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The Redwood Empire Food Bank in Santa Rosa feeds more than 65,000 people each month at 300 food distribution locations in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties. The 37-year-old organization’s mission is to feed neighbors in need and work to end hunger in the community. To do this, we need donations and volunteers throughout the year. The food bank currently has more than 11,000 volunteers working at food distribution sites and its warehouse in Santa Rosa. According to Rachel Meshoe, communications and marketing manager for the Redwood Empire Food Bank, the list of foods the organization needs most…

Estimated reading time: 2 minutesHistory Passport Month returns this July, offering four weeks of old-fashioned summer fun for residents interested in the area’s unique history. The event will include more than 35 historic sites in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas, offering free admission, tours, activities and special programs for visitors of all ages. Participating sites/organizations include: Bethlehem History Museum and Site, Coopersburg Historical Society, Segal Museum, Lower Saucon Township Historical Society, Quakertown Historical Society, Durham Historical Society Grist Mill and Williams Township Historical Society. As part of History Passport Month, the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society will host a…

Haniyeh was speaking at a symposium organised by the Forum for Strategic Thought in the Lebanese capital Beirut, where scenarios for an Israeli war in Gaza were discussed.Haniyeh reminded that Hamas has put forward demands including “a complete halt to attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the reconstruction of Gaza, the exchange of prisoners and the provision of aid to the Gaza population,” and said, “These are our demands. Our people, the resistance forces and the Free People of Hamas are negotiating and we are open to any efforts to meet the demands of the resistance forces in the ceasefire…

This post is based on the Powered by Plants presentation hosted by Kristin Gerhardstein, MD (PPG – Family Medicine & Primary Care), Lydia Hall, R.D. (Center for Healthy Living), and Kathy Wehrle, R.D. (Parkview Health). There is an increasing number of advocates for transitioning to a whole foods, plant-based (WFPB) diet. One study on the impact of a WFPB nutrition approach explains, “Research shows that 80% of chronic diseases can be prevented with simple lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking, improving diet, exercising, and maintaining a healthy weight. The benefits of lifestyle changes are encouraging, considering that 6 in 10…

Visitors tour the Lake County Historical Society’s new Heritage Register Market at 241 W. Jackson St. in Painesville during the Juneteenth commemoration and dedication ceremony. (Bryson Durst — The News-Herald) Brian Jones grew up learning about Painesville’s history through Sunday drives with his father and conversations with prominent members of the city’s black community, and now he’s using that information to create a local African-American historic district. The historic district is one of the projects Jones is involved in as part of the Greater Painesville Underground Railroad Free Cultural Preservation Project, and he recently hosted a tour of the proposed…

Dion DeMitro (front row, right), president and CEO of Lake County United Way, worked with staff members and community volunteers during the nonprofit’s recent food distribution drive in Mentor on June 19. (Chad Felton — The News-Herald) The Lake County United Way continued its community service mission last week, distributing $35,000 worth of food to 31 food pantries across Lake County. But prior to the June 19 event, the organization had so far collected more than $48,000 in food to distribute to those in need as part of a new food pantry shopping program. The nonprofit meets with Lake County…

Nearly two years later, we can finally all agree that the Supreme Court’s new, sweeping “history and tradition” standard for important cases has accomplished two things: it has delivered a major victory for conservative policy and created chaos for lawmakers and judges across the country. The Supreme Court today upheld a law allowing people to temporarily disarm those who have domestic violence restraining orders in place, rejecting Justice Clarence Thomas’ absolutist view of the Second Amendment and also revising the “history and tradition” test that conservative justices devised in 2022. This ruling is perhaps the most important decision in an…

According to the Employment Development Department’s May employment report, there were 362,000 employees working at limited-service restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, up 4,800 from the previous month. Southern California fast-food operators added a record 4,800 workers in May, offering an early glimpse into how a controversial minimum wage increase for many fast-food workers could change the industry. I checked the Employment Development Department’s employment numbers on my trusty spreadsheet and found that there are 362,000 employees working at limited-service restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, up 4,800 from May and beating…

Serafettin Bahadur, the CHP’s candidate for city council in Kayseri’s Pinarbasi district in the March 31 elections, was first beaten and then attacked with a gun. It was alleged that Ader Uzunluogu, the brother of former Pinarbaşı mayor and MHP leader Mendu Uzunluogu, and his associates carried out an armed attack on Bahadur in the evening in the presence of his daughter. Elections in the Pinarbas district were canceled following opposition from the MHP, and ballot boxes were re-run on June 2nd in accordance with a decision by the district’s electoral commission. After the re-election, CHP candidate Deniz Ya’an received…

From June 18 to 20, about 20 retired members of the AFT gathered in Houston for union organizing training and a special Juneteenth celebration. The group, part of the AFT Retirees Legacy Initiative (RLI), planned to participate in the Opal Walk campaign, inspired by Opal Lee, who in 2016, at age 89, walked from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, DC, to advocate for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday. This dream became a reality in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law. The group was organized by members of Texas AFT Retirees Plus. Members of the AFT…