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The ONME Network
by Julia Ann Dudley Najieb
Listen to news and commentary happening throughout California from a Black perspective from array of different podcasts.
Episodes
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ONME NEWS WATCH (5-29-26): California unveils ‘DROP’ tool to help residents delete data-broker profiles with one request
As Californians spend a lot of time online, they may not realize how vulnerable they are to data breaches, say experts California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, gives residents a free, centralized way to tell hundreds of registered data brokers to delete their personal...
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ONME NEWSWATCH-(5-29-26 ) CalKIDS: giving a future to higher education
About CalKIDS The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) was launched in 2022 by the State of California with a clear mission: to help jumpstart college savings for children statewide by awarding scholarship accounts to youth across the state. Administered by the...
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ONME News Reports: California Connects Part 3- Resources finally reaching communities throughout the state
California’s winning strategy of using the trusted messengers for its California Connects regional convenings was the magic touch; over 300 community leaders, nonprofit groups and organizations, ethnic and community media outlets were the trusted messengers who met in Sacramento, CA, April 23 to...
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ONME News Reports: California Connects Part 2- Resources finally reaching communities throughout the state
The California Connects Regional Convenings, an 8-city statewide tour launched in late 2025 by the Office of Community Partnerships & Strategic Communications (OCPSC) to connect local leaders, nonprofits, and community partners directly with state agencies, aimed to strengthen regional networks…
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ONME News Special on California Connects Part 1- Resources finally reaching communities throughout the state
The California Complete Count Census 2020 was a revived, every-10-year process experiment that proved one thing: trusted messengers were the key to reaching "hard-to-count" populations throughout California. That is why the state invested over $187 million in that effort that panned out. The…
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(4-30-26) Nanoplastic PT2 film with expert guest scientists’ commentary after the film
As nanoplastics has evaded every aspect of life, people are beginning to understand the necessary emergency to find a way to mitigate the dangerously evasive electric, particles Join news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb for a two-night "ONME Environmental Awareness Film Discussion" featuring…
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(4-29-26) Nanoplastic PT1 film with expert guest scientists’ commentary after the film
As nanoplastics has evaded every aspect of life, people are beginning to understand the necessary emergency to find a way to mitigate the dangerously evasive electric, particles Join news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb for a two-night "ONME Environmental Awareness Film Discussion" featuring…
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2025 CA Fall Real Estate Report
In late 2025, California's housing market is characterized by a forecast for increased home sales and inventory, a modest rise in median home prices, and continued affordability challenges, though buying conditions may be more favorable around mid-October due to an anticipated dip in mortgage…
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ONME Calendar: 2023 Kwanzaa events happening in California
Take a look at the FREE Kwanzaa events happening throughout California for the 2023 year ...
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California Politics Now: (Part 4) A review of 'The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate'
Part 4 of California Politics Now: A review of "The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate," news show host, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb breaks down the common argument between both Republicans and Democrats campaign comments regarding, "Are crime rates the highest in red states rather than the blue states?...
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California Politics Now: (Part 1) A review of 'The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate'
In this part 1 segment of California Politics Now, 'The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate' with Julia Ann Dudley Najieb, viewers first get an in-depth review of the backgrounds of both governors, Gavin Newsom of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida. According to CalMatters, DeSantis accepted...
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Listen to part two of the ’2023 Summer Review California Headlines’ featuring top news
Check out the latest California news headlines with news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb, who reviews the top stories from June 21, 2023 to September 22, 2023: from the Bitwise Industries corporate scandal and Antioch & Pittsburgh police officers' scandals to the illegal infectious disease lab...
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Listen to part one of the ’2023 Summer Review California Headlines’ featuring top news
Check out the latest California news headlines with news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb, who reviews the top stories from June 21, 2023 to September 22, 2023: from the Bitwise Industries corporate scandal and Antioch & Pittsburgh police officers' scandals to the illegal infectious disease lab...
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Laphonza Butler has been appointed to the U.S. Senate; will she also run in 2024?
California Governor Gavin Newsom made an interim appointment October 1, replacing the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's seat with 44-year-old Laphonza Butler. However, this appointment complicates an already complex campaign, according to CalMatters: For one thing, there will be a special...
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ONME News California Events Calendar - Early 2023 fall edition
Check out the upcoming early fall events happening throughout California for the remainder of 2023 Looking for some events to go to during the early fall months while the weather is tolerable in California? Then check out the events happening below throughout the state.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, here’s to a trailblazer from San Francisco’s City Hall to Capitol Hill
As California’s senior Senator and the longest-serving woman senator ever since her election to the Senate in 1992, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the 90-year-old senior senator from California, died on Sept. 28, 2023 in Washington, D.C. She was born in San Francisco, CA, June 22, 1933.
