The afternoon. So very comfortable for us especially with dry air. And then back into the 70s by the time we get to 7 00. Well talk about the warmer weekend coming up. And there is a rush going on throughout the bay area to get students the tools they need so they can properly learn from home. Today you will hear more about this from the state superintendent as there is still a Digital Divide in so many communities. Education is one of the areas that were focused on as we try to build a better bay area. And there is some good news because there is something that we can do to help. Julian glover is joining us with more. Reporter yeah, that Digital Divide, the difference between students who do have access to a laptop and those who dont, it is a critical issue and we expect the state of california to be announcing today steps they are taking to close that gap, but there are also things that you can do at home. Well tell you about that in a second. Again, the divide was a major concern in
Cummings. Mayor young had this to say. Were not going to ignore anyone degrading Baltimore City and its elected leadership. No one. I wont consider it fueling the fire. I look at it as defending Baltimore City, the city where i live. Cnns Sarah Westwood with the very latest. Good morning to you. What is the president saying about this this morning . Reporter good morning, christi and vick stotor. Into last night the president doubling down on cummings and baltimore, suburban, rural, affluent areas in cummings district. Nonetheless, President Trump going after baltimore for its rankings in unspecified categories and claiming, quote, baltimore is very dangerous. Last night writing, Elijah Cummings spends his time hurting those through his oversight. He does so through his poorly run district. He shared a clip purported to be of a delipidated backyard in baltimore. Cummings has launched and made progress on investigations on the president s finance and private communications with senior a
Two years after thousands gathered in Courthouse Square to protest against racial injustice and police violence — that prompted Redwood City to establish a committee focused on the issue —
National League of Cities 2021 Leadership in Community Program
Lisa Gardner, City Council Communications Director, 509.625.6226 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.
Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) announced Spokane, WA for the Leadership in Community Resilience program. Spokane is one of eight cities to be awarded in this program and will receive $10,000 in direct financial support as well as technical assistance and advisory services from NLC staff and partners to help them meet community-specific resiliency goals.
“On behalf of the City Council, we are thrilled to learn Spokane has been awarded the National League of Cities grant,” said Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson. “Our policy staff continues to take action and push Spokane forward on initiatives important to our community such as environmental justice especially focusing on our most vulnerable communities that are disproportionately at risk of climate impacts. This gra
for as long as i remember, there have been plenty of vacant homes, the row homes on that street. what is, for the people that want change, is the city doing to improve conditions in some of the neighborhoods? as you know, baltimore is a place basically the birthplace of realigning the legislation. what we have to understand, many houses that were vacant when you were here in 2015 have been vacant since the riots in 1968. we have to understand when you talk about a city like baltimore, systematic and institutional racism plays a very deep part in how we got to this point. that s why last year i was proud to push through the city council equity legislation that will now moving forward face our city to operate in a different way so we can also systematically go back and undo those things. we have a program where we work each and every day and take i vacant homes, knock them down,