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California News – 11-09-2021

K Buenavista — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:09:28 +0000

A social science teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA, i being investigated after students were asked a politically biased question on a test
The test question read, “A group of complete idiots is:” with the answers being: a)KKK, b) “All of Florida”, c) Fox News, d) Texans
A student posted the image on twitter where it received a lot of attention with hundreds of commenters outraged

Since the last time officials conducted a homeless census in the beginning of 2019, the number of tents across Sacramento County has doubled
In January of 2019, researched estimated that there were 5,570 homeless people living in the county in tents, vehicles, and shelters
A research team from CSU conducted a surrey that indicated the number of tents had increased by double at least with 10,000

The Coronavirus rate in California is double that levels of Florida, despite all the mask mandates and recommendations that the state has to prevent the spread of the virus
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases in California are no longer declining and the rate is increasing rapidly
The vaccination rate in California is 62% but has higher COVID transmission rates than Texas at 54% and Florida at 60%

An Advocacy group that represents parents against the mask mandates in school plead to a judge in a North County courtroom on November 8
In the courtroom, the group asked the judge to stop the state from enforcing the mask mandate for kids

According to California police, a security guard stabbed a shopper at Vons in Santa Monica after a fight broke out over the man’s refusal to wear a face mask
The man entered the store without a mask on November 8 around 10:30pm and “started to cause a scene” when employees urged him to wear a mask or leave, the police said in a news release
The guard pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the man repeatedly, police said.

K Buenavista — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:09:16 +0000

Near Mount Russell on May 31, 2021, a Hiker in Sequoia National park died after he fell 500 feet from the summit
This hiker was a 56 year old man from San Jose and he was with two others when he had lost his balance
One of his hiking companions, a 45 year old California woman also fell when attempting to grab the man but she survived after a 30 feet fall

Hot and dry conditions have made the National Weather Service to issue many advisories and heat warnings in the California region
In Northern California, the city of Redding saw a high of 109F and Sacramento residents experienced their first more than 100F day in the year

Lawmakers in California are contemplating on passing legislation that would require that clinics, hospitals, and nursing facilities to pay medical professionals $10,000 in bonuses for their work during the pandemic
Some employers for these institutions disagree with the $7 billion and call the bill costly and dangerous
The Assembly Bill 650 would award a bonus in 4 equal payments of $2,500 during the year of 2022 but will be smaller for part-time employees

K Buenavista — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 21:14:10 +0000

Gov. Tony Evers refuses to rule out the possibility of vetoing the entire state budget which is being written by a “Republican-controlled legislature committee” currently
Republicans in the state agreed to spend less than 10% of their funding of what he proposed for K-12 schools and Evers says that this funding level is an “insult to the kids of our state”

A Montana State Judge in Missoula says the environmental regulators of the state can use this new law to provide protection from industrial polluters against an Idaho-based mining company
The new polluter law blocks individuals and companies who have not and will not clean up their past mines from starting new ones

In Austin Texas, Texas Democrats have demonstrated a walkout in the state House of Representatives on last Sunday and forced Republicans to abandon the midnight deadline
The Texas Bill was a restrictive voting bill that would limit those who would be eligible to vote which includes an ID requirement among other things

K Buenavista — Wed, 19 May 2021 07:59:57 +0000

Alabama lawmakers ended their legislative session without a vote on one of the most controversial bills before them: a measure to outlaw gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors
The Senate-passed bill died on the final night of the legislative session after it was placed at the end of a debate agenda that lawmakers did not have time to finish before the session adjourned around midnight on Monday

After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, Alabama lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third-graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade
The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years
The high-stakes promotion requirement is set to take effect at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, but supporters argued it would be unfair to force the requirement on students who were out of the traditional classroom for long stretches during the pandemic