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Volume 7
Issue 12
June 3 - 10, 2010

Globe endorsements

The Globe endorses the following candidates and propositions
in the June 8 primary election.

Ninth Congressional District: Barbara Lee
Seventh Congressional District: George Miller

Governor: Jerry Brown
Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom
Attorney General: Kamala Harris

State Senate, District 10: Ellen Corbett
State Assembly, District 14: Nancy Skinner
State Assembly, District 16: Sandré Swanson

Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 2: Liz Figueroa
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 3: Wilma Chan
Alameda County Central Committee:
Kathy Neal, Darleen Brooks, Beverly Greene

Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, District 1: John Gioia
Contra Costa County Assessor: Bob Brooks
Contra Costa County District Attorney: Dan O’Malley
Contra Costa County Sheriff-Coroner: David Livingston

West Contra Costa Unified School District, Measure D: Yes

State Proposition 15, California Fair Elections Act: Yes
State Proposition 16, Local Public Electricity Providers: Yes
State Proposition 17, Auto Insurance Changes: Yes

 

Oakland/Alameda County
Richmond/West Contra Costa

John Gioia for Contra Costa County supervisor

John GioiaJohn Gioia is truly a product of his community. He grew up in Richmond, graduated from El Cerrito High, and his father taught civics at Kennedy High ...

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Business

Answers to your fundraising questions

Mel and Pearl ShawWhere can you go to learn everything you need to know about fundraising? Is there a one-stop shop for information about fundraising that can help ...

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Faith

Church By The Side Of The Road scholarship event

Globe FaithThe Church By The Side Of The Road will host its Marcus Foster Scholarship Sunday service on June 13 at 10 a.m. ...

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Sports

Raiders to hold Youth Skills Camp

Globe SportsThe 10th annual Oakland Raiders Youth Skills Camp will take place on June 12 and 13 at the Raiders facility in Alameda ...

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Politics

Oakland budget crunch

Clinton KillianThe Oakland budget crunch is reaching a critical time. The city’s deficit is over $42 million and growing. The city’s latest proposal is laying off 200 police ...

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Health

Golden years grow dark for isolated elders

Globe Health It’s not surprising that Robert Lyons slipped into depression a few years ago, except that he was among the growing number of elders living alone who were ...

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Education

Oakland’s gang injunction is a chance to save lives

The proposed gang injunction in North Oakland is consistent with President Obama’s call to get smart on crime, as opposed to just tough on crime ...

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Entertainment

New sci-fi thriller opens June 4

Globe EntertainmentWhat happens when two over-eager scientists go too far?  “Splice,” an unusual sci-fi thriller starring Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Academy ...

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