Biden close to naming North Carolina regulator to EPA
Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs
Bloomberg
North Carolina’s top environmental regulator, Michael Regan, is Joe Biden’s leading candidate to head the EPA though the president-elect has not yet made a final decision, according to a people familiar with the matter.
Regan’s lead role comes after weeks of deliberations and as concerns about some candidates’ confirmation chances prompted transition officials to shuffle the lineup of contenders to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Regan is in the final stages of being vetted for the role, according to people familiar with the matter. Biden interviewed Regan for the EPA administrator post on Tuesday, according to a separate person familiar with the deliberations.
FOB (Biden, not Bill) Pete Buttigieg Gets the DOT
The former mayor of South Bend will become the secretary of transportation, despite light experience in an area crucial to the president-electâs Build Back Better regime.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks with a reporter in his car in South Bend, Indiana, January 2019.
Introducing him as a barrier-breaker, President-elect Joe Biden formally announced Pete Buttigieg Wednesday as his nominee to head the Department of Transportation and, if confirmed, to be the first openly gay man to head a Cabinet department. Biden has adopted a Friends of Biden approach to his Cabinet, basing a range of appointments on his personal rapport with nominees and on pacifying noisy constituencies, whatever those nomineesâ pertinent qualifications might be.
Charts show how COVID surge has hit L.A. much harder than San Francisco
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Comparing coronavirus case rates in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County.Todd Trumbull
Until recently, the Bay Area had mostly avoided a similar fate. San Francisco, in particular, was cited as having the lowest mortality rate of any major U.S. metropolitan area. Now, the current surge is sparing few regions across California, yet the latest numbers for the two regions underscore that the pandemic continues to impact different areas of the state in very different ways.
A grim trajectory
Many regions across California continue to break pandemic records as the first vaccine doses are being distributed to hospitals statewide. But the numbers being reported in Los Angeles paint a far more dire portrait than what most Bay Area counties are seeing, particularly San Francisco, the Bay Area’s most densely populated county.
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Mount Saint Mary’s University Receives $15 Million Grant from MacKenzie Scott
Mount Saint Mary s UniversityDecember 15, 2020 GMT
Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles is proud and honored to announce a transformative gift of $15 million from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
“I am thrilled Mount Saint Mary’s is the recipient of this generous gift. Ms. Scott has been strategic with her philanthropy and laser-focused on the areas that reflect the ideals and values of a diverse, equitable and inclusive society. Mount Saint Mary’s has a long tradition of being on the forefront of women’s education and leadership development. This donation will allow us to grow programs to help our students succeed, especially during these difficult times. These funds will be instrumental as we implement new and creative ways to c
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