Homekey Awards $156.4 Million to Expand Homeless Housing
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Since its launch in 2020, Homekey continues to rapidly house thousands of individuals experiencing homelessness. Today’s announcement of $156.4 million in funding will support 12 projects in six California counties and produce 556 new affordable housing units for a total of over 14,000 units created by Homekey. SACRAMENTO – Today, […]
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Lawsuit alleges years of child sexual abuse at politically connected Arkansas treatment facility
A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges repeated sexual and physical abuse of children at The Lord’s Ranch, a residential treatment facility in Northeast Arkansas that closed in 2016. Lawyers for the plaintiffs — eight former residents who were reportedly abused as boys — said this is the first of several lawsuits they will file on […]
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San Diego City Council approves master plan for libraries | #citycouncil
The San Diego City Council unanimously approved a Library Master Plan on Tuesday, providing a long-range foundation for modernizing libraries across the city. “Libraries matter so much. It is something that every single community across the city sees as important and finds joy in and sees as a resource,” City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera said. […]
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Council Appoints Blake Inscore To 5th Term As Crescent City Mayor; Raymond Altman Will Be Second-in-Command | Wild Rivers Outpost
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / Today @ 3:17 p.m. Council Appoints Blake Inscore To 5th Term As Crescent City Mayor; Raymond Altman Will Be Second-in-Command Blake Inscore Blake Inscore will step back into the Crescent City mayoral seat starting Nov. 1 for what he says will be his final year in office.Councilor Raymond Altman agreed to […]
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Endeavor Space Shuttle solid rocket motor is hoisted into place at California Science Center – Orange County Register
Work crews install the first of two recently arrived 116-foot-long Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs) are lifted by a large, 450-foot-tall crane from their temporary location outside the California Science Center at Exhibition Park into their final vertical positions. Tuesday, Los Angeles CA/USA. Nov 7, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) Julio Sanchez recalls being in […]
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Local candidates qualify for Alabama Senate District 9 special election | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Qualifying has now closed in the special election to fill the Alabama Senate District 9 seat, which includes Marshall County, southwest Madison County and northern Blount County. Longtime Senator Clay Scofield, a Republican, resigned the seat last week to take a job with the Business Council of Alabama. National parks are […]
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A quick guide to the major races for Election Day 2023 | #elections | #alabama
Early voting is underway at the Board of Elections in Norwood, Ohio on Oct. 25. Photo by Liz Dufour/The Enquirer/USA Today Network For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. Let’s hit the go button, America. It’s Election Day 2023. At this point in the four-year […]
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Can Steve Garvey Unite California Republicans in His Bid for US Senate?
“He would need to become the favorite among all Republicans in order to get himself higher in the polls,” DiCamillo said. In the IGS poll, Porter stands at 17%, with Schiff at 16% and Garvey at 10%. A former All-Star and World Series champion who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, […]
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Arkansas suit alleges ‘widespread’ abuse at former youth facility
Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were victims of “systematic and widespread” abuse at the now-shuttered facility.Attorneys for the former residents of the Lord’s Ranch said the lawsuit is the […]
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City Council OKs compromise plan for migrant tent camp in Morgan Park | #citycouncil
CHICAGO (CBS) — After Mayor Brandon Johnson agreed to a compromise with Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) over plans for a migrant tent camp in his ward, the City Council on Tuesday approved plans to purchase a vacant Jewel store and parking lot to house the encampment. With Mosley reversing his earlier opposition to the plan, aldermen […]
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