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☆ Not a 'caretaker': Meet Bob Menendez's extremely temporary replacement
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I'm a senator," Helmy told me. "Whether you're here for a day, or three months, four months, or 40 years, you're a United States Senator." "I see myself as sort of continuing my prior roles as a staffer," Helmy told me. Sitting in Menendez's former office, Helmy also lamented the way the long-serving New Jersey senator's career came to an end. "Bob's office was the office you always competed with," Helmy noted, referencing his own time with Booker and former Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

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☆ The US is considering a sovereign wealth fund. Alaska already has one, and it's funding a universal basic income.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewBipartisan momentum is building around a sovereign wealth fund that could help the United States reduce its national debt or fund ambitious projects. And former President Donald Trump recently called for a similar state-owned investment fund to finance "great national endeavors" during a campaign stop at the Economic Club of New York. AdvertisementAlaska's fund offers benefits that mimic a universal basic income — a no-strings-attached, recurring payment distributed to people regardless of socioeconomic status. Federal lawmakers likely see a sovereign wealth fund serving a different purpose, like supporting industries or financing supply chain initiatives. Sovereign wealth funds — like Alaska's or Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which is the largest in the world — are often funded by wealth generated from state-owned natural resources.

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☆ Los Angeles Has Promised a ‘Car-Free’ Olympics in 2028. Can It Do It?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jill Cowan | Soumya Karlamangla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In their winning bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles leaders pledged that the city’s version of the Games would be the greenest ever — a goal they planned to achieve in large part by making access to the event “car-free.”It was a bold statement because, well, it’s Los Angeles. Could America’s capital of car culture, where traffic shapes daily life more than the weather, really pull that off? Now that the Paris Olympics have ended, the clock is ticking. Los Angeles must complete much-needed upgrades to the region’s transit system to handle an influx of athletes and visitors without bringing car traffic to a standstill. “I’m optimistic,” said Eli Lipmen, the executive director of Move L.A., an organization that advocates for the expansion of public transit in the region.

Persons: ”, Eli Lipmen Organizations: Los Angeles, Paris Locations: Los, Los Angeles, Angeles

☆ Clear Encampments? Mind Your Own Business, Los Angeles Says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Michael Corkery | Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Gavin Newsom appeared this week wearing work gloves and Ray-Ban sunglasses as he hauled a garbage bag from under a freeway overpass in California. His message was obvious: He wanted state and local officials to clear out homeless encampments, just as he was doing, and he had signed an executive order to spur them into action. “There are no longer any excuses,” Mr. Newsom said in a video statement that was released Thursday and filmed at an encampment where everything from a box fan to a plastic kiddie pool had been stashed. Hours later, the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, responded with her own set of visuals from a different encampment cleanup in the nation’s second-largest city. But in California, where Democrats dominate the state government and run its largest cities, the matter has become an intraparty dispute, especially after a Supreme Court decision last month gave local officials greater authority to crack down on encampments.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, ” Mr, Newsom, Karen Bass, Bass Organizations: Republicans Locations: California, Los Angeles

Emergency call systems in at least three states were hit by the widespread CrowdStrike technology outage, although most major U.S. cities avoided problems overnight. In Oregon, some 911 centers, hospitals, airports, and public safety and emergency management agencies had major effects, said Erin Zysett, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. teams are working very fast to apply the fixes that CrowdStrike has provided, and those impacts are being mitigated quickly,” she said, adding that statewide alert systems and public safety incident tracking systems were mostly unaffected. Emergency dispatchers in Portland, Ore., were forced to work without the help of crucial computer systems for several hours and had to work “manually,” Mila Mimica, a city spokeswoman, said in a statement. As of 6 a.m., however, the computer systems were back to working normally.

