Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/Polaris
Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/Polaris
Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
January 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education released $21.2 billion Thursday as part of the coronavirus relief legislation Congress and President Trump approved in December to help colleges and universities nationally. Of that amount, more than $2.83 billion will go to public and private California colleges and universities.
YES virtual meeting set for next week
The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) group holds a virtual meeting at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 21. Presenters will be from Just in Time Foster Youth, jitfosteryouth.org. Resources, links and grant information will be included. Go to meet.google.com/oed-oamv-auu.
NORTH COUNTY
Class to teach essential ‘habits of mind’
The Alliance to Accelerate Excellence in Education offers a free eight-week program through Cal State San Marcos called FACE (Family Alliance Community Exchange), focused on the Habits of Mind. The Habits of Mind are essential skills that characterize successful people, such as curiosity, creativity, responsibility and persistence. Registration is open now for Tuesday evening classes beginning at 6 p.m. next week. Register at bit.ly/2MXW458 (English) or bit.ly/3qfoJkk (Spanish). Contact Kathleen Corona at kcorona@csusm.edu.
Someone San Diego Should Know: Jennifer Barnes [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
She was a defiant teenager who grew up to become one of San Diego’s leading businesswomen.
Beginning at age 16, Jennifer Barnes’ parents wanted her to learn self-discipline by working part-time jobs. That did not go well.
While working at a movie theater’s refreshment counter, Barnes asked a customer why she ordered a sugarless drink along with sugar-filled candies with thousands of calories. It turned out the annoyed customer was the boss’ wife.
Barnes was fired.
She was fired.
There were more a lot more. Barnes was fired 12 times before age 20. “I was unemployable,” Barnes recalled. “I was independent and did not like rules.”
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
DA clears law enforcement officers of wrongdoing in four in-custody deaths, notes meth as a factor in each [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that it has cleared police officers and sheriff’s deputies involved in four unrelated incidents in which men lost consciousness during their respective arrests and later died.
Methamphetamine was a factor in all four deaths, the office said.
The District Attorney’s Office found that the officers or deputies involved in each incident had acted reasonably and bore no criminal liability.
The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that three of the deaths were accidental. A district attorney spokeswoman said the fourth case, in which an Oceanside police fired a Taser, was classified a homicide. The classification does not require criminal intent or intent to harm, the spokeswoman said.
SAN DIEGO
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that it has cleared police officers and sheriff’s deputies involved in four unrelated incidents in which men lost consciousness during their respective arrests and later died.
Methamphetamine was a factor in all four deaths, the office said.
The District Attorney’s Office found that the officers or deputies involved in each incident had acted reasonably and bore no criminal liability.
The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that three of the deaths were accidental. A district attorney spokeswoman said the fourth case, in which an Oceanside police fired a Taser, was classified a homicide. The classification does not require criminal intent or intent to harm, the spokeswoman said.