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Contractor found 'scary' bacteria levels at CalPERS headquarters -- but agency wasn't notified Sacramento Bee 1/23/2021 Wes Venteicher, The Sacramento Bee Jan. 22—The amount of bacteria discovered in a shower head at a CalPERS' headquarters building should have alarmed the contractor that found it in 2019, according to an expert on the kind of bacteria that was found. The shower head had about 148 times more legionella bacteria than the amount regulators consider a "high" risk, according to summer 2019 test results. "I would say it's scary" high, Tim Keane, a Pennsylvania-...

Minneapolis budget passes with police funding cut, but keeps larger staffing level target By FOX 9 Staff MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Minneapolis City Council passed a 2021 budget early Thursday morning that shifts nearly $8 million from the city’s police department to fund alternative public safety strategies, but allows room for future police recruitment.  A key moment came when the council voted 7-6 to pass a motion regarding police staffing. Through the "Safety for All" plan, the sworn officer capacity would have been reduced to 750 in 2022 and beyond – a decrease that Mayor Jacob ...

Negotiations, one that would freeze instead of eliminate north korea's weapons program. national security adviser john bolton tweeted, i read this "new york times" story with curiosity. neither the staff nor i have discussed any desire to settle for a nuclear freeze by north korea. this was a reprehensible attempt by someone to box in the president. there should be consequences. while north korea's weapons programs are largely intact, kim jong-un has adhered to his commitment to halt ballistic missile launches and nuclear testing. >> dana: rich edson at the white house, thank you. joining me, ...

But these talks were at a complete stand still and this historic move by president trump gets everybody to at least come back to the table and talk? >> that's exactly right, dana. the talks had been stalled since february of this year. and there had been little life within those talks despite the very credible and serious efforts put forth by the special envoy for north korea and his team. you saw him just there in the clip behind the president. so the president did, with this move, restart talks, but what this does is masks an under lying challenge, which is that there's lack of real progress...

"the new york times" found some more interesting hill hobbies in a piece out. republican senator pat toomey, he is a beekeeper. he is still new to beekeeping, which is a tradition in his home state of pennsylvania. honeybees were first introduced during the colonization of the united states. north dakota's junior senator heidi heitkamp is a certified pilates instructor. the democrat says she uses breathing techniques during stressful situations on capitol hill. and third term senator debbie stabenau of michigan plays a mean piano. she plays the classics and carole king, which she's played duri...