City News Service

Schauffele missed last year's Farmers Insurance Open after withdrawing before the start of the previous week's The American Express in La Quinta for what was only described as "medical'' reasons.

Around 300 county employees volunteer for the pre-dawn count each year, but it takes more — around 1,700 — total volunteers to be effective in the count, which runs from 4-8 a.m.

Workers on the picket lines will focus on the what they say is a growing crisis caused by Kaiser's failure to invest in safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care and fair wages for frontline caregivers.

The proposal, put forward by Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera, would have taxed empty second (or third, fourth, etc.) homes and short-term rental homes $8,000 annually.

The ordinance "supports efforts to ensure that county resources are not used for immigration raids or to target individuals based on protected characteristics," Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer's office stated.

The sewage hot spot along Saturn Boulevard became the focus of studies last year by a team from UC San Diego. Researchers found that a discharge pipe was causing toxic gasses to be released into the air.

Neighborhood groups are asking the city to make changes to prevent further tragedies.

Collection sites will be open during daylight hours, with 16 locations operating through Jan. 16.

Based on a proposal by Supervisors Paloma Aguirre and Terra Lawson- Remer, the board directed the chief administrative officer to send a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture administrator calling "for the immediate release of the (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) contingency reserves and use of existing federal transfer authority to sustain food benefits for families during the federal shutdown," along with waiving a required timeline for reviewing the letter.