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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
Bank To Pay $31M
Redlining Settlement,
DOJ’s Largest Ever
2023 MLK PARADE! SEE PAGE 8-9
YMCA HUMAN DIGNITY AWARDS SEE PAGE 8-9 Asst. Atty. General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke, left, listens as United States Attorney Martin Estrada, of the California central division, speaks while announcing the largest redlining case in American history during a news conference Jan. 12th, at the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. PHOTO: Stefanie Dazio/AP
By Ken Sweet AP Business Writer The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank last Thursday of discrimination by refusing to underwrite
mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in the largest redlining settlement in department history. See SETTLEMENT page 2
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER & COVID-19 UPDATES – SEE PAGE 12
COVID-19 CASES IN SOUTHEAST 14,456
21,900
20,545
24,763
18,149
12,241
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 1/7/23 Updated 1/12/23]
COMMUNITY INPUT SOUGHT FOR DISPLAY HONORING
TUBMAN-CHAVEZ COMMUNITY CENTER By Fernanda Lopez Halvorson County of San Diego Communications Office
planned new display that will spotlight the rich history of Tubman-Chavez.
A community input tour to help select between two concepts to honor the Tubman-Chavez Community Center is planned from January 14 through February 4. During tour stops, community members are invited to share their thoughts on a
“Tubman Chavez Stories: A Community Cultural Display,” will honor the legacy and tell the stories of the community center which opened in 1995 and served the Southeastern San Diego community as a unifying gathering place.
The selected exhibit will be housed inside the main lobby corridor of the County of San Diego’s new Southeastern Live Well Center. Set to open this summer, the new center includes the former Tubman-Chavez Community Center property at the corner of Market Street and Euclid Avenue. See TUBMAN-CHAVEZ page 2
FARMS SETTLE SUITS ON USING
Immigrants Over Black US Workers By Emily Wagster Pettus Associated Press
Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims that the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work. Richard Strong, left, his brother Gregory Strong, center, and Stacy Griffin pose for a photo on Sept. 9, 2021, in Indianola, Miss. They are among Black farmworkers in Mississippi who said in a lawsuit that their former employer, Pitts Farm Partnership, violated U.S. law. PHOTO: Rogelio V. Solis/AP
Federal court records show the two lawsuits were settled in December, with terms of the settlements remaining private.
“This particular form of discrimination is a recent manifestation of the age-old problem of exploitation of Black labor in America and particularly in the Delta,’’ Rob McDuff of the Mississippi Center for Justice, one of the attorneys for the workers, said in a news release Thursday. “These settlements are an important step and we are going to keep See FARMS page 2
With With aa Focus Focus on on Tech Tech Diversity Diversity && Inclusion, Inclusion,
CES 2023 AIMED HIGH
By Barbara Smith By Barbara Smith Contributing Writer
Global tech companies of all sizes displayed their latest wares at CES 2023 in Las Vegas with exhibits ranging from electric vehicles, airport avatars, robotics, health aids, pet tech and more. Recognized as the world’s biggest consumer electronics show, this year’s event brought in 3200+ companies and over 115,000 attendees after a completely virtual 2021 because of the pandemic and a mostly virtual event in 2022. Excitement ran high with exhibitors ranging from big names including San Diego’s
Qualcomm, Sony and LG to tiny start-ups promising tech toys to stop snoring (Motion Pillow), speed up walking with electric inline skates (AtmosGear), a laser device to cure hair loss (Hair Boom), a fitness collar for dogs that monitors sleep and heart sounds (Invoxia), an AI-powered home defibrillator (Lifeaz) and much more. CES is the happening place where you might see the next big thing or an innovation launched in the prototype stage. See TECH page 10
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