Redondo School Board candidates look past the pandemic
SHARE Presenting a check to representatives of the Redondo Beach Education Foundation for $202,558 are (foreground) Friendship Foundation s Nina Patel, Skechers director of Development Anne Kelly, Rabbi Yossi Mintz and Skechers Foundation Executive Director Robin Curren. The check represented proceeds from the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship walk. Photo by Kevin Cody
Reopening schools, communications, inclusiveness are priorities for eight vying for three seats
Presenting a check to representatives of the Redondo Beach Education Foundation for $202,558 are (foreground) Friendship Foundation Director Nina Patel, Skechers Director of Development Anne Kelly, Friendship Foundation founder Rabbi Yossi Mintz and Skechers Foundation Executive Director Robin Curren. The check represented proceeds from the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship walk. It will help offset the more than $500,000 the Redondo School District has lost
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has an opportunity to immediately revoke implementation of the public charge rule, easing anxiety for millions of immigrants who have denied themselves federal benefits over the past three years for fear of losing their ability to upgrade their immigration status.
“Public charge will be a front-burner issue for the new administration because it is so entwined with our current public health crisis and connected to the pandemic,” said Daniel Sharp, chief of the Office of Immigrant Affairs in Los Angeles County’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. “We do expect the new administration to prioritize the issue,” he said in an interview with EMS, noting that President-elect Joe Biden had committed to ending the rule while campaigning for office.
The incoming Biden-Harris administration has an opportunity to immediately revoke implementation of the public charge rule, easing anxiety for millions of immigrants who have denied themselves federal benefits over the past three years for fear of losing their ability to upgrade their immigration status.
âPublic charge will be a front-burner issue for the new administration because it is so entwined with our current public health crisis and connected to the pandemic,â said Daniel Sharp, chief of the Office of Immigrant Affairs in Los Angeles Countyâs Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. âWe do expect the new administration to prioritize the issue,â he said in an interview with EMS, noting that President-elect Joe Biden had committed to ending the rule while campaigning for office.
The Canada Border Services Agency has released its 2020 enforcement highlights featuring Richmond busts.CBSA/Facebook photo
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released its “operational and enforcement highlights” for 2020, featuring several drug and weapons busts at Richmond ports of entry.
“Despite the travel restrictions in place, we still had a busy year with various enforcement actions,” said Nina Patel, regional direction general for CBSA’s Pacific Region.
In a report released Dec. 10, the agency said that between January and October there were 10,686 drug seizures, 21,981 weapon seizures and 116 currency seizures.
Included in those numbers are four notable seizures in Richmond.