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Sep

26

2021

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By Troy Warren

Atlanta: COVID fears loom large for metro Atlanta parents of young students

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By Ty Tagami - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Alia Malik - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com Serene Varghese caught COVID-19 from her 10-year-old daughter, who tested positive soon after returning to Burgess-Peterson Academy in East Atlanta. Varghese, who is vaccinated, got the worst sore throat of her life, and her head ached so blindingly she nearly vomited. She had fatigue, chills and her chest burned. She had to show her quarantining 7-year-old how to microwave his hot dogs and feed the cats and gerbils. With no real-time virtual lessons, he played Minecraft all day. “My biggest fear is that we’re going…

Sep

24

2021

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San Diego: Restaurant Week Starts September 26th!

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by ThereSanDiego Troy Warren for SanDiegoNewsAndTalk.Com Eat + Drink The 8-day edible extravaganza is the perfect opportunity to explore something new! San Diego Restaurant Week (SDRW) is ready to start, and many of San Diego’s best restaurants are preparing to serve up their most delicious items in affordable prix-fixe menus for an 8-day edible extravaganza, making this the perfect opportunity to explore something new and support our beloved restaurants that have had a challenging couple of years! How it works SDRW will be spanning across San Diego County, as participating restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe dinner menus for $20, $30, $40, $50 or $60…

Sep

24

2021

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Atlanta: Business leaders grade the city’s 2021 election candidates

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By Wilborn P. Nobles III, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com A coalition of business leaders in Atlanta unveiled its scores for the candidates vying to be the city’s next mayor, city council president, and city council members in 2021. The Committee for a Better Atlanta, which represents more than 30 major businesses and civic organizations such as Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Delta and Georgia Power, released its election guide on Tuesday. The group interviewed 58 candidates running for City Hall seats to gauge how well they would perform in office. Twelve candidates didn’t participate. The scorecard ranks the candidates’ qualities — from…

Sep

23

2021

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Sandy Springs: UPS hiring 100,000 temporary workers for holiday shipping season

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SandySpringsNewsAndTalk.Com #Business #EditorsPicks UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal workers as it prepares for the busy holiday shipping period. That includes nearly 2,340 positions in Atlanta. The Sandy Springs-based shipping giant said it expects an increase in package volume starting in October and continuing through January. The hiring surge comes as many companies are facing challenges finding enough employees to staff their operations amid a national worker shortage that has arisen as businesses ramp up work. UPS is looking to hire roughly the same number of workers as it hired last year for the holiday season. The…

Sep

17

2021

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Los Angeles: Will Require Proof of Vaccination to Visit Wineries, Breweries, Clubs, and Bars

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By Meena Thiruvengadam | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com The new policy will go into effect on Oct. 7. Starting next month, Los Angeles is joining cities across the country in requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for entry into social venues like bars, wineries, breweries, and nightclubs. Going into effect on Oct. 7, guests, as well as employees of the establishments, will be required to show proof of vaccination. Employees will be required to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine when the rule goes into effect and will need to have received both doses of a two-dose…

Sep

15

2021

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Los Angeles: police find missing actress several days after disappearance

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com Woman’s whereabouts over weekend remain mystery, but foul play not suspected An actress reported missing by her family last week has been found safe, and authorities said they do not suspect foul play was involved in her disappearance, according to reports. Tanya Fear, a British actor and comedian best known for her role in the British sci-fi television program “Doctor Who,” was located Monday after she was last seen Thursday in Los Angeles, NBC News reported. An investigation was launched over the weekend after family members called Los Angeles police to report…

Sep

08

2021

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Atlanta: Black newspapers join forces nationally online

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By Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com #Business #EditorsPicks Atlanta Voice part of 10-publication coalition from across country In 1971, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum was part of a group of Black investors who pooled their money together to save the New York Amsterdam News, the venerable Black newspaper and Harlem institution since 1909. Tatum became the paper’s sole owner in 1996 and when he died in 2009, his only daughter, Elinor, took over the family business as publisher and owner. Black newspapers “have been the voice of Black America for more than 100 years,” Elinor Tatum said. “We have…

Sep

07

2021

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Sandy Springs: UPS delivers first COVID-19 vaccines by drone

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SandySpringsNewsAndTalk.Com #COVID-19 #Business The Sandy Springs-based shipping giant UPS said it has started making its first COVID-19 vaccine deliveries by drone. UPS Flight Forward is making deliveries on the campus of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The drones open up the prospect of a quicker way to deliver sensitive medical shipments, such as to remote or rural areas. The hospital ships the vaccines by drone from its central pharmacy to family medicine practices on its medical center campus. Drone operators inspect the Matternet M2 drone before takeoff and scan the airspace…

Sep

06

2021

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Los Angeles: Tiffany Haddish, Issa Rae and Other Industry Locals on South L.A.’s Gentrification: “A Blessing and a Curse”

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BY KIRSTEN CHUBA | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com #RealEstate The rapidly changing, historically Black area is seeing home prices spiking as development is on the rise: "It's gotten very white." For more than 100 years, South Los Angeles has been home to a largely Black and brown population, rooted in a history of redlining and segregation that kept nonwhite residents below Washington Boulevard. Los Angeles is “terribly bifurcated by race,” says entrepreneur Prophet Walker, a native of South L.A. “And that’s all a remnant of redlining.” These days though, the area looks a little different. As native Tiffany Haddish says, “It’s gotten…

Sep

05

2021

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Dallas: Black principal in Texas suspended after controversy over photo with white wife

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for DallasNewsAndTalk.Com Parents accuse James Whitfield of promoting critical race theory at Colleyville Heritage High School A Black high school principal from Texas, recently embroiled in controversy after being ordered to remove a social media photo of himself kissing his white wife, was suspended this week without explanation. The Washington Post reported that Colleyville Heritage High School Principal James Whitfield has been widely accused of teaching critical race theory and promoting the idea “of systemic racism,” according to parents who have complained for months to the local school board. Whitfield denies that he has…

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