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California and Florida grew quickly on the promise of perfect climates in the 1900s, until today
Images of orange groves and Spanish-themed hotels with palm tree gardens filled countless pamphlets and articles promoting Southern California and Florida in the late 19th century, promising escape from winter’s reach. This vision of an “American Italy” captured hearts and imaginations across the...
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Fresno City Council passes infectious disease lab transparency ordinance on the first vote, 6-0
The company behind the '"illegal lab" in Reedley also operated for several years in the city of Fresno incognito ... Ever since local online, Central Valley news outlet, Mid Valley Times, posted a peculiar news report on July 25 about a code-enforcement check-up revealing an illegal lab, in the...
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BREAKING (8-19-23): Governor Gavin Newsom proclaims ‘state of emergency’ as hurricane, Hilary, speeds up
Southern California residents have been warned to evacuate; see which areas SACRAMENTO, Calif.--The National Weather Service is warning that severe tropical weather could impact several parts of California starting this weekend. In advance of the storm, residents are urged to stay away from…
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Missed it live? Listen to the animated ’2023 Juneteenth Celebration’ produced by AMPTV now
Produced by AMPTV, this over 2-hour special celebrating Juneteenth reviews the important points in history in the Anti-Slavery Movement, the Civil War, the history behind Juneteenth, as well as reflecting on abolitionists and historical figures such as, Phyllis Wheatley, Harriet Beecher Stowe,...
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2023 Juneteenth Events happening throughout California
Checkout the latest Juneteenth events happening throughout California!
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News Too Real: Old age, more than just a number; life still exist thereafter, but senior services don't, say experts
According to Our Bodies Our Selves Today, a collaboration of the Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University and the nonprofit organization, Our Bodies Ourselves, stated, "In the United States, we’re living through a major demographic shift, in which 10,000 baby boomers turn…
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ONME Quick News Bits 3-31-23: News briefing with Newsom reviews homeless housing, San Quentin prison transformation, and insulin
Show host Julia Dudley Najieb closes out Herstory Month reviewing notable greats honored by the California legislature,followed by an overview report from a call with over 60 ethnic media and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Dudley Najieb will do a longer follow-up in longer show next week, News Too Real ,...
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Silicon Valley Bank closes: did it fail due to 'diversity' or being too 'woke,' or is this common?
The federal government closed Signature Bank this past Sunday; regional banks have the most to lose right now if the panic runs continue--Black banks should be considered In this episode of News Too Real, show host & producer, Julia Dudley Najieb explores the in-depth reasons as to why banks…
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Brewing Within Episode 5: a parent and teacher share their experiences of the transition aftermath
Fresno parents and teachers were struggling to help their children and themselves deal with loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic In "Brewing Within" episode 5, ONME News, Julia Dudley Najieb talks to a parent who resides in Fresno County where her son was transitioning from eighth grade to the...
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The 2022 elections revealed some notable firsts to California’s highest state and municipal offices
Dr. Weber takes her oath of office to serve as California's first elected Black secretary of state This 2022 election marks several, notable, historical first among Black candidates now serving in very powerful positions in California's legislature as elected officials. ONME News first noted that...
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Here are the MLK Events happening throughout southern California (January 16, 2023)
Check out the latest MLK events happening throughout southern California.
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Here are the MLK Events happening throughout northern California (January 16, 2023)
Check out the latest MLK events happening throughout northern California.
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“Brewing Within” Episode 4 PART 1: A different approach to a challenging aftermath featuring Mr. Tracey E. Jenkins
Administrator Tracey E. Jenkins of Tulare City School District explains what happened to them during the pandemic and how they are succeeding through the aftermath. In "Brewing Within" episode 4, it explains in three parts the challenges that administrators, parents and teachers went through…
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“Brewing Within” Episode 4 PART 3: A different approach to a challenging aftermath featuring Coach Todd Henderson
In "Brewing Within" episode 4, it explains in three parts the challenges that administrators, parents and teachers went through during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Central Valley coach, Todd Henderson, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic was an accidental beneficial experience for some of his...
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“Brewing Within” Episode 4 PART 2: A different approach to a challenging aftermath featuring Kimberly Belmontez-McKinney
In "Brewing Within" episode 4, it explains in three parts the challenges that administrators, parents and teachers went through during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In episode 4 part 2, ONME News, Dudley Najieb talks with Central Valley parent, Kimberly Belmontez-McKinney who expresses the...
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“Brewing Within” Episode 3: What sound hope looks like to one administrator
In "Brewing Within" epsiode 3, ONME News, Julia Dudley Najieb has a candid interview with Washington Union High School administrator, Dennis Randle, M.Ed, who is the learning director, about the actual COVID-19 experience from the school's perspective. He addresses the unforseen issues students,...