Persons: Erin Zysett, ”, ” Mila Mimica Organizations: Oregon Department of Emergency Management Locations: U.S, Oregon, Portland ,

☆ Netflix and Amazon are duking it out over brand partnerships as streaming ads enter a new phase
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe battle between streamers for TV ads is ushering in a new push for brand partnerships, from joint marketing campaigns to product placements. It's also bringing in ad chief Peter Naylor's team into conversations brands are having with VP Magno Herran, who's long overseen marketing partnerships. AdvertisementBrand reps looking to discuss partnerships have noticed Netflix and Amazon ad salespeople popping up unexpectedly in meetings. To fuel their efforts, they're hiring legacy TV ad sellers, throwing extravagant TV upfronts presentations, and adding live events and sports to sweeten their offerings for advertisers. AdvertisementApple TV+ doesn't have an advertising tier (yet), but it's pushing more into brand partnerships, recently hiring an Endeavor exec to work on brand deals across its titles.

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☆ 26,000 Evacuate as Wildfire Spreads in Northern California
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Jill Cowan | Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fast-moving flames engulfed several homes and vehicles in Northern California as 26,000 people evacuated their homes this week, according to a local official, fleeing a wildfire that burned through a region scarred by previous blazes. The official, Mayor David Pittman of Oroville, said emergency shelters in the region had filled up by Wednesday afternoon as the fire continued to spread. Oroville, where many of the residents were told to evacuate, is the seat of Butte County, about 20 miles south of Paradise, where 85 people were killed and nearly the entire town was destroyed six years ago in one of the worst wildfires in American history. California’s firefighting agency, Cal Fire, said that the wildfire began on Tuesday morning, and that its cause was under investigation. It was not clear how many structures had been damaged by the blaze, called the Thompson fire.

Persons: Mayor David Pittman Organizations: Mayor, Cal Fire Locations: Northern California, Oroville, Butte County, Paradise

☆ Los Angeles Homeless Count Drops for the First Time in 6 Years
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Los Angeles residents, long exhausted by homelessness, were optimistic when Mayor Karen Bass started an aggressive effort to move people from encampments into motel rooms in late 2022, soon after she took office. Sidewalks that had been blocked by lines of tents were cleared. But even as Ms. Bass touted the success of Inside Safe, her signature program aimed at moving people off the streets, she warned that the population of homeless Angelenos could still grow before her efforts made a dent. Ms. Bass and her allies on Friday received major validation: For the first time in six years, the number of people who were homeless in Los Angeles decreased from the year before, according to the region’s most recent point-in-time count, which took place in January. In Los Angeles, the nation’s second largest city, where encampments have vexed neighbors for years, the overall number of people experiencing homelessness decreased by 2.2 percent, while the number of unsheltered people in the city — homeless people who are not in emergency shelter and are sleeping on the street, in tents or in cars — decreased by 10.4 percent.

Persons: Karen Bass, Bass Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ How New York's biggest hospital network is tackling tough issues with Hollywood-style movies and series
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The project, from veteran filmmakers Alexandra Shiva and Lindsey Megrue, also had help from a Hollywood outsider: Northwell Health, New York's largest healthcare network. Ramon Soto, CMO, Northwell Health. "Lenox Hill" and "Emergency: NYC" followed, drawing on the popular hospital procedural format. Northwell's own research showed people who watched "Emergency: NYC" were 17% more likely to consider using Northwell services compared to those who hadn't seen it. Soto said the company has stuck to talking about mental health and other healthcare issues while avoiding being prescriptive in its messaging.

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☆ The Culture Wars Came to a California Suburb. A Leader Has Been Ousted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the start, the three conservative board members of the Temecula Valley Unified School District made clear where they stood. On the same night in December 2022 that they were sworn in as a majority, they passed a resolution banning critical race theory from classrooms in their Southern California district. Months later, they abruptly fired the superintendent, saying they believed the district needed someone with new ideas. After that, they passed a rule requiring that parents be notified whenever a student requests to be identified as a different gender at school. The moves were applauded by conservatives, many of them Christian churchgoers who had helped to install the new board members, hoping that Temecula Valley could remain an island of traditional values in a liberal state.

