HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) — Governor Gavin Newsom’s office says the state is now investigating the conditions of farmworkers following the Half Moon Bay mass shooting at two mushroom farms.A spokesperson from Newsom’s office tweeted a statement, saying the state is looking into the farms to ensure the “workers are treated fairly and with the compassion they deserve.”At a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Newsom said he was told about the “deplorable” living and working conditions of the farmworkers at the locations involved in the shooting.It was shared with him that farmworkers were being paid $9 an hour and…
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As the Cincinnati Bengals continue their march through the playoffs, the Buffalo Bills are not forgetting the care Cincinnati gave Damar Hamlin. The team’s “Toy Partner,” Fisher-Price, donated $10,000 worth of toys and games to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.The company sent a card to the city, thanking local health care workers for taking care of Hamlin.Get the latest news stories of interest here”Our cities have really been bonded over this football. It’s been a friendly rivalry, but I would like to emphasize ‘friendly’ just because we’ve bonded so much beyond the field. I think this donation really emphasizes how interconnected our…
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The Incline Village General Improvement District Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted to take away employee access to beaches in a 3-2 vote. The move has been described by IVGID Public Works workers as “chipping away” at employees, according to Chairman Matthew Dent. The decision comes during a housing crisis on the North Shore, and all around the lake, with many employees unable to afford to live in the district, including IVGID Communication Coordinator Kari Ferguson. The decision does not impact employees who live in the district and are already entitled to beach access, but instead…
CAPE TOWN, Jan 26 (Reuters) – South Africa has signed an agreement with India to introduce dozens of African cheetahs to the Asian country over the next decade, its environmental department said on Thursday, after the first were transferred last year from neighbouring Namibia.A big cat species similar to the cheetah disappeared from India some 70 years ago.In September, eight radio-collared African cheetahs were released at Kuno National Park in central India after a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) journey from Namibia, the first time wild cheetahs have been moved across continents to be released.”An initial batch of 12 cheetah are scheduled…
Anthropology professor Jessica Brinkworth led a course that teaches college students to apply their classroom-acquired knowledge of respiratory infectious disease, immune responses and health-promoting behaviors into compelling lessons for K-8 students. Photo by Julia Pollack Delete Edit embedded media in the Files Tab and re-insert as needed. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Most people don’t visit the health department to view student art, but here we are, in the busy main hall of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. We are wearing face masks, reading artist statements and reviewing more than a dozen visual and digital explorations of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, COVID-19…
Cassava Technologies-backed data centre constructor, Africa Data Centres, has announced that it is building another data centre facility in Cape Town. The new facility will have an IT load of 20MW and is expected to be up and running by mid-2024. According to a press release by the company, the construction of the data centre is part of the group’s ongoing investment in infrastructure in the Western Cape province, and reflects its confidence in the economy of the province and of South Africa, the continent’s largest IT infrastructure and services market. “Cape Town is a thriving city and the second…
On Sunday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing an elderly woman near a gas station in Altadena. Both the Sheriff’s homicide unit and its Internal Affairs Bureau reportedly launched investigations. On Wednesday, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the state Department of Justice launched its own probe, noting in a press release that preliminary findings indicated that the man killed “ was not in possession of a deadly weapon at the time of the fatal shooting.” Bonta didn’t launch the investigation solely out of personal interest. A state law passed in 2020…
Texas-Based Industry Leaders Collaborate to Raise Awareness and Benefit Patient Families in NeedFORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cook Children’s and Twisted X®, a Twisted X Global Brands company, have joined together to create the Cook Children’s by Twisted X Collection. Twisted X will donate 100 percent of wholesale proceeds from every pair of shoes sold from this collection directly to Cook Children’s.Twisted X”The partnership between Cook Children’s and Twisted X furthers our commitment to providing patients and families with a one-of-a-kind resource tailored around their health care needs to enhance the overall experience,” said Cook Children’s Health…
COVID-19 & MONKEY POX VACCINE CLINIC The Ector County Health Department, 221 N. Texas Ave., has scheduled a COVID-19 and Monkey Pox Vaccine Clinic from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. today. COVID-19 vaccines are free and walk in only, first come, first served. Monkey Pox Vaccines are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, for prescreening or for more information, call 432-227-2137. EXHIBITION Midland College, 3600 N. Garfield St., Midland, has scheduled an exhibition of paintings by Nancy Barnard from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, through Feb. 17. For…
STOCKHOLM, Jan 26 (Reuters) – European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq.Three years after the 27-nation EU agreed to restrict visas for countries deemed failing to cooperate on taking their people back, only Gambia has been formally punished.The EU’s executive European Commission proposed similar steps vis-a-vis Iraq, Senegal and Bangladesh, though two EU officials said cooperation with Dhaka on returning people has since improved.Still, the EU’s overall rate of…