California Congressional Candidate Aditya Pai Quits Due to ‘Lack of Joy’
A Democratic candidate vying for the congressional seat in California currently held by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) has suspended his campaign—and he was refreshingly honest about why. “Life is short,” Aditya Pai, a 31-year-old Harvard-educated attorney, wrote in an email shared on Twitter by a reporter. “I believe one should enjoy their work. For the […]
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Amendment to California constitution could unlock billions for homebuyers – Orange County Register
Finamore Place is a new 102-unit affordable housing complex in Anaheim that opened in 2023. (Courtesy of Jamboree Housing) Last November, 59% of voters in Berkeley wanted to give the city permission to borrow $650 million to fund affordable housing. Two years earlier, 58% of San Diego voters supported a $900 million housing bond. Two […]
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The Longmont City Council will reconsider its decision to deny a request to annex property at 150 Francis Street into the city limits. | #citycouncil
The Longmont City Council will reconsider its decision to deny a request to annex property at 150 Francis St. into the city limits. The council previously approved the annexation on a first reading on July 11. However, during its second reading on July 25, the City Council denied the annexation in a 4-3 vote on […]
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Mayor says ‘citizens will be proud’ of plan to preserve slave cemetery hidden by playground – WSB-TV Channel 2
WAYNESBORO, Ga. — When you walk around Davis Park in the small city of Waynesboro, you might miss it. Just feet away from a well-preserved Confederate soldier cemetery, and a shiny, bright-colored playground, sits a small stone marker with the words “slave cemetery” etched into a metal plate. Emma Johnson-Williams was born in Waynesboro and […]
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ALGOP Trump Dinner Shatters Records | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Alabama Republican Party 2023 Summer Dinner at the Renaissance Hotel at the Convention Center in Montgomery, Alabama, on Friday, Aug.4. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER CONTRIBUTED BY THE ALGOP ALABAMA — The Alabama Republican Party 2023 Summer Dinner with Former President Donald J. Trump was record-breaking in more […]
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Genes from European dark honeybees surprisingly found in Arkansas
Honeybees are not indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. The first documented shipment of honeybees to the New World was recorded in 1622, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Many of the first bees brought to North America were European dark honeybees. Those first bees are now extinct in many states, but the genetics from […]
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Newsom deploys resources to assist in Maui wildfire response
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that California would be deploying resources and urban search and rescue teams to assist in the wildfire response in Hawaii. ( Video above: American Red Cross sending team to Maui. Here’s how you can help)Eleven members of California’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces are set to aid in […]
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California AG Rob Bonta apologizes for agency’s role in Japanese internment during World War II
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a formal apology Thursday for his office’s role in the forced relocation and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps during World War II. The apology comes more than three years after the California Legislature issued its own formal apology for the state’s role in the internment […]
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Mayor Adams meets with White House liaison as City Hall hints 60-day eviction notice for migrants could change
After months of demanding more help from the White House to address the compounding migrant crisis, Mayor Adams hosted President Biden’s intergovernmental affairs director, Tom Perez, at City Hall on Thursday — but they revealed very little about their confab. Neither Perez nor the mayor spoke to reporters immediately after the much-anticipated visit. Instead, Adams’ […]
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Boise mayor selects city council replacement | #citycouncil
BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has appointed a new city councilmember. Meredith Stead, who currently serves on the city’s planning and zoning commission, will fill the District 5 seat vacated by Holli Woodings, the city announced Thursday in a news release. Stead will be sworn […]
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