Persons: Christian churchgoers Organizations: Unified School District Locations: Temecula, Southern California, San Diego

☆ In California, Tribal Members Are Reclaiming the ‘Land of the Flowing Water’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Jill Cowan | Mike Kai Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Then came European settlers, and over time, tribe members lost access to nearly all of that land. Eventually, the water was lost, too: In the early 20th century, the developers of Los Angeles famously built a 226-mile-long aqueduct from Owens Lake to the city. Less familiar is what happened to the Owens Valley, and the people who lived there, after most of the water was sent south. Owens Lake is now a patchwork of saline pools covered in pink crystals and wetlands studded with gravel mounds designed to catch dust. They have recently reclaimed corners of the valley, buoyed by growing momentum across the country to return land to Indigenous stewardship, also known as the “Land Back” movement.

Persons: Red Organizations: Los Locations: Owens, Sierra Nevada, Los Angeles, Owens Lake

☆ 5 Numbers to Know About the Coming Heat Wave
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of Americans from Texas to Maine will face sweltering conditions this week as a heat wave takes hold in the eastern half of the United States, according to forecasters. Beginning Sunday, rising temperatures will hit the South, then stretch over the Midwest before spreading to the East Coast by midweek. Here are five numbers to help put this coming heat wave — and our warming climate — in context. (In Pittsburgh, he added, there are temperature records dating back to 1875.) That figure would be just one of what Mr. Weiss said could be dozens of temperature records broken this week in cities across the northeastern United States.

Persons: It’s, Josh Weiss, Weiss Organizations: Prediction Locations: Texas, Maine, United States, East Coast, Pittsburgh, Ohio

☆ At U.C.L.A., Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash With Police
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, clashed with law enforcement officers on Monday, sometimes physically, as they attempted to occupy outdoor areas and re-establish a protest encampment in the last days of the spring quarter. More than 20 of the protesters were arrested on Monday night. The demonstration began earlier Monday in the form of a funeral procession, winding its way through campus as protesters read the names of Palestinians killed during the Israel-Hamas war. It was the latest indication that protesters intended to remain vocal, ahead of commencement ceremonies later this week and a Wednesday decision from the University of California regents about who U.C.L.A.’s next chancellor will be. Violent attacks by supporters of Israel began on the night of April 30, followed about a day later by the dismantlement of a pro-Palestinian encampment, involving hundreds of arrests.

Persons: ’, Israel Organizations: University of California Locations: Los Angeles, Israel

☆ 'Chopped'-winning celeb chef who didn't pay rent for over 4 years gets evicted
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA celebrity chef who skirted rent payments for four and a half years has officially been evicted from his Brooklyn apartment, according to media reports. Cowan first moved into the 1-bedroom $2,700/month apartment in October 2019, but he hasn't paid any rent since January 2020, the Post reported. AdvertisementIn Queens, New York, a couple is in a legal battle with a man refusing to leave their recently purchased $2 million home. The four-bedroom home had a pool, a spa, and a cabana — a lush dwelling while not paying rent.

Persons: —, Madison Cowan, Cowan, hasn't, Cowan —, Scarlett Johansson, Mos, Halle Berry, Gus Sheha, Sheha Organizations: Service, New York Post, Business, WABC, Fox News Locations: Brooklyn, Queens , New York, New York City, Texas, Beverly Hills

☆ U.C.L.A. Faculty Votes Against Rebuking University’s Chancellor
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Academic Senate at the University of California, Los Angeles, voted against two resolutions seeking to rebuke the school’s chancellor, Gene Block, largely over his handling of an attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment two weeks ago. The results of the votes, conducted after a three-hour meeting on Thursday, were released on Friday and showed that only 43 percent of voting members had backed a no-confidence motion. A motion to censure Dr. Block was evenly split, 88 for and 88 against, failing to achieve a simple majority of support. “It is clear that we are not united in how we view the major events of the past weeks and the campus response to them,” Andrea M. Kasko, the Senate chair, said in a statement. “I hope that we can try to find common ground as colleagues, and have the courage to listen with open minds and open hearts even when we do not agree.”Formal rebukes by faculty were unlikely to have practical implications for Dr. Block, 75, who is set to step down as chancellor in July, said William G. Tierney, a professor emeritus of higher education at the University of Southern California who has written about the response to campus protests across the nation.

