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PRESS ROOM: The Conservation Fund Protects Historic Ben Moore Hotel
Hidden nerve center of the civil rights movement will be reimagined as a community gathering place.
Stefi Mar November 18, 2025
Hidden nerve center of the civil rights movement will be reimagined as a community gathering place.
Kris Edwards waited at home with friends for his wife, Erika “Tilly” Edwards, to go out to dinner, but she never made it back to the house they had purchased only four days earlier. Around 9 p.m. on June 29, a hit-and-run driver killed Tilly as she walked to her car after a fundraiser performance in Hollywood.
Marcus Hill, 39, is an Oakland resident and professional who travels often for work. During his last trip, he brought along his wife and daughter for the weekend, only to be met with the widespread disruptions created by shutdown-related staffing shortages.
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