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Hayward minimum wage rate for all businesses set to rise by January 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

(BCN) -- Minimum wages are set to increase for workers across all types of businesses and industries in Hayward on Jan. 1, 2024, the city announced Monday.Large employers are subject to a $16.90 per hour minimum wage beginning in January, up from $16.34. Large employers are defined as businesses with 26 or more full- or part-time workers, including individuals employed outside of the city. UC Berkeley ‘Swifties’ launch Taylor Swift course Small employers, on the other hand, are subject to a $16 per hour minimum wage per state law beginning January 2024, up from $15.50. Small employers are defined as businesses with 25 or fewer full- or part-time workers including individuals employed outside of the city.California recently adopted additional minimum wage requirements for fast food workers, which will take effect April 1, 2024, and health care workers, which will take effect June 1, 2024. Those wage rates will take precedence over Hayward wage rates at that time, the city said.In A...

Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

When oil and gas companies first launched their campaign to promote recycling to the American public, they pitched the process as a viable and sustainable solution to the plastic pollution problem. More than three decades later, however, the vast majority of plastic waste still ends up incinerated or dumped, less than one-tenth is recycled, and microplastics have been found virtually everywhere on Earth, including the human bloodstream.The petrochemical industry is now pivoting to another solution: “advanced” recycling. The term, also known as chemical recycling, is used to describe a variety of approaches that can supposedly turn even the most hard-to-recycle plastics into “sustainable” fuels or oils and chemicals that can be used in new plastic production.But a new, 159-page report, released today by Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network, or IPEN, casts serious doubt on the technology’s ability to make even a modest dent on the world’s growing plasti...

Canadian Football League Playoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

All Times EasternPLAYOFFSSaturday, Nov.4Division SemifinalsEast: Hamilton at Montreal, 3 p.m.West: Calgary at British Columbia, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 11Division FinalsEast: Hamilton/Montreal winner at Toronto, 3 p.m.West: Clagary/British Columbia winner at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 19At Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario110th Grey CupAt HamiltonEast vs. West Champions, 6 p.m.Source

Senior Chinese official meets Myanmar leader for security talks as fighting rages in frontier area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security along the countries’ shared border, Myanmar state media reported Tuesday. The visit by Chinese State Council member and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong comes as fighting rages along Myanmar’s northeastern frontier, where an alliance of ethnic minority groups launched an offensive against the military government.MRTV state television reported that Wang met Tuesday in the capital, Naypyitaw, with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who heads Myanmar’s government. The Chinese official met Monday with Myanmar’s Home Affairs minister, Lt. Gen. Yar Pyae.Wang’s visit came just days after the Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, calling themselves the Three Brotherhood Alliance, launched an offensive to seize military targets in the northern part of Shan state.The MRTV report said Wang and Min Aung Hlai...

Breeders’ Cup contender Practical Move dies after a morning gallop at Santa Anita

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

A general view of Santa Anita Park is seen ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse race in Arcadia, Calif., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Post positions are drawn and odds are set for the 14 races in the 40th edition of the Breeders' Cup this week at Santa Anita. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)(AP/Jae C. Hong) A general view of Santa Anita Park is seen ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse race in Arcadia, Calif., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Post positions are drawn and odds are set for the 14 races in the 40th edition of the Breeders' Cup this week at Santa Anita. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)(AP/Jae C. Hong) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse set to run in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup died Tuesday at Santa Anita.Practical Move was returning from a morning...

Israeli forces battle Hamas outside Gaza City, as airstrikes level apartments in refugee camp

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants and attacked underground compounds in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and a flurry of airstrikes on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartments, leaving craters where buildings once stood. Buoyed by the first successful rescue of a captive held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire and again vowed to crush Hamas’ ability to govern Gaza or threaten Israel following its bloody Oct. 7 rampage, which ignited the war. Several hundred thousand Palestinians remain in the northern part of Gaza, where Israeli troops and tanks reportedly have advanced on several sides of Gaza City, the sprawling urban center. In the Jabaliya refugee camp on Gaza City’s outskirts, at least six airstrikes Tuesday leveled a number of apartment blocks in a residential area, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said. It reported a large number of casualties but did not immediately provide details. ...

15-year-old boy fatally shot in Alexandria

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday night.Alexandria police said officers responded to the 300 block of South Whiting Street shortly before midnight for a report of a possible shooting.Inside a residence at the scene, they found the teen who had been shot.He was taken to an area hospital, where police said he died.The Alexandria Police Department said in a statement that it “is now investigating this shooting incident as a suspicious death.”An autopsy will be conducted by the medical examiner.No other information was immediately available.Below is a map of the area where the shooting took place. Detectives are actively investigating this case. The Alexandra Police Department is asking that anyone with information regarding this incident please contact Detective J. Marable by phone at 703-746-6883, email: [email protected], or call their nonemergency number at 703-746-4444.Source

Amtrak rolls out more affordable, flexible fares

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

Amtrak has revamped its fare structure which, for some travelers, will mean more affordable fares, and for others, more flexibility.The new fare structure has just two categories, making comparing different fares more straight forward.Flex is for customers who want the flexibility of a fully refundable ticket and travel date changes with no fees. Value is for customers who don’t anticipate canceling. Value fare tickets are not changeable, but Value fare travelers can get a 75% refund if canceled.The new Flex and Value fares are available for travel on all coach trips and Acela busses class. Non-Acela business and first-class tickets were already fully refundable and changeable with no fees.“This streamlined fare structure with more affordable and flexible fares is part of Amtrak’s continued commitment to upgrading the customer experience at every step along their journey,” said Amtrak president Roger Harris.Amtrak said the changes are based on extensive custo...

Pakistan eliminates Bangladesh from semifinal contention at the World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Shaheen Afridi’s record-breaking haul of 3-23 helped Pakistan end its four-match losing streak at the Cricket World Cup and eliminate Bangladesh from semifinal contention with a seven-wicket win on Tuesday.Another woeful batting display by Bangladesh saw it bowled out for 204 as Afridi became the fastest bowler in ODI history to grab 100 wickets, doing it in his 51st game. The left-arm Pakistan pacer surpassed Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who achieved the feat in 52 games.Fit-again Fakhar Zaman, one of the three changes Pakistan made, made a triumphant return from his knee injury and made 81 off 74 as Pakistan cruised to 205-3 in 32.3 overs.Zaman and Abdullah Shafique (68) combined in a 128-run opening wicket stand before Shafique fell lbw to offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz (3-60).Captain Babar Azam’s below-par World Cup continued when he holed out at long-on after scoring 9 and Zaman missed out on his century while going for another big shot against Miraz.Za...

These 11 Colorado cities are growing, but these 3 are shrinking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:53 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Does it feel like there are more people in your city than a few years ago? Depending on where you live, that might actually be the case — 265,000 people did move into Colorado last year. SmartAsset, a financial tech company, has released a list of the fastest-growing cities with populations over 100,000 in the United States. That growth was based on the population difference reported by the U.S. Census between 2017 and 2022 for the 344 largest cities.Southwestern cities, many of them desert suburbs, dominated the top of the list, SmartAsset found.Nationally, it was Buckeye, Arizona, that has seen the largest growth since 2017. Located roughly 35 miles west of the heart of Phoenix, Buckeye's population grew by roughly 48%, going from about 68,000 to 105,500 in 2022.Enterprise, Nevada grew by 46% and Goodyear, Arizona surged by 27%, rounding out the top three. How much you need to make to be ‘middle class’ in Denver Here in Colorado, it was Longmont that saw the largest...