Allyson Escobar

Final vote needed for LA minimum wage hike

THE Los Angeles City Council tentatively approved a measure on Wednesday, June 3, to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, making it the biggest city in the nation to make such a move. The city council voted 13-1 in favor of an ordinance to raise the minimum wage, giving its support…

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South Korean MERS outbreak likely to spread worldwide

A recent MERS outbreak in South Korea—the largest outside of Saudi Arabia, where the disease first emerged in 2012—is likely to grow, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has infected at least 25 people in South Korea and killed two, the organization said Tuesday, June 2. “Doctors have…

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Minimum wage hikes meet mixed reactions in SF

IN the diverse, densely packed city of San Francisco, known for its high living costs, 77 percent of voters last year approved a series of pay hikes that will boost San Francisco’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. Still, tensions on Valencia Street in the Mission District remain over the recently approved statewide…

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Minimum wage hikes meet mixed reactions in SF

IN the diverse, densely packed city of San Francisco, known for its high living costs, 77 percent of voters last year approved a series of pay hikes that will boost San Francisco’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. Still, tensions on Valencia Street in the Mission District remain over the recently approved statewide…

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Senators criticize Santa Barbara oil spill response: ‘slow, insufficient’

THREE US senators are raising concerns about a Texas-based oil company’s “insufficient” response to a pipeline failure last week that released thousands of gallons of crude into the ocean, fouling the Santa Barbara County coastline. In a letter sent on Thursday, May 28 to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.),…

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