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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz…
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Federal Emergency Alert to test system scheduled for 11:20 a.m. Wednesday
SALINAS – No need to panic, but a test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System will be conducted throughout the nation Wednesday, so expect your cell phone, and everyone else’s, to sound an alarm and receive a text message at about 11:20 a.m. The Federal Emergency Management System, in coordination with the Federal…
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SF Giants: What we learned from Farhan Zaidi’s season-ending press conference
SAN FRANCISCO — As a half dozen ballparks radiated on Tuesday, the official start of the postseason, with the kind of energy that only playoff baseball can provide, Oracle Park sat empty. Quiet. The only sign of activity was a not-so-small group of reporters and cameras that encircled Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ head baseball man…
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Kurtenbach: SF Giants ownership has set up the organization for years of dysfunction
SAN FRANCISCO — This is not an appropriate way to run a baseball team. Not in this day and age. Not in this kind of market. With one decision, the Giants have set themselves up for years of unnecessary messiness and continued mediocrity. When Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi recommended to the team’s…
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Pacific Grove Unified to train administrators on racism and bias incidents
Pacific Grove Unified School District will update the community at its Thursday board meeting on the training its staff has received regarding racism, bullying and bias incidents. The update comes two weeks after the Monterey County chapter of the NAACP held a press conference outside of Robert Down Elementary School to discuss the “racial trauma”…
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Airbnb is fundamentally broken, its CEO says. He plans to fix it
Nikki Ekstein | (TNS) Bloomberg News Airbnb Inc. CEO Brian Chesky hasn’t had an easy 2023. First there was the “Airbnbust” frenzy in March, in which hosts took up arms on Twitter (now X) about shrinking profit margins and a potential short-term rental bubble. Then competitor Vrbo beat Airbnb to a feature that customers have…
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LIVE: Kevin McCarthy’s speaker job at risk after House votes to move ahead with effort to oust him
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is confronting his hard-right critics head-on as he faces a historic challenge to oust him from leadership.
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7 tips for using credit cards while traveling
Dana Dratch | Bankrate (TNS) Vacations and holidays are all about relaxing, so it’s unlikely credit card balances and bills are on your radar. But if you’re traveling, “checking balances more often is probably good advice,” according to Nessa Feddis, senior vice president for consumer protection and payment for the American Bankers Association. Staying cognizant…
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Who is Laphonza Butler, California’s next senator?
Butler will also be the sole Black woman serving in the Senate and only the third in U.S. history.
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New ride announced for Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk announced on Tuesday a new ride coming soon.
