More than 20 vehicles set on fire
BAJA CALIFORNIA (KGTV) — Violence and chaos overnight in Baja California in the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tecate all hit in an apparently coordinated attack. According to ABC 10News’ media partners at Televisa, at least 24 vehicles were set on fire in a span of around 8 hours including everything from privately […]
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Inside the Beltway: Conservatives to party hearty with MRC | #alaska | #politics
NEWS AND OPINION: It is, perhaps, one of the smartest and most sparkling events of the year. That would be the Media Research Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala, which is fast approaching. The conservative press watchdog has staged this black-tie gathering since 1987 in the nation’s capital. It features a grand cocktail hour, a sumptuous dinner […]
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Risks of disaster at nuclear plant ‘increasing every day’: Mayor | Russia-Ukraine war News
Last week, the facility in Ukraine came under repeated fire, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame for the potentially catastrophic escalation. The risk of disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops is “increasing every day”, the mayor of the city where the facility is located says. The Zaporizhzhia power plant, Europe’s […]
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says Republicans ‘need to pull back on casting judgment’ on the FBI after Mar-a-Lago search for classified documents
Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Hutchinson says fellow GOP members should “pull back” judgment around the FBI. Agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and seized classified documents. The move was met with some backlash from Trump allies and Republicans who rallied around the former president. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says that fellow GOP […]
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California rents spiking — and not only where you’d expect
When Santa Monica resident Rob Leonard got a notice telling him that rent for his one-bedroom apartment would go up $100 a month starting in September, he had to read the letter several times because he thought there was a mistake. “I was in shock,” he said. “Twelve hundred dollars a year — that’s people’s […]
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Shreveport: SWEPCO denies City Council request to cancel shut-offs during high-heat season | #citycouncil
SHREVEPORT, La. ((KTAL/KMSS) – SWEPCO denied a Shreveport City Council request to stop electricity cut-offs until Nov. 1. The request came Tuesday in the form of a resolution passed by the Council in response to this summer’s record-breaking heat that has resulted in higher-than-normal electricity bills. Triple-digit heat to return followed by more rain The […]
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A Batmobile, a Bay Area sheriff and calls for accountability
California is littered with people who have a legitimate beef with an elected sheriff. People who’ve had a relative killed by deputies, for example, and can’t get any answers about what happened because a sheriff refuses to be transparent about the department’s internal investigation. Or people who’ve filed a complaint about being wrongfully detained or […]
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California college administrators sued for discrimination over conservative flyers
Students from a campus chapter of Young Americans for Freedom are suing their college for allegedly discriminating against the conservative group for posting and distributing flyers. Three YAF student leaders filed the lawsuit in federal court in California on Thursday, alleging Clovis Community College administrators violated their First Amendment rights by ordering the removal of […]
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Kyiv mayor: Huge mistake for Israel to remain neutral, ‘we’re defending Europe’
KYIV — “Shalom!” exclaimed Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko as he bounded into his second-floor office at the city’s municipal building and took my suddenly tiny and inadequate hand in his massive paw. The Hebrew greeting when we met in the heart of the Ukrainian capital last Tuesday wasn’t the only evidence of the former heavyweight […]
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Emergency management plan update plus guidelines for resolutions before Edmonds City Council Aug. 16 | #citycouncil
The Edmonds City Council is set to cover a range of topics during its Tuesday, Aug. 16 business meeting. Among them: an update of the city’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and a related code change related to disaster preparation, emergency coordination and civil emergencies. The council is also scheduled to consider draft guidelines for city […]
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