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Emotional roller coaster for jobless man during pandemic ends on a high note KGO Share: OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The latest numbers show state jobless rate at 8.2 percent, but that number is likely to increase with the recent state shutdown. We followed the journey of one long-time unemployed Oakland man for months. His story may give hope to others. Black has been unemployed since last year. He worked in the film industry, but an injury made it impossible to carry around his heavy video camera. "The surgeon is telling me I'm not going to be able to work without restrictions anymore and my un...

Dec. 5th will probably be a long-remembered day in the household of David Oranchak and his wife, Kathryn Mustard. The couple live in southwest Roanoke County. She’s a mental health counselor, and he’s a computer scientist. The mom and dad of two are avid distance runners. But it’s another hobby for which Oranchak has recently achieved a measure of fame: true crime sleuthing and cryptography. Early this month, Oranchak and a couple of far-flung colleagues successfully decrypted a cipher that had stumped experts and novices for 51 years. It was from the Zodiac Killer, who attacke...

A Felgemaker Christmas:  A Virtual Organ Concert. The concert features Velda Bell, Sam Black, Sam Gray, Tom Hamilton, Rachael Kresha, Karen Sande, and David Tryggestad playing the music center’s Felgemaker Opus 664, two manuals and 26 ranks. Initial broadcast was on Sunday, November 29, on Sacred Heart Music Center’s YouTube Channel (Youtube.com/sacredheartmusiccenterduluth). The concert remains on Sacred Heart’s YouTube channel for later viewing. Like all music venues, Sacred Heart Music Center has been devasted by the COVID-19 pandemic because it can no longer host live performances,...