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”Brewing Within” Episode 2: ’There’s an approaching student mandate deadline’ in California
In the almost 40-minute episode 2 of the "Brewing Within" series (funded by NABJ Black Press Grant) ONME News publisher, Julia Dudley Najieb, narrates and navigates through the student vaccine mandate that was happening/did happen/or is still happening? Of course this issue continues to be a…
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“Brewing Within” Episode 1: Where COVID-19 began in California
In the post-pandemic era, where people are learning to live with the different COVID-19 variants, and surges still persist in California this winter season, the aftermath of the coronavirus has proven to be more deadly economically for business, people of color, and especially California's...
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Fresno: Covered California’s “10 Years Strong” campaign visits Fresno, access to health insurance
FRESNO, Calif. — Covered California brought its “10 Years Strong” campaign to Fresno last week, celebrating a decade of providing quality health insurance plans to people across the state. Over the past 10 years, Covered California has enabled millions of Californians to access health insurance…
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BREAKING: Karen Bass makes history as the first woman and second black mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Ruth Bass has just made history as the first woman and second black mayor of Los Angeles to former mayor,Tom Bradley, who was the first.
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News Too Real: Dr. Weber says California elections are safe
California's secretary of state, Dr. Shirley Weber, explains in detail why the California elections are safe In this last election episode of News Too Real, show host, Julia Dudley Najieb discusses the misleading headlines regarding the 105,000+ ballots challenged this past June primary election…
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News Too Real Elections (11-1-22) - Let's take an in-depth look at the seven California propositions
Find out the difference between propositions 26 and 72 In this episode of News Too Real, show host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews in details the seven (7) California propositions on the ballot this 2022 midterm election.
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Fresno: Nursing home workers are paid with bounced checks from Sunnyside Convalescent Hospital
This month's strike was just one of many: healthcare workers from the Sunnyside Convalescent Hospital (SCH) in Fresno, CA, have been striking since September concerning the medical minimum wage disparities, the wage scale seniority discrepancies and the lack of quality care for the nursing home...
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Attorney General Bonta, law enforcement statewide and DA Smittcamp tackle fentanyl crisis head on
In this News Too Real special feature on the fentanyl crisis in California, show host, Julia Dudley Najieb, reviews how law enforcement is stepping up to tackle the crisis, full force. Attorney General Rob Bonta has seized almost 1,000 pounds of fentanyl powder since April 2021. Dudley Najieb...
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President Biden to pardon simple marijuana possession incarcerations; Calif. still has work to do
At the beginning of October, President Joe Biden gave a pardon of all prior federal offenses for those incarcerate for simple possession of marijuana. He is currently directing the Attorney General Merrick Brian Garland to develop an administrative process for the issuance of certificates of…
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Gerrymandering in Calif., big concern after derogatory, leaked audio from private meeting goes viral
After the recent leaked audio of the city of Los Angeles redistricting committee meeting from last year, high ranking public figures and elected officials behaving badly proved that California is not immune to gerrymandering tactics from desperate politicians trying to keep their powerful seats…
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News Too Real (10-11-22) - Northern and central California county elections
Many candidates and incumbents won in the June primary elections; however, the Alameda County district attorney race is one historic seat not to be missed. In this episode of News Too Real, show host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the latest northern and central California county-wide elections. In...
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Watch News Too Real Election Edition, episode 5 part 2 now, featuring the southern Calif. state assembly candidates
In this episode 5 part 2 of News too Real News Too Real Election Edition, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the California state assembly candidates running for office in southern California.
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(10-4-22) Watch News Too Real Election Edition, episode 5 now, featuring the Calif. state assembly candidates
In this episode five of News too Real News Too Real Election Edition, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the California state assembly candidates running for office; 12 of those races include Black candidates and incumbents. Dudley Najieb also reviewed the Voter's Choice locations in...
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(9-27-22) Watch News Too Real Election Edition, episode 4 now, featuring the Calif. state senator candidates
In this episode four of News too Real News Too Real Election Edition, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the California state senator candidates running for office.
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(9-20-22) Watch News Too Real Election Edition, episode 3, a review of the U. S. House of Rep. candidates
In this episode 3 of the News Too Real Election Edition, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the U.S. House of Representative candidates from throughout California. She also reviews the four Black female, Democratic candidates vying for three seats on the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Watch News Too Real Election Edition, episode 2, part 2, as it reviews more state office candidates
n this part 2, episode 2 of the News Too Real Election Edition, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the California state executive office candidates in detail: Controller, Insurance Commissioner, Members of State Board of Equalization, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. As the...
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News Too Real Election Edition, episode 2 part 1 reviews California state exec. office candidates
In this part 1 episode of News Too Real, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the California state executive office candidates in detail: statewide candidates for U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Attorney General. As the November 8, 2022…
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News Too Real- General Election Edition Episode 1 (9-6-22)
In this episode of News Too Real, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the latest election information concerning the state of California. From the last day to register to how to get an absentee ballot, Najieb reviews the several week election schedule that is a part of the series.
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