SF Supervisors Move to Make Diego Rivera Mural a Landmark; SFAI Says Please Not Yet
The SF Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to initiate a process to designate the famed Diego Rivera mural at the San Francisco Art Institute s Chestnut Street campus a city landmark, in order to prevent it from being sold and removed. But the financially strapped school is begging the board not to go down this path right now, because even if they don t sell the mural they need to use the asset to secure a loan.
As one of three murals that Rivera painted in San Francisco between 1931 and 1940, the 1931 mural titled
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JOHNSTOWN U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik of the 21st Congressional District decried the violent and deadly protests last week in Washington D.C. in a presentation before the Fulton County Board of Supervisors Monday afternoon.
But, in a leter statement, said she opposes the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Karoline Leavitt, Stefanik’s communications director, issued a brief statement this morning on Stefanik’s assessment of impeaching the president for a second time.
“Congresswoman Stefanik opposes the Democrats’ partisan and political push for impeachment,” the statement reads. “The Electoral College was debated and certified for President-Elect Joe Biden, and Congresswoman Stefanik believes that we should work to unify as a nation to ensure we have a peaceful transfer of power on January 20th. Congresswoman Stefanik will be attending or participating (since portions are virtual) of President-Elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration.”
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The three new members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Monday took their oaths of office virtually, rather than in person, due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Joel Anderson (District 2), Terra Lawson-Remer (District 3) and Nora Vargas (District 1) were sworn in. Vargas, a former Southwestern Community College board member and.
Many Pima County employees will have to use leave or be put on furlough for the next three weeks as part of an effort to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 within county departments.
Starting Monday, Dec. 21, about 20% of the countyâs 7,000 employees will be under a stay-at-home order through Jan. 10, according to County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry.
Pima County has reported more than 320 cases of COVID-19 among employees since the pandemic began in February. More than 60 of those cases have occurred in the last two weeks.
Pima County healthcare workers get the COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-through clinic at Banner University Medicine in Tucson on Dec. 17, 2020. The other vaccination site is Tucson Medical Center. Video by Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star