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Coastal consultant speaks up on sea level rise, local impact of state regulations
During a community forum last week, a longtime coastal planning consultant shared insight on sea level rise policies in the state and their local impact. During the Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting on Wednesday (July 10), the featured speaker was Don Schmitz, president and principal planner of the land use consulting firm Schmitz & Associates. Schmitz represents a wide variety of clients, including the city of Newport Beach, for items that go before the California Coastal Commission. He also works as the consultant for Smart Coast California. He’s been involved with coastal planning and issues related to sea level rise for many years.
Masimo files lawsuit against activist investor Politan
(Reuters) -Medical device maker Masimo Corp said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Politan Capital in a California federal court, seeking to force the activist investor to correct "material misstatements and omissions" in its proxy materials.
California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
Local law enforcement helping with security at RNC, delegates react to Trump's VP pick
Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his pick for vice president on Monday.The announcement came as delegates from California and around the nation formally chose Trump as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention.Valley alternate Delegate Guillermo Moreno reacting to the long-awaited running mate pick."I think J.D. Vance is a fantastic candidate. He's more of the Trumpian Vice Presidential pick. So he's going to continue the movement," said Guillermo Moreno.After Saturday's assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Moreno says Vance is vital in essentially being the heir for the party."The Vice Presidential candidate...
Dangerous Crime! Gavin Newsom Backed by Big-Spending Prison Union: Dominant Force or Under Threat?
WFCN – The president of one of the biggest and most influential unions in California declared in a newsletter one year after assuming the position that he aspired to be “the 800 pound gorilla” in Sacramento politics. Since then, in a manner it had never done before,...
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