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Apple tries to ease California housing crisis close to home
A new Apple initiative addresses California’s housing-affordability crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company said Wednesday. In partnership with the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, Sobrato Philanthropies and Destination: Home, Apple launched the Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund with an initial investment of $50 million. The fund...
California cities and counties ignoring mandate to monitor homeless shelters
In 2021, responding to reports that the state’s homeless shelters were dirty and dangerous, the state Legislature crafted a plan: It would require local governments to inspect their shelters after complaints and file annual reports on shelter conditions. Three years on, California’s cities and counties have basically ignored the mandate. A new investigation from CalMatters […]
PennWest Presidential Transition Committee Announced
CLARION, Pa. — After announcing the formation of a presidential transition committee in June, President Jon Anderson announced members of the committee on Tuesday, July 16, just one month into his tenure as leader of Pennsylvania Western University. The committee will play a key role in advancing engagement and...
Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe, formerly Hard Rock Hotel, set for major renovation
The 500-room Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe hotel-casino is set for a major upgrade. "We're going to touch basically every square foot of the property," Jason Sides, general manager of the hotel-casino, told regulators during the Nevada Gaming Control Board meeting last week. ...
Former mayor known for guaranteed income programs launches bid for California lieutenant governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Michael Tubbs is running for lieutenant governor of California, returning to politics four years after voters in his Central Valley hometown ousted him as one of the country’s youngest mayors following his reboot of guaranteed income programs for the poor that made him a star.
Fast food employees in California currently make $20 per hour. In response, franchisees are reducing hours
Taking orders at the register one recent day, Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s restaurants south of Los Angeles, poured boiling hot baskets of French fries and chicken nuggets, adding a flourish of salt to them. Cheng used to staff his Fountain Valley, Orange County, facility with close...
Results released for toxic algal blooms testing at Lake Tahoe beaches
(FOX40.COM) — The results of testing at two Lake Tahoe beaches for harmful algae blooms may help determine the cause of a dogs death in the area over the July 4th weekend. The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection carried out water sample collections on July 8 and […]
After California approves pro-transgender measure, Elon Musk says he will move companies' headquarters
Elon Musk says he is moving two tech company headquarters to Texas after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law prohibiting public schools from notifying parents when their children identify as transgendered.
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