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Preparing For Life After Chief Daniel Hahn - The Sacramento …
WEBSep 15, 2021 · Daniel Hahn, Sacramento Police Department’s current chief, announced Aug. 11 that he will be stepping down at the end of the year. Hahn is the first African American ever to hold the position. Hahn’s departure has some concerned about his replacement. “It would be unlikely that any successor to Chief Hahn is as rooted in our community as ...
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WEBThe several events during and before that significant week of Thanksgiving, marked the beginning of a Black publication that was destined to become one of the leading African American newspapers in America — THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER. The principal architect of the publication’s fantastic development and growth, one of the fastest in the ...
MoSac Science Museum Opens - The Sacramento Observer
WEBNov 22, 2021 · by Observer Newsroom November 22, 2021. Staff Report. The latest jewel in Sacramento’s expanding cultural scene, The Museum Of Science And Curiosity (MOSAC), officially opened to the public last week. The multi-media center features a state-of-the-art 120-seat UC Davis Multiverse Theatre and planetarium, hands-on …
The California Towns Where Blacks Feared Sundown
WEBSep 2, 2020 · California cities classified as “surely” sundown towns on Loewen’s website include Brea, Chico, Culver City, El Segundo, Fresno, Glendale, Hawthorne, La Jolla, Palmdale, San Marino and Taft. Cities that are now majority Black and Brown, including Compton and Inglewood in Southern California, previously barred Black residents.
Sacramento City Council Returns To In-Person Meetings Aug. 9
WEBAug 2, 2022 · The Sacramento City Council will return to in-person meetings at City Hall on Aug. 9, meeting in its chambers for the first time since going virtual at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Residents can attend in person starting Aug. 16, masks required. Regular City Council generally meet on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and/or 5 p.m.
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Q&A: Jim Cooper, Sacramento’s First Black Sheriff
WEBDec 16, 2022 · By Stephen Magagnini | OBSERVER, Editor-in-Chief. On December 16, 2022, Jim Cooper gets sworn in as Sacramento County’s first Black sheriff and only the second in California’s 172-year history, following Siskiyou County Sheriff Charlie Byrd in 1986. Cooper, 58, brings a long résumé to the job: assistant majority floor leader and a …
Commissioner Seeks Permanent Role In Superior Court
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Today, Myrlys Stockdale Coleman is a commissioner and presides over cases in Sacramento County’s Superior Court. She does so in the same courtroom where she fought for her two children and the ability to support them. “It’s profound, to be in the same courtroom that I was in. When I come into work every day, and look down that same ...
Fate Of Historic Housing Project Addressed - The Sacramento …
WEBSep 14, 2020 · Fate Of Historic Housing Project Addressed. by Antonio Harvey September 14, 2020. SACRAMENTO – The future of a historic housing project that emerged out of a civil rights case in Sacramento is under review by the city. The evaluation will affect the living of the low-income residents who cherish the properties that were built almost 70 …
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