City council signals support for May election, $150M increase to 2024 Bond | #citycouncil
In Friday afternoon’s City Council meeting, council members signaled support for holding the 2024 Bond election in May and increasing the bond balance from $1.1 billion to $1.25 billion. Because it was a special called session, the council was unable to hold a legally binding vote. Their signals of support are intended to aid city […]
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Teenager apologizes for threat to Santa Cruz mayor – Santa Cruz Sentinel
The Santa Cruz City Council listens to hours of citizen comments as they consider Resolution 29, which would call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file) SANTA CRUZ — The teenager identified as allegedly having made threats against Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley’s life personally apologized this week. Fred Keeley […]
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1,500 affected after water line bursts in Mansfield
MANSFIELD, Ark. — The Arkansas National Guard (ANG) is set to assist a city in Sebastian County after a significant water line burst. According to a release from the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM), a water line ruptured in Mansfield, impacting 1,500 people and leaving many without water. The release says that the Mansfield […]
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California Dem Senator and Donor to Radical State LGBT Group Launches Bid for Governor
Toni Atkins authored ‘self-ID’ law that lets anyone change his or her legal sex by simple self-attestation Gold Award recipient Isabella Pena (L) of Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio joins a meeting with Speaker Emeritus Toni Atkins (R) (Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images) California Democratic state senator Toni Atkins, who has given tens of thousands of dollars […]
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The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted
When Jan Sramek walked into the American Legion post in Rio Vista, Calif., for a town-hall meeting last month, everyone in the room knew that he was really just there to get yelled at. For six years a mysterious company called Flannery Associates, which Mr. Sramek controlled, had upended the town of 10,000 by spending […]
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South Pasadena Rose Float Builders Recognized by City Council | The South Pasadenan | #citycouncil
PHOTO: Samantha Shiroishi | The South Pasadenan | Members of the Sylvers group gathered with volunteers who built and decorated South Pasadena’s float outside the South Pasadena City Council chambers. And the beat goes on for the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Committee, which continues to reap recognition in wake of its award-winning entry in […]
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Gimenez reacts to mayor blaming past administrations
MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, and her predecessor Rep. Carlos Gimenez were caught in a blaming game about the troubling condition of the Miami International Airport. After Levine Cava said she “saw the problems” at MIA after she became Miami-Dade’s first woman to serve as mayor in 2020, Gimenez said he perceived […]
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Thousands of CSU faculty to strike across California starting Monday, Jan. 22 – Press Telegram
Students and union members protest outside the California State University chancellor’s office in Long Beach, CA on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Thousands of workers at the California State University system’s 23 campuses are ready to kick off a five-day strike next Monday, Jan. 22 — as tensions between […]
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State Supreme Court agrees to expedite case filed by group seeking to require paper ballots and limit absentee voting
The Arkansas Supreme Court has granted a request to expedite a lawsuit filed by a group that is pushing for paper ballots and restrictions on absentee voting in Arkansas elections. The lawsuit, filed early last week by Conrad Reynolds and the Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative (an entity created by Reynolds), names Secretary of State John […]
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2026 campaign for governor starts now- CalMatters
In summary More than two years until the first votes are cast, Senate leader Toni Atkins becomes the fourth big-name Democrat to jump into the governor’s race. She is seeking to become the first female and openly gay chief executive. Voters won’t weigh in for more than two years — the primary election is not […]
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