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Average White Band, Commodores lead Mare Island Dock of Bay Festival
Soul icons The Commodores, Tower of Power vocalist Lenny Williams, Scottish funk act Average White Band and Heatwave will perform at the fourth annual Mare Island Dock of Bay Festival in Vallejo on Sept. 7. Dock of Bay, produced by local concert promoters Frazier Trager Presents, will again take place...
Central Coast restaurants receive $5,000 grants
Grants aim to help small businesses in diverse and underserved communities across California. – Ten local restaurants on the Central Coast have received $5,000 grants through the California Restaurant Foundation’s (CRF) Restaurants Care Resilience Fund. The fund, now in its third year, is supported by a $1 million donation from SoCalGas, among other California utility companies. The grants aim to help small businesses in diverse and underserved communities across California by providing financial assistance for equipment and technology upgrades, unforeseen hardships, employee retention bonuses, and employee training.
Nine Homekey Projects to Create 533 New Permanent Supportive Homes
Sacramento, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced $130.6 million in Homekey grant awards for nine new projects that will create 533 permanently supportive homes for Californians at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The new awards include developments focused on young people, individuals, and families who are experiencing homelessness.
Episode 592: Nellie May Madison: California’s First Woman on Death Row
On the afternoon of March 25, 1934, Belle Bradley found one of her tenants, forty-five-year-old Eric Madison, dead on the floor of the apartment he rented with his wife, Nellie. Madison had been shot in the back four times with a .32 caliber revolver and there was no sign of Nellie Madison, nor was there any evidence of a break-in or a robbery. In the days that followed, investigators quickly determined that Nellie had shot her husband and they tracked her to a remote cabin in northern California, where she was arrested and taken back to Los Angeles and charged with the murder.
Newsom signs 10-bill anti-crime package, gets ahead of anti-crime ballot measure
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 10-bill anti-crime package as Democrats in the state race to address perceptions of rising crime in California as a new anti-crime ballot measure opposed by the governor seems increasingly likely to pass. “I thank the bipartisan group of lawmakers, our retail partners, and advocates for […]
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