Virtual BBQ and Brew Festival to premiere Friday Published: 23 February 2021 23 February 2021
Yuma, Arizona - The City invites residents and visitors to view this year’s BBQ and Brew Festival, a virtual event, which premiers 4 p.m. Friday, February 26 on the City’s social media platforms and on City 73 TV.
With health and safety restrictions on large gatherings still in place, the festival will go video-only this year to whet the appetite for tasty barbecue. The virtual festival will feature local barbecue and restaurant chefs and interviews with local brewers. The event will also peek inside a local backyard barbecue.
A head-to-head cooking challenge on tri-tip beef pits Mayor Douglas Nicholls and Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines against local restaurant Holy Smokes. Judging the cook-off are former Yuma County Supervisor Russell McCloud, Jennifer Blackwell of Z93 radio, and Keith Boyd of Klein’s Electric.
Home office
So many of us worked from our home offices during close to nine months in 2020. But since federal tax reform in 2018, office deductions by employees who worked for their employer from home could not be claimed on their federal filings, said Rob Winton, a CPA at Citron Cooperman in White Plains.
However, the state of New York decoupled from the federal rules in 2019, which means home office deductions are still allowed on your state returns.
Scott Aber, a New City CPA, said state rules allow deductions for expenses that exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income. To qualify, that office must be a separate area, used exclusively for business. That means it s not proper to deduct the expenses dedicated to your dining room, where you ve been working for eight months.
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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member who killed a police officer as well as his own cousin.
Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, is awaiting trial on charges stemming from the Feb. 20, 2017 crime spree.
One of Mejia’s victims was Officer Keith Boyer, 53, of the Whittier Police Department. He was responding to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia had been involved.
Officer Keith Boyer (Whittier Police Department)
Mejia shot Boyer and Officer Patrick Hazell, while trying to flee the scene of the crash. Hazell survived a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón goes against prosecutors and will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member charged in officer killing; Officer Boyer’s step-father Don Clark joins ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
Los Angeles District Attorney (DA) George Gascón said Friday he will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member who killed a police officer and his own cousin.
Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, is awaiting trial on charges stemming from Feb. 20, 2017.
One of Mejia’s victims was officer Keith Boyer, 53, who was responding to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia had been involved.
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This undated booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department shows Michael Christopher Mejia, 26. Authorities have identified Mejia as the suspect they say fatally shot Whittier, Calif., police officer Keith Boyerand injured another as the officers responded to a traffic accident Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Authorities say Mejia is a known gang member who was recently released from jail. (Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department via AP)(The Associated Press) prev
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This undated photo provided by the Whittier Police Department shows Whittier police officer Keith Boyer. On Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, Boyer was answering a report of a traffic accident when he was shot and killed, authorities said. (Whittier Police Department via AP)(The Associated Press)