sisters Ekene and Nene Okolo say the page has since evolved into something bigger.
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What a difference a day makes.
On Tuesday, California was still wrangling with the Trump administration, as evidenced by nine final-hour lawsuits filed by Attorney General Xavier Becerra bringing his four-year total to a staggering 122 lawsuits.
Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as president and vice president of the United States, ushering in what many California Democrats hope will be a new era of less contention and more collaboration. Hours later, Harris is expected to swear in Alex Padilla as California’s first Latino senator. (For more on what Padilla hopes to accomplish, check out his interview with CalMatters’ Laurel Rosenhall.) And the Golden State could gain yet another powerful ally in Washington if the Senate confirms Becerra as Health and Human Services secretary.
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CARLSBAD
The Carlsbad City Council met Tuesday for a presentation on regional COVID-19 vaccination coordination. The council approved the Biotech and Beyond building as a regional point of distribution for vaccination and testing programs, coordinated by emergency services agencies. The council heard a presentation on the city’s Clean Energy Alliance power supply product offerings and agreed to offer several options, with the ability for customers to opt out and return to San Diego Gas & Electric if they preferred. Council member Keith Blackburn was approved as mayor pro tempore. Several appointments were approved: Jengi Martinez, Michael Luna and Michael Sebahar, Parks & Recreation Commission; Geoff Gray, Carlsbad Golf Lodging Business Improvement District Advisory Board.