L.A. Officials Call For $20 Billion In State Funding For Homeless Crisis
L.A. Officials Call For $20 Billion In State Funding For Homeless Crisis By City News Service May 3, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, and two Los Angeles City Council members today joined a growing number of officials calling for the state to provide cities with $20 billion over five years […]
Seeking Nunes support for Alzheimer’s research: Letters to the editor, May 2, 2021
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, is being sought to support Alzheimer’s research. KIRK MCKOY TNS NUNES SUPPORT FOR ALZHEIMER’S CURE My great-grandfather Bill had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease prior to his passing. He had been a self-reliant man, a hard worker, and an avid outdoorsman. It was extremely difficult seeing him lose the ability to care for himself and […]
Contact Tracing Mobile Apps for COVID-19: Privacy Considerations and Related Trade-offs
After gut-punch of a year, Angelenos eager for dose of hope during Garcetti’s State of City talk
The city has endured an unprecedented year and this could be an address like none before, an opportunity to instill hope and optimism among residents and business owners who have experienced painful losses of loved, and devastation to their finances. By ELIZABETH CHOU | hchou@scng.com | Daily News PUBLISHED: April 19, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: April 19, 2021 at 6:33 […]
Long Beach Democrat wants to add 2 EJ members to South Coast air board
The Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Monday approved a bill to add two environmental justice-focused members to a powerful board overseeing air quality in the Los Angeles basin. What happened: CA SB342 (21R), by Sen. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), would add two legislative appointees to the South Coast Air Quality Management Board in an attempt to […]
Climate Change: Navigating the challenges of a perpetual fire season
Wildfire threat likely to get worse, experts say
By MARTIN WISCKOL | mwisckol@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: April 8, 2021 at 4:41 p.m. | UPDATED: April 9, 2021 at 8:01 a.m. The plan includes neighborhood resilience projects, such as putting screens on chimneys, clearing vegetation from around homes and ensuring evacuation plans are in place. There would also be managed burns and other forest management efforts, and an increase in […]