Persons: Gene Block, Block, ” Andrea M, William G, Tierney Organizations: Senate, University of California, University of Southern Locations: Los Angeles, University of Southern California

The University of Southern California’s academic senate voted on Wednesday to censure Carol Folt, the school’s president, after several tumultuous weeks in which the administration canceled the valedictory address of a Muslim student, cleared a protest encampment within hours and called in police last month to arrest dozens of protesters. The academic senate, which consists primarily of faculty members, also endorsed calls for an investigation into the administration’s actions. The vote represented only a fraction of the university's 4,700 faculty members, and the senate stopped short of taking a vote of no-confidence in the administrators, which would have been a harsher rebuke. Despite criticism, Dr. Folt has maintained considerable support from the university’s trustees, and some faculty members have quietly sympathized with her. Still, the vote was “significant” with “far-reaching implications,” said William G. Tierney, a professor emeritus of higher education at U.S.C., who has written about the response to campus protests across the nation.

Persons: Carol Folt, Folt, Andrew T, Guzman, ”, William G, Tierney Organizations: University of Southern Locations: U.S.C

After weeks of tumult at the University of Southern California, administrators have announced updated commencement plans, with increased security and modified festivities. The plans are in lieu of the university’s main graduation ceremony, which the school had canceled, citing security concerns. The university said it would host a “Trojan Family Graduate Celebration” on Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the famed venue where its football team plays home games. More than 100 school-specific graduations and smaller receptions are set to take place on campus as planned, but with tighter access. For scheduling reasons, the university will be able to use only a portion of the stadium, so each graduate will receive up to six tickets.

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☆ Live Updates: Police Clear U.C.L.A. Encampment and Arrest Protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

But by Wednesday morning, the peace at the University of California, Los Angeles, had been shattered. Many critics were incredulous that even after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrived, there were no arrests or suspensions. Campus officials ordered protesters on Wednesday evening to leave the encampment or face arrest. Image A group of counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Tuesday night. seemed to wait too long to call in the Los Angeles police, whose officers did not arrive until after midnight.

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☆ In an Online World, a New Generation of Protesters Chooses Anonymity
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Nicholas Fandos | More About Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“My parents were extremely frustrated, and it was a huge rift.”He said people started creating fake social media accounts using his identity and sending racist messages to his professors. Then, earlier this year, he said, his phone number was leaked online. “Within the first hour, I was getting death threats,” Mr. Kupsh said. At Columbia, Fabiola, the political science major, said she was taking steps to conceal her identity to prevent a similar outcome. As of last week, she still wasn’t sure.

Persons: ”, “, Mr, Kupsh, Fabiola, Columbia’s, Jill Cowan, Bob Chiarito, Bohra, Olivia Bensimon Organizations: “, Columbia Locations: ”, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, New York

Local news footage and social media images showed scenes of chaos: Members of the clashing groups threw punches and wrestled each other to the ground. At about 3:30 a.m., officers wedged themselves between the groups, and the violence began to de-escalate. As the campus awoke early Wednesday, students and other curious onlookers leaned against the barricades at the encampment, silently taking videos or snapping photos. A police helicopter continued to hover overhead, and a large Palestinian flag at the center of the camp swayed in the wind. Detritus from a night of chaos — trash, broken pieces of wood, trampled clothing — speckled the ground.

Persons: counterprotesters, ”, Ms, Salem, “, Michael Nasir, Sergio Garcia Organizations: California, Patrol

☆ F1's fanbase is shifting — and the 'Netflix effect' is only part of that
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Chris Hawes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Carlos Sainz of Ferrari during second practice ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, United States on November 17, 2023. Proponents of the "Netflix effect" often point to a poll taken in 2022 which found 28% of American adults considered themselves to be F1 fans, with more than half crediting "Drive to Survive." If this were true it would mean there were an incredible 72 million F1 fans in the U.S. alone. This argument runs out of road slightly however, when you consider that only 2 million Americans tuned in to watch the 2023 Miami Grand Prix. Today, F1 fans are estimated to be around 40% female, up from just 8% in 2017, as well as significantly more culturally diverse.

