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Vol. 62 No. 47 | Thursday, November 24, 2022
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 62 Years
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER & COVID-19 UPDATES
THANKSGIVING, AND REAL
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SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 11/12/22 Updated 11/17/2022]
21,253
19,963
23,896
17,607
11,721
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
AHEAD OF THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
PUBLISHER’S EDITORIAL
BISHOP BENSON INSTALLED
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TOWNHALL
THE GRINCH DELIGHTS
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southeast
14,026
THE COMMUNITY GIVES BACK
THANKS
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Covid-19 cases in
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Youth volunteers pass out turkeys at Elegant Divas’ 8th Annual Turkey Drive held last Saturday at the Jackie Robinson YMCA. Local community organizations made a strong presence in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, providing aid and inspiration to local residents. PHOTO: Mike Norris. See COMMUNITY page 10
Michelle Obama Opens Tour for New Book,
UC Academics Picket Campuses in the
Largest Strike of the Year
‘The Light We Carry’ PHOTO: Courtesy of BlackPress USA
Holiday Season Routinely Sees
Rise in Human Trafficking
Students on the picket line November 16, 2022. PHOTO: Maxim Elramsisy/California Black Media
By Maxim Elramsisy California Black Media
in contract negotiations with the UC system.
Around 48,000 academic workers at all 10 University of California (UC) campuses went on strike Nov.14, shutting down classrooms and research laboratories in the largest employee walkout at any academic institution in history.
Bargaining between the disputing parties has been ongoing for months, and while UC officials recently called for a third-party mediator to address remaining issues, they are continuing to negotiate without one.
The Post-Doctoral scholars, teaching assistants’ and associate instructors, graduate student researchers, and academic researchers are represented by the United Auto Workers union
“When I was working in the lab, I worked 50-60 hours per week, and the salary was so low that every month I really had to think about if I would make it through the See STRIKE page 2
U.S. Dept. of Justice officials maintain that their strong efforts continue to combat it By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr National Correspondent Federal prosecutors said the fight against human trafficking, a crime that harms some of the most vulnerable members of society counts among their highest priorities. “We are committed to vindicating the rights of human trafficking crime victims by bringing their traffickers to justice and working to ensure that survivors have access to restitution, services, and assistance that are needed to rebuild their lives,” U.S.
Attorney Roger B. Handberg offered in a statement. U.S. Department of Justice officials maintain that their strong efforts continue to combat human trafficking. Earlier this year, the U.S. Attorney General released the Department of Justice’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking. The Strategy laid out the Department’s multi-year plan to combat all forms of human trafficking, focusing on efforts to protect victims of trafficking, prosecute See TRAFFICKING page 2
GOLDEN STATE COULD HAVE
$25 Billion Deficit in 2023-24 By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media
California’s government may have a faceoff with a $25 billion budget shortfall in the upcoming fiscal year as tax revenues decline, according to a report issued by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek said during a Nov. 16 video press briefing that if the predicted downturn happens, it will be the Golden State’s weakest revenue performance since the 2008 to 2009 Great Recession.
“It is not insignificant, but it is also manageable,” Petek said. “We don’t think of this as a budget crisis. We just think of it as a notable budget problem that the legislature will have to confront when it begins that process in January.”
By Darlene Superville Associated Press Michelle Obama says it helps to focus on what you can control when you feel out of control. Among the things she could control during the death and isolation of the pandemic, the racial unrest and threats to democracy were her spools of yarn and her knitting needles.
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DeGeneres, who engaged Mrs. Obama in nearly 90 minutes of often humorous conversation. “It’s a thing that shuts your worrying mind and lets your hands take over.” And therein lies the power, she said. See OBAMA page 2
She labels such thinking the “power of small,” and she writes in her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” that by focusing on a small task like knitting she was able to get through the worry, anxiety and stress of the past few unsettling years. “The interesting thing about knitting and using your hands and making something is that it is meditative,” the former first lady said Tuesday, November 15 at the Warner Theater in Washington, where she kicked off a monthlong, six -city publicity tour to promote the book.
The LAO, the state legislature’s fiscal and policy advisor, details the budget shortfall and suggests ways to avoid it in the 20-page “The 2023-24 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook.” The document is released yearly around this time to help guide California lawmakers as they begin See DEFICIT page 2
Michelle Obama launches her new book “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.” at Warner Theater in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. PHOTO: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
“In so many ways, it is like a faith,” she said, seated on stage with a friend, former daytime talk-show host Ellen
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