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Month: September 2020

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Arts & Culture

“Para Chuparse Los Dedos” (“Finger-licking Good”) Central American Recipes and Stories from the East Bay

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 2

Cut off from our homelands as refugees not able to return, our food recipes are core to the Central American identity. […]

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Food

Pepian recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 0

Pepian, a meat stew recipe from Guatemala. Recipe by Vilma Morales-Garcia. from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos.” […]

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Food

Sopa de res, a Salvadoran soup recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 3

Read the article by Marabet Morales about the new Central American-focused cookbook and oral history project. SOPA DE RES Serves 6-8  Ingredients:  2-3 pounds of  beef bone (You can ask the meat butcher to cut […]

A leaf is open. What is inside? It looks like many ingredients that go inside a Nicaraguan tamale!
Food

Nacatamales, a Nicaraguan tamales recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 0

A Nicaraguan tamales recipe courtesy of “Para Chuparse Los Dedos.” […]

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Arts & Culture

Longtime Raiders Fans Reminisce about Tailgate Parties in East Oakland from yesteryear

September 29, 2020 Tony Daquipa 2

Longtime Raiders fans feel left behind by NFL as team moves to Las Vegas. […]

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COVID-19

Oakland venue criticized for remaining open during COVID-19

September 28, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz 2

An Oakland events space is being criticized for remaining open and serving groups hardest hit by the pandemic. […]

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News

‘Breonna Taylor wasn’t me, but she could have been’

September 24, 2020 Saa'un Bell 0

Oakland Voices correspondents Saa’un Bell and Brandy Collins share their insights on the Breonna Taylor verdict. […]

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COVID-19

Alameda County in Red Tier; OUSD likely won’t open classrooms before Jan 2021

September 24, 2020 Momo Chang 1

While we move to the red tier, for now, OUSD schools will continue distance learning through the end of 2020. […]

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COVID-19

Concerted effort between UCSF, Black organizations, hope to test 1,000 people this Friday and Saturday in Oakland

September 17, 2020 Momo Chang 1

Two upcoming pop-up test sites hope to test 1,000 African Americans in Oakland, the population with most devastating COVID effects in Alameda County. […]

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COVID-19

Dr. Gerard Jenkins, Chief Medical Officer of Native American Health Center, talks COVID-19, health inequities in Oakland

September 16, 2020 Brandy Collins 4

“One of the things I’ve tried to emphasize to my friends and others is by getting tested and knowing, you’re doing yourself a favor and helping reduce that risk for others.” […]

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