Washington, DC…The U.S. Census Bureau announced the release of a new report that examines characteristics of the U.S. population with bachelor’s degrees. The report, Bachelor’s Degree Attainment in the United States: 2005 to 2019, is based on statistics from the American Community Survey (ACS). Since 2010, the ACS has published estimates based on five years of data […]
Watsonville, CA…The driver of a BMW was traveling southbound SR-1, south of Airport Boulevard. The driver of a Nissan was traveling wrong way on southbound SR-1, driving northbound in the southbound lanes, north of Main Street. The Nissan collided head on with the BMW causing the Nissan to come to rest blocking the #3 lane […]
Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the sentencing of Alex Morales III, a former California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) employee who received payment in exchange for awarding contracts for projects that required some form of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance. Morales pleaded guilty in December to two counts of felony bribery and was […]
A Covid Comic ~ By Mike Darby
Saratoga, CA…Traffic Update….Motorcycle Down Near Sr9 / Sr35 Incident: 01055 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr9 / Sr35 Loc Desc: WB 9 JWO SR 35 Lat/Lon: 37.258512 -122.121939 Detail Information 1:13 PM 5 [13] UNKWN EXT OF INJ 1:12 PM 4 [11] CHKG W/SCL 1141 FOR UPDATES // INC #155 / RESPONDERS 1097 12:50 PM […]
London, UK….On this day in 1848 the Communist Manifesto was first published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. “Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries unite!” ~ Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto It was […]
Washington, DC…Seventy-nine years ago, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which stripped Japanese Americans of their civil rights and led to the wrongful internment of some 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent. In one of the most shameful periods in American history, Japanese Americans were targeted and imprisoned simply because of their heritage. Families were forced […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring February 19, 2021, as A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation in the State of California. The text of the proclamation can be found here and a copy is below: PROCLAMATION Issued on February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 authorized the forced evacuation and incarceration of thousands of loyal […]
Kalamazoo, MI…Albert, thank you very much. Thank you not only for what you do for the — the credit you give me that I really don’t deserve. This is — this is a case of life and death. We’re talking about people’s lives. I want you to know that once we beat COVID, we’re going […]
Washington, DC…Thank you, Mr. Ambassador. And it’s great to be with Angela and Emmanuel. We just spent part of — from Washington’s perspective — the morning together. But I want to say hello to everyone and thanks, you — at the Munich Conference for hosting this special session. For decades, as you pointed out, I’ve […]
