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April 18, 2018Journal Staff Assemblymember Chris Holden’s legislation to address the minimum wage discrepancy for developmental disabilities service providers, Assembly Bill 2623, passed unanimously with bipartisan support in the Assembly Committee...
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April 18, 2018FUNdraising Good Times By Mel and Pearl Shaw Mel and Pearl Shaw Where does fundraising rank as a priority when searching for new leadership? It happens all the time. “I quit!” or “You’re fi red!” are the extremes that can mark the be...
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April 18, 2018Estate Planning 101 By Attorney Marlene S. Cooper Marlene S. Cooper In Part 1 of this series we discussed the initial duties of the successor trustee (manager) of a trust when the person who created the trust passes away. In summary...
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April 18, 2018John Randolph Rogers John Randolph Rogers The Boss Threw Me Out! I was sneaking by the Boss’s Office, but he saw me and called me in. “Write something exciting this week”, he said. I replied by telling him that there was kind of a lu...
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Joe C. Hopkins, Journal Publisher What would you do if you were to have your wishes to start a new business? What would you do for startup money? This is the primary question for a potential entrepreneur. Sources for startup monies are numerous: p...
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Creating a personal brand helps employers see your uniqueness Why take the time to develop a personal brand? See how you can stand out to employers. In a tough job market, you need to stand out. Besides helping you identify your personal strengths,...
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This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo shows the kind of extreme pollutants that disparately affect the health of urban children. SACRAMENTO – In their drive to define the national debate over protecting the environment, m...
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SACRAMENTO (CBM) – Legislators and education advocates came together at a press conference Wednesday April 11, to show support for a bill that they believe will help fix how education is funded for one of the lowest performing subgroups....
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San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili, right, gets around Golden State Warriors’ David West at the Oracle on April 16. Warriors won 116-101 in Game 2. (OBSERVER photo by Antonio R. Harvey) OAKLAND — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said...
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SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Police Department (SPD) on Monday released additional audio and video from the March 18 shooting death of Stephon Clark. The newly released material includes 23 in-car camera videos (ICC) 28 body-worn camera vi...
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LOS ANGELES — Cal State Los Angeles has been selected as an anchor institution by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities as part of a new effort to uplift and transform the economies and social well-being of communities across the nati...
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WHITTIER — Mayor Joe Vinatieri has won another two years in office based on preliminary results for the April 10 municipal election, but longtime Councilman Bob Henderson was trailing challenger Henry Bouchet in the Second District and Councilman Fe...
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CULVER CITY — Alex Fisch and Daniel Lee were elected to the Culver City Council April 10 by local voters who also approved municipal tax rates for marijuana businesses in the city. Fisch, an attorney for the California Attorney General’s office, was...
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[embedded content] PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner on Saturday defended officers who arrested two black men at a Starbucks, prompting accusations of racism on social media, concern from the mayor and an apology from...
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Sacramento police officers patrolling Golden 1 Center on March 29 to prevent Stephon Clark protesters from shutting down a Sacramento Kings game for the third time in eight days (OBSERVER photo by Antonio R. Harvey). SACRAMENTO — When Sa...