Outgoing District News Today

After years of leading Sequim’s firefighters, paramedics and community emergency volunteers, a pair of District 3 chiefs were officially inaugurated into the small pantheon of past chiefs.

"Though I wish I could've kept the campaign going, I also have to look out for my own health and I will still do everything I can to help out my community through my job as a public health policy outreach officer with the county," said District 1 Supervisor candidate Jorge Quezada Flores.

The City of Kyle has released the unofficial results from the Nov. 7 election. Results are not official until they are canvassed on Nov. 14.

Commissioners vote to name recently reelected District 2 Commissioner Gregg Weiss as mayor and District 5 Commissioner Maria Sachs as vice mayor. They also welcome two newcomers.

Myrna Melgar is a lot of things. Elected in November to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, she’s a first-time office holder; the first Latina elected to the board; an immigrant from El Salvador; a descendant of Jewish scholars; a mother; the child of an engineer and a communist militant; and a part of the local Jewish community. And she says that unique combination is what makes her go. “That’s like my whole shtick,” she told J. recently, speaking about efforts to bring disparate g...