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Print California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his first news conference since assuming the post last month. “All of our communities deserve to to be valued, to be protected,” he said. The announcement comes at a time when police killings of Black people around the country have led to street protests and demands for change. It also emerges during a COVID-19 pandemic where Asian Americans have increasi...

California’s AG Rob Bonta to Create Racial Justice Bureau The new bureau will work to tackle hate crimes, white supremacy and biased policing across the state and will work closely between the community and law enforcement. It will also consider reparations for Black Californians. May 12, 2021 •  (TNS) — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. Bonta unveiled plans for the bureau on Tuesday in his first news conf...

Eli Broad, philanthropist, art collector and builder, has died at 87.

In this photo from July 1, 2014, Adam Gower stocks Bartz Brothers fireworks stand along U.S. Highway 40, just outside of Lawrence. After hearing concerns from owners of fireworks stands, Douglas County leaders postponed consideration of changes to fireworks regulations that would limit the locations of fireworks stands and prohibit people from setting off fireworks on county properties such as Lone Star Lake and Wells Overlook Park. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to table the new home rule resolution regarding the use and sale of fireworks fo...

Photograph By VSA Maintenance Anyone thinking about travelling by highway to Vancouver from Kamloops on Wednesday morning had to wait. All three routes out of Hope to the Interior were closed due to heavy snowfall and the high risk of avalanches. The Coquihalla Highway was closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt and Highway 1 was closed in both directions in the Fraser Canyon at Jackass Mountain Summit. Highway 3 was closed from Hope to Allison Pass in both directions, but re-opened from Hope to Princeton at about 10:30 a.m. The Coquihalla wa...