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• Welcome Center hosts open house for Visit California, local dignitaries
• Crime is a ballot ‘vulnerability’ for California Democrats after Schiff, Bass break-ins
• Judicial Branch of California
• Gazans thank U.S. campus protesters while Israel condemns what it deems ‘Nazi-like behavior’
• Bai Tong on Wheels Thai food

Speaking outside the Capitol, Greene ranted against Republican Party leaders at the highest levels and pushed back against their public entreaties, including from Donald Trump, to avoid another messy political fight so close to the November election. With her was Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the few lawmakers to join her effort. "However one feels about the encampment, this attack on our students, faculty and community members was utterly unacceptable," he said. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement that "a group of instigators" perpetrated Tuesday night's attack, but he didn't provide details about the crowd or why the administration and school police did not act sooner.

Welcome Center hosts open house for Visit California, local dignitaries

Block promised a review of the night's events after California Gov. Gavin Newsom denounced the delays. In the Mideast, Iranian state television carried live images of the police action, as did Qatar's pan-Arab Al Jazeera satellite network. Live images of Los Angeles also played across Israeli television networks as well. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.

Crime is a ballot ‘vulnerability’ for California Democrats after Schiff, Bass break-ins

16,520 people (59.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,900 people (39.5%) lived in rental housing units. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.4 square miles (55.4 km2), of which 20.8 sq mi (53.9 km2) is land and 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2) of it (3.04%) is water. Ridgecrest is located in Indian Wells Valley, which is a southern extension of Owens Valley, broken up by the volcanic Coso Range.

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When counter-demonstrators attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment Tuesday night, they threw traffic cones, released pepper spray and tore down barriers. Fighting continued for several hours before police stepped in, though no arrests were made. The police action occurred a night after the UCLA administration and campus police waited hours to stop the counter-protesters' attack. The delay drew condemnation from Muslim students and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Over 130 people were arrested at UCLA, the California HIghway Patrol said early Thursday.

Gazans thank U.S. campus protesters while Israel condemns what it deems ‘Nazi-like behavior’

Although some protesters have been caught on camera making antisemitic remarks or violent threats, organizers of the protests, some of whom are Jewish, say it is a peaceful movement aimed at defending Palestinian rights and protesting the war. Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide in a student movement unlike any other this century. The ensuing police crackdowns echoed actions decades ago against a much larger protest movement protesting the Vietnam War. By Wednesday afternoon, a small city sprang up inside the reenforced encampment, full of hundreds of people and tents on the campus quad. Some protesters said Muslim prayers as the sun set over the campus, while others chanted "we're not leaving" or passed out goggles and surgical masks.

Contractors added new plumbing, new lighting and new heating, all energy-efficient. For several years, we looked for surplus materials and used furniture and let them dictate the style. The bar that seats six is made from end grain fir flooring we got on Craiglist ten years ago for a home remodel that went another way.

Editorial: Speaker Mike Johnson’s Ukraine aid bill is better late than never

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Or, they said, Johnson could simply resign, pointing to the example of a previous speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, who stepped aside in 2015 when hard-liners threatened to oust him. The standoff with Greene, one of Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters, risks throwing Republican control of the House into a fresh round of chaos as rank-and-file lawmakers will have to choose between ousting Johnson (R-La.) as speaker or joining with Democrats to keep him on the job. Police in New Hampshire said they made 90 arrests and took down tents at Dartmouth College and officers in Oregon came onto the campus at Portland State University as school officials sought to end the occupation of the library that started Monday. The nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia on April 17 to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza, which followed Hamas launching a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages.

We strive to represent as much food from around the world as possible, with traditions and twists from the Philippines, Laos, Greece, Mexico, Vietnam, Cuba, China, Italy, United States, and more. In 2015, a mile north of Seattle, we turned a credit union into a small neighborhood public house, bringing a bit of nightlife to a historic commercial area in the middle of the Ridgecrest neighborhood. Other Republican leaders, including Trump’s hand-picked head of the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley, have urged House Republicans to hold off the removal effort before the fall election that will determine which party controls the White House and Congress. The chaotic scenes at UCLA came just hours after New York police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University on Tuesday night, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school. Israel and its supporters have branded the university protests antisemitic, while Israel's critics say it uses those allegations to silence opposition.

The regular food truck hours are 5-8 pm, although some show up earlier as noted. We ask all food trucks to use compostable containers and cutlery, and we compost everything possible. We host food trucks nightly, and you can order food from Drumlin, our sister establishment next door. At their own private meeting this week, some Democrats objected to helping Johnson, particularly after he helped lead Trump’s legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Party leaders have said their support for sidelining Greene’s resolution is not the same as a vote for Johnson.

According to Amy Chambers, director of engagement for Visit California, tourism in California is on the uptick. During 2023, California tourism revenue reached pre-pandemic numbers. The Searles Valley Minerals plant is located adjacent to the Searles Dry Lake near the town of Trona, California, about thirty miles east of Ridgecrest.

” said Massie, before a poster-photo of Jeffries handing Johnson the gavel when the Republican first became speaker last fall. At Brown University in Rhode Island, administrators agreed to consider a vote to divest from Israel in October - apparently the first U.S. college to agree to such a demand. President Joe Biden addressed the protests in unscheduled remarks late Thursday morning, saying that "order must prevail" on college campuses but adding that the National Guard should not intervene. California Highway Patrol officers wearing face shields and protective vests stood with their batons protruding out to separate them from demonstrators, who wore helmets and gas masks and chanted, "you want peace. We want justice." Chambers said that the pandemic was a dark place in time for society. Once lifted, people began seeking things to do that brought them joy.

Amy Chambers, director of engagement for Visit California in Sacramento, and an event photographer were among other out-of-town dignitaries to attend the industry open house at the Ridgecrest Welcome Center last week. Ridgecrest is located in the southern portion of the Indian Wells Valley and in the northeast corner of Kern County, surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Cosos on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. It is approximately an hour and quarter from the Lancaster/Palmdale area and approximately two hours from both Bakersfield and San Bernardino. The Census reported that 27,420 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 87 (0.3%) were institutionalized. Like with Ridgecrest Pub, we stripped the space down to a bare box.

Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene allege the cities and several advocacy groups conspired to infringe on their free speech rights by pressuring venues to cancel a rally in 2021. Johnson had been elected by Republicans as a last-ditch consensus candidate after McCarthy’s ouster, but he courted the far-right’s ire when he led passage of the $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine and U.S. allies that they oppose. The turmoil has gripped a House already essentially at a standstill. Johnson has been unable to command his razor-thin majority to work together on party priorities and has been forced him into the arms of Democrats for the votes needed to approve most big bills — and now, to keep his job. “Are you going to embrace Hakeem Jeffries like Mike Johnson has?

Males had a median income of $46,993 versus $29,558 for females. About 10.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. Ridgecrest is surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Cosos on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. It is approximately 82 miles (132 km) from the Lancaster/Palmdale area, 110 miles (177 km) from Bakersfield, and 120 miles (193 km) from San Bernardino, the three nearest major urban centers. Private air travel in and out of the city is provided through the Inyokern Airport. Greene and Massie said they were giving their colleagues the weekend to weigh their options before calling for the vote on her motion to vacate next week.