Homeless people sleeping in public in Boise, Idaho, will not be cited or arrested when no shelter is available under a settlement that ends a dozen years of litigation over the issue. Under the agreement announced Monday by Mayor Lauren McLean’s office the city also will make changes to ordinances that guide police citations for […]
The Bumble Bee Seafood Co. has announced the appointment of Dr. Leslie Hushka as senior vice president of Global Corporate Responsibility. Hushka will be responsible for the company’s efforts to protect and restore the health of the world’s oceans, part of its recent $40 million commitment to expand its sustainability efforts. Prior to joining Bumble […]
DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, a Republican from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has died two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, according to multiple news outlets. Wright, 67, is the first sitting member of Congress to die from the virus. He had also been battling cancer.
Republican John Cox formally opened his campaign for California governor Monday with a TV ad depicting his leading GOP rival as a political twin of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and promising to work for lower housing costs and new jobs. The 30-second ad airing statewide marks the official kickoff of his second campaign for the […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called San Diego a leader in maximizing vaccination efforts after touring one of four local vaccination super sites distributing doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to thousands of people a day. “Let me focus now on why I came here to San Diego, and that was to acknowledge leadership, demonstrable […]