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Families mark anniversary of Oakland massacre
Families of the people killed in a shooting rampage at a small Oakland university last year are remembering their lost loved ones as the one-year anniversary of the massacre approaches.
Seven people were killed in the shooting at Oikos University on April 2, 2012 when authorities say One Goh opened fire.
Investigators say Goh — a former Oikos student — had planned the shooting after becoming angry with school officials over a tuition dispute. He previously had decided to drop out of the school’s nursing program.
Wangchen Nyima told the Oakland Tribune http://bit.ly/XxzOhh a bad dream has awakened him almost every night since his sister, Sonam Choedon, was killed in the attack.
He told the newspaper that in his dreams, he sees his sister calling out to him in her native Tibetan. “Cho-cho,” she cries out, using the Tibetan word for older brother, “Cho-cho, can I have some pocket money?”
He is rarely able to go back to sleep after the dream, Nyima said.
“I keep thinking, ‘Why?'” he said. “I still can’t believe that she’s gone.”
Nyima has spent hours praying for his sister, and will do so again Tuesday with a small group of friends and family, including another sister who flew in from Canada for the memorial, he said.
Goh — a 44-year-old Korean immigrant and former classmate to six of the victims — has pleaded not guilty to the killings. He is confined to a psychiatric hospital after two court-appointed psychiatrists determined that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and a judge in January found him incompetent to stand trial.
June Lee, executive director of the Korean Community Center of the East Bay, said the shooting traumatized the Korean-American community and emphasized the need for more services.
“The community had no awareness of how to deal with it,” she said. “They find it really horrifying. In the Korean community, if you have cancer, people will talk about it. But if you have mental illness, nobody wants to talk about it.”
Lia Little, a co-founder of Oikos’ nursing program, called school’s front desk when news of the shooting broke.
330 Ritch Shooting: Three Men Hurt, One Critically, At San Francisco Nightclub (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Gunfire broke out around 1:30 a.m. at San Francisco‘s 330 Ritch Saturday morning. Three men were wounded, one critically.
Police said the shooting took place after an argument ensued at the popular SoMA nightclub, which often hosts well-known electronic acts.
The victims were taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where they are currently being treated. They were identified only as East Bay residents in their 20s.
First Northern Bank Expands Into Walnut Creek With Commercial Loan Production Office
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First Northern Bank Expands Into Walnut Creek With Commercial Loan Production Office
DIXON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– First Northern Bank today announced its plans to open a commercial loan production office in Walnut Creek. The new loan office is expected to open in mid-April in the Mt. Diablo Plaza. The address for the Bank’s new loan office will be 2175 N. California Blvd, Suite 310, Walnut Creek, California 94596.
“Expanding into Contra Costa County is a natural progression for our bank, as it is contiguous to Solano County,” explained Louise A. Walker, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The East Bay Area has experienced a quicker rebound from the recession compared to the greater Sacramento region, and we believe it is a good time to expand the Bank’s brand and grow our footprint into Contra Costa County.”
The Walnut Creek Commercial Lending Office will be staffed by a team of commercial lending experts from the greater East Bay area. Carlos Chavez is Senior Vice President/East Bay Region Commercial Loan Team Manager; Lorraine M. Sue is Vice President/Commercial Lending Officer; Margaret Lowell is Vice President/Commercial Lending Officer; and Gloria Rocha is Assistant Vice President/Credit Analyst. “They are a welcome addition to the First Northern Bank family. They bring a wealth of knowledge and a depth of experience with a combined total of over 75 years in the banking industry. We are extremely excited to have a team of this caliber onboard,” Walker added. The new loan office will originate, process, underwrite and fund a full range of lines of credit, equipment loans and leases, owner and investor commercial real estate loans, construction loans, Commercial & Industrial loans, SBA 504 and 7A loans, letters of credit, and business acquisition loans for small to medium sized businesses throughout Contra Costa County.
First Northern Bank, an independent community bank headquartered in Solano County since 1910, serves Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer and the west slope of El Dorado County. First Northern has 10 branches located in Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Fairfield, Vacaville, Winters, Woodland, Downtown Sacramento, Roseville, and Auburn, and has a full service Trust Department in Sacramento. First Northern Bank also offers 24/7 real estate mortgage loans, SBA loans, and non-FDIC insured Investment & Brokerage Services at each branch location. Real Estate Mortgage Loan offices are located in Davis and Roseville, and real estate loan representatives are available to meet customers at any of the Bank’s branches by appointment. The Bank specializes in relationship banking and employs experts in the area of small business, commercial, agribusiness, and real estate lending, as well as wealth management, and is rated as …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Lessons from Uber: Why Innovation and Regulation Don't Mix
By Larry Downes, Contributor At the end of a long trip last week, I took a taxi from a BART mass transit station in San Francisco’s East Bay back to my house a few miles away.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest