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Months away from the start of the new fiscal year, three local government agencies are carving out room in their 2021-2022 budget proposals for programs aimed at solving one of the Portland area’s most pressing --  and most visual -- problems: trash. This week, representatives for the city of Portland, the Joint Office of Homeless Services and the regional government agency Metro all confirmed they’re hoping to launch, or in one case have already launched, programs that pay people to pick up trash along local streets and highways.  In all three cases, staff will zero in on hiring specif...

The San Jose Earthquakes Introduce PayPal Park PayPal and the San Jose Earthquakes enter multi-year sponsorship agreement that celebrates fans, the San Jose community, and local small businesses News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and the San Jose Earthquakes today announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement that includes naming rights for the Major League Soccer (MLS) team's stadium located in San Jose, California, which will be called PayPal Park. The 10-year partnership is built to celeb...

BOULDER — The final night for the illumination of the Boulder Star will be tonight. The star was re-lit the evening of March 22, the day of the mass shooting at King Soopers in south Boulder. It remained lighted for 10 nights in honor of the 10 fatal victims of the shooting: Tralona “Lonna” Bartkowiak,  49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; Rikki Olds, 25;  Neven Stanisic, 23; Denny Stong, 20; Boulder police officer Eric Talley, 51; and Jody Waters, 65.  “In our lighting of the Boulder Star over this 10-day period, we were reminded of the te...

“ CENTRAL LIBRARY, Los Angeles” is a poster by David Lance Goines, released by the Los Angeles Library Association to commemorate the opening of the restored and expanded Central Library in 1993. Goines writes of the poster: “The greatest library known to antiquity was that founded by the first Ptolemy at Alexandria. The story of its destruction is of doubtful authenticity, but other libraries really have suffered dreadful fates. Knowledge put to the torch is a common theme, even in our own time, even among our own kind. Like the fabled phoenix, the Los Angeles Central Library was renew...

All hard to fix in a down economy. "There's just not as many people working because you can't go in and order, and there's less business overall,” said Keziah Kirkpatrick of San Jose.  Initially, the goal will be to pair young adults with jobs that are focused on addressing two major issues – the pandemic and climate change.  Most importantly, they say the jobs will offer a living wage, with health benefits to candidates in the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. "The good news is, we have many young adults in our city who are ready to serve, ready to work, and they don't nee...