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☆ I make more than $5,500 a month using an app to pick up restaurant shifts. Here's how I use it to make the most money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cowan's earnings from using FrontHouz regularly average more than $5,500 monthly. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . To manage my responsibilities, I pick up shifts through FrontHouz, a staffing platform for hospitality workers that allows for flexible scheduling. Restaurant shifts are usually posted a week in advance, but it's not uncommon for a last-minute shift to pop up for the same night. Consider dedicating specific days or nights to FrontHouz shifts, particularly when restaurants are busier, like special event nights or popular weekly specials (think: Taco Tuesday or Sunday brunch).

Persons: Kai Cowan, FrontHouz, Cowan, bartend, —, It's, Starr Douglas, Starr, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: Atlanta, FrontHouz

It would become an indelible memory for those who could not help but watch and watch and watch: a white Ford Bronco steadily traveling along the cleared freeways of Southern California, a trail of police cars not far behind. Simpson, and the two-hour chase on June 17, 1994, that interrupted regular programming transfixed a nation. I wasn’t getting off the TV. Who was getting off the TV on a chase like that?” said Richard Smith, 67, who gathered that day with his family to see it all unfold on television in their South Los Angeles apartment. The saga of Mr. Simpson, from the chase to the criminal trial to the aftermath, would be followed, debated and dissected closely by millions, etching itself into Los Angeles history and thrusting the city into what seemed the center of the universe.

Persons: Simpson, “, wasn’t, ”, Richard Smith, Mr Organizations: Ford Bronco Locations: Southern California, South Los Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ CSX completes first diverted cargo shipments on new rail line for Port of Baltimore
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Just days after CSX announced a new rail line in response to the Port of Baltimore closure, the Baltimore-bound containers that were diverted to the Port of New York and New Jersey are back being unloaded in Baltimore. CSX started discussions last week with Ports America to see how it could effectively move the diverted cargo. The train route moving the diverted cargo includes Chicago; Kearney, New Jersey; and Baltimore. Norfolk is in discussions with Ports America to extend this service directly on-dock at their Seagirt Intermodal Container Transfer Facility. As the Port of Baltimore crisis unfolded, many major ocean carriers invoked contract clauses transferring responsibility for transportation of cargo from diverted ports to shipping clients.

Persons: Mark Schmidt, Schmidt, Scott Cowan Organizations: CSX, Port, Ports, Canada, Plan Investment Board, Ports America, Norfolk Southern, Elizabeth Marine, Norfolk Southern's Triple Crown Services, International Longshoremen's Association, Baltimore Locations: Baltimore, of New York, New Jersey, Ports America, North, Chicago, Kearney , New Jersey, Norfolk, New York, Wilmington, Newark, Elizabeth , New Jersey, Port of New York, North America, Port of Baltimore, East Coast, Gulf, U.S, , Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada

☆ Barbara Rush, Award-Winning TV and Film Actress, Dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Anita Gates | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Barbara Rush, the supremely poised actress who rose to fame with supporting roles in 1950s films like “Magnificent Obsession” and “The Young Lions,” died on Sunday at her home in Westlake Village, Calif., in Los Angeles County. The death, in a senior care facility, was confirmed by her daughter, Claudia Cowan. If Ms. Rush’s portrayals had one thing in common, it was a gentle, ladylike quality, which she put to use in films of many genres. She was Jane Wyman’s concerned stepdaughter in the 1954 romantic drama “Magnificent Obsession” and Dean Martin’s loyal wartime girlfriend in “The Young Lions” (1958), set during World War II. In 1950s science fiction pictures like “It Came From Outer Space” and “When Worlds Collide,” she was the small-town heroine, the scientist’s daughter, the Earthling most likely to succeed.

Persons: Barbara Rush, ”, Claudia Cowan, Jane Wyman’s, Dean Martin’s, “ Organizations: The Young Lions, “ The Young Lions Locations: Westlake Village, Calif, Los Angeles County

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