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What It Was Really Like Being A World War II Codebreaker Public Domain By Natasha Lavender/Feb. 13, 2021 10:17 pm EDT The image of a codebreaker trying to unscramble a seemingly meaningless string of numbers and letters in the dim light of a bunker comes from World War II. But during and after the war, those people we now understand as some of the most important behind-the-scenes heroes of the war effort were as secret as the ciphers they were trying to decrypt. Its only recent...

A trio of bills from local Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) were introduced in the State Legislature last week, two focusing on climate change and the other addressing gendered language in the California Government Code.

DA George Gascón issued a series of directives to prosecutors aimed at chipping away at sentencing enhancements, but some prosecutors disagree

Proclamation of local emergency by emergency services director – 2021 winter storms I, Wade Horton, Emergency Services Director, of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, hereby find and determine that there exists a condition of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the County of San Luis Obispo because of the existence of winter storms caused by an atmospheric river system that struck California between January 26 through January 29, 2021, ca...

California Pay Data Reporting: New Web Page and 10 FAQs for Employers That Report to the DFEH Friday, February 5, 2021 On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pay data reporting requirement for employers that assigns responsibility for collecting such data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). To assist employers with this filing requirement, the DFEH recently established a web page and published answers to a a series...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Last week, in a tentative ruling, Judge Ethan Schulman of the San Francisco Superior Court indicated that he was inclined to deny a request made by two separate industry groups in two separate consolidated lawsuits filed in order to try to block enforcement of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 emergency regulations. As we all know by now, the emergency regulations impose numerous and specific requirements on California employers. These requiremen...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 1, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) posted a User Guide, Excel template, and .CSV example to facilitate the submission of the newly required pay data report (Pay Data Report) by March 31, 2021 and annually thereafter.  The DFEH also added and updated answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) multiple times in January and February.  All this indicates that the DFEH is on track to co...

What NC’s Need to Know about the Brown Act and Posting Details NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-This video was made after I took my last Ethics Training around 2012 when I took my last Ethic’s Training in the Wilshire District with City Attorney Darren Martinez, I believe that they were filming that meeting for training purposes. I would love to see that video!  As a former West Hills Neighborhood Council (WHNC) Board member, I took my first mandatory Ethics Training when ...

  The Templeton Community Services District board of directors is meeting Tuesday at  206 5th St., Templeton. A closed session begins at 6:15 p.m. followed by a public session at 7 p.m. Members of the public may attend using Zoom at: us02web.zoom.us/j/87076969369?. Or the public may call into the meeting at 1-669-900-6833. The Meeting ID is 870 7696 9369, passcode: 239076. Items on the agenda include a COVID-19 update, water supply buffer model update, Templeton Recreation Foundation request ...