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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...
Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
Black Caucus, Black Freedom Fund Host State of Black California in Santa Barbara. The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) in partnership with the California Black Freedom Fund hosted the second event in the “State of Black California” series in Santa Barbara, on July 13. The State of Black...
CSULB School of Nursing ranked No. 1 in California
Cal State Long Beach’s School of Nursing has been recognized as the top nursing program in California, according to RNcareers.org’s 9th annual Nursing School Review. RNCareers.org evaluated more than 1,700 nursing schools to compile its merit-based rankings. Factors include program accreditation, tuition costs, academic excellence, faculty qualifications, student satisfaction, program offerings, career outcomes and school reputation.
Inaugural class of new Forest Corps inducted in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO — About 20% of California is forest land and the state is already experiencing an above-average fire season.A new team of young volunteers is being trained to help reduce the threat of wildfires and respond when they grow out of control. Taking an oath to serve their country, these young adults are the first members of a new team called the Forest Corps."The need is great," said Liz Berger, a U.S. Forest Service regional forester. "We are addressing a wildfire crisis."AmeriCorps has been serving communities across the country for 30 years, but this class is dedicated to exclusively working...
Storm Tracker Forecast: Brief but welcome relief from the heat ahead
It's a good idea to open up your windows as you dress in light clothing, grab your sunglasses, pack some water, and plan on taking advantage of a pleasant change of conditions as you get ready to head out the door Tuesday. Modest and brief but welcome relief from the heat is on the way for today and tomorrow, and we'll have a slight chance for light showers and thunderstorm activity in our higher elevations today. More sunshine and another substantial warming trend are on the way from late this week through this weekend.
California politicians have mixed reactions to Elon Musk's X, SpaceX relocation announcement
SACRAMENTO — Elon Musk says he is moving his companies X and SpaceX from California to Texas because he's opposed to a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.Is Elon Musk political posturing, or is he packing up and leaving?The billionaire businessman posted the following to his social media site:"This is the final straw, because of this law and many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies…Space X will now move its headquarters from Hawthorne Californian to Starbase Texas."Musk announced separately that he is also moving his social media company X from San Francisco to Austin, Texas.State Senator...
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