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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...
Summer of Black art and music at the Ruth Williams Opera House
The month of June set off an indelible vibrant art and music experience at The Ruth, marking the kickoff of Juneteenth and the summer season. This event, “Black Art & Music at The Ruth,” as promised and a spectacular afternoon filled with live performances and stunning visual art.
'It Really Hits Home': Bay Area Leaders Reflect on Political Violence After Trump Shooting
The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend has awakened national memories of violence across the political spectrum. For several Bay Area leaders, the shooting served as a reminder that threats they receive — which, by several accounts, have escalated in...
Bay Area man convicted in killing of Italian police officer gets house arrest after appeal
One of the two Americans convicted in the 2019 stabbing death of an Italian plainclothes police officer has been granted house arrest after an appeals court significantly reduced his original life sentence.Gabriel Natale-Hjorth can serve his 11-year, four-month sentence at the home of a grandparent in the seaside town of Fregene, west of Rome, state-run RAI and LaPresse news agencies reported, citing a court decision Monday.Natale-Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder, both from California, had been found guilty in the July 2019 killing of Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega in a botched sting operation after a Rome drug deal went...
Not A Single Witness Saw Student Vanish On Busy CA Bridge in 2020
California's Bay Area attracts a large number of graduating high school students from across the country due to its close proximity to Silicon Valley and colleges like Stanford and UC Berkeley. One young woman who moved out west to pursue her education in 2019 wound up being the focus of one of the bay's most bizarre and unexplained disappearances.
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.
Palo Alto nears state approval for long-delayed housing plan
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Palo Alto’s plan to add more than 6,000 housing units has yet to win state approval, but recent correspondence between City Hall and the state Department of Housing and Community Development suggests that the complex, high-stakes exercise is finally nearing the finish line.
California’s heat wave crisis: Report reveals costs, health impacts
A recent report from the California Department of Insurance has highlighted the staggering economic and health impacts of extreme heat in California, totaling over $7.7 billion in the last decade. Released amidst a heat wave, with temperatures soaring past 120 in Palm Springs, the report underscores a growing crisis. “Extreme...
‘Forced outing’ parental notice policies banned in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law on Monday banning schools from passing policies requiring parents be notified if their child decides to change their gender identity. The law prevents school staff from “outing” a student to their parent or anyone else without their permission. Proponents held up the measure as a…
US Rep. Schiff warns of big Democratic losses with Biden atop ticket-NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who is running for the Senate, warned donors in a private meeting that his party was likely to suffer major losses if President Joe Biden continued his reelection campaign, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.
Newsom sends Trump security reinforcements at RNC: ‘Public safety transcends party lines’
As the Republican National Convention welcomed former President Donald Trump on Monday, dozens of security officers from deep-blue California were among those guarding the MAGA leader. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was responsible for reinforcing the GOP’s security forces with 61 officers from his state. “Public safety transcends party lines,” the Democratic governor said Monday. His […]
L.A. homicide rate higher than rest of state, lower than other major cities: report
More than 300 people were murdered within the city of Los Angeles in 2023, creating a homicide rate that is higher than the state as a whole and most other major cities in California. But a new report released by the California Attorney General’s Office, alongside Los Angeles Police Department data, shows that L.A. isn’t […]
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