Powerful Pacific swell brings threat of more dangerous surf to California
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers built giant sand berms Friday to protect beachfront homes in one of California’s coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms. Dozens of people watched construction of the emergency barriers in the Pierpont area of the city of Ventura, where a rogue […]
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Video shows rogue wave crashing ashore in Southern California – KTLA
Maine’s Secretary of State on Thursday said former President Trump was ineligible to be on the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment, becoming the second state to do so. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, said she had concluded that Trump “over the course of several months and culminating on January 6, 2021, […]
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Westfield City Council holds final meeting before new council members take office | #citycouncil
Council members Troy Patton, Jake Gilbert, Mike Johns, Scott Frei, Cindy Spojaric, Victor McCarty and Scott Willis following the final meeting of this city council. (Photo by Amy Adams) The Westfield city council members elected in 2019 met for the final time Dec. 27, 2023. Although not a lot of business was accomplished given the […]
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Hartford’s mayor-elect receives transition plan from outgoing administration – NBC Connecticut
There will be a huge New Year’s Eve celebration in Hartford. Organizers say First Night Hartford will be the biggest in years. Making the night even bigger, though, is the inauguration of the city’s new mayor. Just as the fireworks are lighting up the sky, there will be a pretty significant political event on the […]
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Arkansas group resubmits proposal to use paper ballots in elections
The Restore Election Integrity group has resubmitted proposed constitutional amendments to the Arkansas attorney general. The proposed amendments support conducting elections in Arkansas using paper ballots and imposing greater restrictions on absentee voting. Approval of the ballot language is required for the group to proceed, and if granted, they would need to collect 54,422 signatures […]
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California cedes role as chief Trump antagonist in ballot fight
“It’s a different calculus now,” said Jessica A. Levinson, a professor of constitutional and California election law at Loyola Law School. “This isn’t a question about immigration or reproductive rights,” she added. “This is a question about, ‘Do we let the voters decide?’” The debate among California Democrats played out in unusually public fashion after […]
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Some California Farmers Pay Water Fee to Protect Aquifers. Does It Work?
The strawberry, blackberry and raspberry fields of the Pajaro Valley stretch for 10 miles along the coast of California’s Monterey Bay, jeweled with fruit from April through early December. The valley’s 30,000 acres of farmland are also ruffled with emerald lettuces, brussels sprouts and varieties of kale, bringing in roughly $1 billion in revenue to […]
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Seattle City Council to inaugurate seven members, choose new Council President | #citycouncil
Inauguration Day at Seattle City Hall will be this Tuesday, January 2 at 2:00 PM during the Seattle Council’s first meeting of 2024. At that meeting, the following will happen in chronological order: New president elected: The Council is scheduled to elect its new president. The Council elects a new president every two years. The […]
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Why SF supervisors may want to sue California over housing | Politics
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Moments with the Mayor: | Don’t Miss This
“It has taken me a while, but I’m learning that letting go of the past is a good thing. It doesn’t mean forgetting, it just means moving on. Because the fact is, we can’t enjoy the present and embrace the future when we are still stuck in the past.” — Don Dewberry, internationally renowned consultant. […]
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