Alameda County

Hyatt Joins Forces with Bloom Energy, Emphasizing Strong Commitment to Sustainability and Innovation • Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced its new relationship with Bloom Energy • Hyatt Regency Greenwich will receive company’s first 500 kW fuel cell • Fuel cell will provide up to 75 percent of hotel’s energy load, generating significant cost savings • Hotel will reduce its carbon emissions by 40 percent by generating its own electricity on-site • Hyatt’s investment in fuel cell technology…

States across the country began to shut down billions of mental institutions and clinics fifty years ago due to budget cuts. Dustin DeMoss, from huffingtonpost.com, has written about how the funds for mental health institutions shut down in the 1970s. “ At some point in the 1970s the decision was made to close state-run mental health institutions. Much of this was motivated by The Community Mental Health Act in 1963,” Dustin DeMoss stated in his article, “The Nightmare of Prison for Individuals…

Golden is located N of I-70 and West of Denver in Jefferson county, Colorado. From 1862 to 1876 Golden was the capital city of Colorado. A gold discovery in Clear Creek attracted settlers in mid 19th century. Rich soil in the valleys; coal mining and clay extractions were also major attractions for settlers. In 1870 there were five smelters and Colorado central railroad was built. In 1873, Adolph Coors opened a brewery, using mountain spring waters of Clear Creek. The Coors plant is the world…

Born from the dynamic political climate of the United States in the 1960s, the Black Panther Party developed within a very particular historical moment– one framed by the failures of the Civil Rights Movement, strong anti-imperialist sentiment galvanized by the ongoing war in Vietnam, the frustration and anger felt by disenfranchised black urban communities across the nation, and the upsurge of militant demands for self-determination in the face of pervasive structural racism. Once the Panthers…

are other parts of the bay area. The journalists from KQED states that Alameda County is 12 percent African-American. We have Santa Rita jail — it’s the third-largest jail in California, the fifth largest jail in the nation. It holds about 4,000 people — and it’s 54 percent African-American.3 The quote is also an example of the minorities are being arrested in such high rates when African Americans only make up 27% of the Alameda…

for the tax. A 50% vote was needed but over two thirds of the voters said yes to the tax (Berkeley vs. Big Soda, 2014). This victorious majority vote win in favor of the tax implementation was reflected in the official election summary report (Alameda County Registrar of Voters, 2014). Implementation…

Myisha Collins is my wife who I married in August 1st 2015 I have known Myisha Collins approximately 10 years and met Feb 14th 2007 in Oakland, CA. Being the husband of Myisha Collins I am intimately aware of her habits and can speak with an extremely high degree of knowledge and confidence when I state she has no substance abuse problems with any form of drugs or Alcohol. She does not utilize any prescription drugs or marijuana. I can even state that she does not even smoke cigarettes.…

Introduction The San Francisco BART is an important rapid transit system that connects San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo. It is open 365 days a year and operates between 4 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, Saturdays from 6 a.m. to midnight and Sundays from 8 a.m. to midnight. In 2015, BART had about 126 million annual passengers and a weekday average of 423,120 passengers. Saturdays see an average of 207,539 users and Sundays have an average daily ridership of 151.562 people. The…

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) and the Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) in Oakland, California are working together to produce Restorative Justice, a New Approach for our Schools program. It aims to “build a cohesive, caring school…

San Francisco Bay Area. The BAAQMD is devoted to improving air quality and public health to all Bay Area citizens. Communities in the SF Bay Area that have the highest health risk from air pollution are Concord, Eastern San Francisco, Western Alameda County, Redwood City/East Palo Alto, Richmond/San Pablo, and San Jose. Several pollutant types and sources are harmful to health in the Bay Area. Toxic air contaminants (TAC) contribute to many short-term and long-term health effects including eye…