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Heavy rainfall and high winds from recent winter storms brought destruction to Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. –On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Monterey and San Luis Obispo due to winter storms this week that have threatened to cause mud and debris flows, forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and damaged critical infrastructure, including washing out a portion of Highway 1. The emergency proclamation directs Cal...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The often invoked but rarely successful laches doctrine is an equitable defense when a party unreasonably delays enforcing a right and when granting the relief sought would prejudice the adverse party.  A petition for “exclusion” is an equitable process under California’s Subdivision Map Act, to compel a local agency to redraw or discard a recorded subdivision map, and it is even rarer.  These issues recently collided in Dece...

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The people of Sulu is against the postponement of elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and the extension of the elective term of the current Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) officials.

New Law Prohibits Social Media Posts Between Legislative Members Share this: Clicking the “like” button has become hazardous to a public officials career. AB 992, authored by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco), was recently signed by Governor Newsom and enacted substantive changes to the Ralph M. Brown Act, specifically, public official’s using social media to communicate with fellow legislative members. Under the bill,  public officials could violate the State’s suns...

How Codebreakers Helped Defeat Nazi Germany Allied intelligence personnel, including Americans, at secret locations in Britain helped win the war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Heres What You Need to Know: Alan Turing led Bletchley Park’s attack on the German code machine, the Enigma. Great Britain’s military intelligence leaders learned from their experience in World War I that the kinds of minds capable of breaking codes are a rare commodity and are often not likely to blossom ...

A state agency ruled Carlos Hagedorn broke state law by voting for school district funding to the Legacy Youth Project that he co-founded, but did not impose a fine.

Randall County County Commissioner’s passed county-wide 90 day burn ban order Today the Randall County Commissioner’s Court passed a county-wide burn ban order. By Tamlyn Cochran | January 12, 2021 at 3:24 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 3:24 PM RANDALL COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - Today the Randall County Commissioner’s Court passed a county-wide burn ban order. This order will prohibit any and all outdoor burning of trash, debris and brush in the unincorporated areas of the cou...

Code-breaker kept her secret for half a century January 13, 2021 — 1.14pm Normal text size Edith Jessie Flanders March 10, 1921-August 14, 2020 Almost 75 years after VP Day (Victory in the Pacific) Edith Jessie Flanders, intelligence decoder, farmer, author, and valued citizen, died peacefully in her sleep at her Casterton home, aged 99. Jess Flanders receiving the Red Cross 50 years medal from Jan de Kretser, wife of former Victorian governor David de Kretser. She had played her part in the ...

Historic Highland Park NC Special Board Meeting Details VIRTUAL MEETING TELECONFERENCING NUMBER FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION In conformity with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (MARCH 17, 2020) and due to concerns over COVID-19, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council meeting will be conducted entirely telephonically. Every person wishing to address the Neighborhood Council must dial (669)900-6833, and enter 92516137833 and then press # to jo...

Family of Juan Garcia Files Claim Against Napa County, Sergeant David Ackman and Others for Unprovoked Killing of Garcia January 12, 2021 13:00 ET | Source: Haddad & Sherwin LLP Haddad & Sherwin LLP Oakland, UNITED STATES OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP announced today it has filed a Government Code claim on behalf of its clients the Garcia family against Napa County, Napa County Sherif...