California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $6.6 billion deal with state legislative leaders that will fund the reopening of some public school classrooms. The majority of the budget package will finance contact tracing efforts, school safety measures, and other aspects of returning to in-person instruction, with the rest to go toward expanding children’s opportunities to learn, with one…
California Announces $6.6 Billion Deal to Accelerate School Reopenings
California Governor Announces $6.6 Billion Deal to Accelerate School Reopenings
California’s embattled governor on Monday announced a deal with state legislative leaders that will fund school reopenings to the tune of $6.6 billion. The budget package will fund contact tracing efforts, school safety measures, and other aspects of returning to in-person instruction. The rest will go towards expanding children’s opportunities to learn, with one example…
Costa Mesa Becomes Latest City to Explore Pay Raise for Grocery Workers
Costa Mesa is considering boosting the hourly wages of grocery workers during the pandemic, joining a shopping list of other Orange County cities exploring the initiative. Its city council will discuss an urgency ordinance March 2 to pay certain grocery workers an extra $4 per hour in “hazard pay.” “Grocery workers generally receive lower wages…
More Orange County Cities Look to Condemn Child Marriage
The boycott of child marriage is gaining momentum in Orange County, where two more cities are considering joining a movement to ban the practice. Costa Mesa city council will vote March 2 on an “End Child Marriage Under 18, No Exceptions” law. Aliso Viejo city council will vote to adopt the same resolution March 3. (It was scheduled…
White House, Pelosi Support Probe of Cuomo Sexual Harassment Claims
One of the top Democrats in Congress and the White House backed an investigation into sexual harassment claims made in recent days against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, one of the most visible governors in the country during the past year. “The women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against Governor Cuomo…
Art Exhibit Shows Persecution in China, Brings Tears to Fullerton Audience
FULLERTON, Calif.—Artist Caron G. Rand looked upon a painting titled “Organ Crimes,” depicting a young man in China having his organs forcefully harvested. “I was moved to tears by it,” Rand told The Epoch Times. She was one of the attendees at the Zhen Shan Ren art exhibit and concert in Fullerton, California, on Feb….
State Deal to Encourage School Reopening By April, But Local Resistance Looms
March 1, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders will announce a multibillion-dollar deal March 1 aimed at enticing schools to resume in-person instruction for young students by April 1, but union demands for COVID vaccinations of teachers and reduced transmission rates make it unlikely L.A. Unified will meet that date. According to reports out of Sacramento,…
LA’s Tiny Home Village Offers Hope to the Homeless
March 1, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—In a fenced compound in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, sat a young woman wearing a black mask covered with gold-glitter butterflies. The compound, on Chandler Boulevard in North Hollywood, just opened in February on what used to be an overgrown, empty lot. Now, the lot is lined with 39 red, white,…
New York AG Says Won’t Accept Cuomo’s Proposal for Independent Probe Into Sexual Harassment Claims
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Sunday that she has not accepted a statement from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo offering that she and the chief judge of New York’s Court of Appeals appoint an attorney to investigate the sexual harassment claims against him from at least two former female members of…
New York AG Rejects Cuomo’s Proposal for Independent Probe Into Sexual Harassment Claims
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Feb. 28 that she rejected a proposal from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that she and the chief judge of the state’s Court of Appeals would appoint an independent investigator to review the sexual harassment claims against the governor. “To clarify, I do not accept the…
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