TEMECULA – National FFA Organization students from Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic High School are hosting 200 schools from the region to talk about agricultural and sustainability-related issues. The judges, who are local chamber of commerce representatives, will evaluate the students in five different sections: The FFA Creed, Job Interview Tactics, Prepared Public Speaking, Extemporaneous Topics and Impromptu Speeches.Marlisa...
TEMECULA – Do you want a promising career that does not require a four-year degree? Take this opportunity to learn about the many options during the teen program, “Exploring Technical Careers,” Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula.Join Beth Bowles of Mt. San Jacinto College as she presents...
SLIPPERY ROCK, Penn. – Kyle Bowser from Temecula has been named to the Slippery Rock University dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester.The dean's list consists of Slippery Rock University undergraduate students who earned an adjusted semester GPA of 3.5 or higher, based on a schedule of at least 12 newly attempted and earned credits.Slippery Rock University, founded in...
Hemet San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce speaker Richard Perry urged members to use all the resources the chamber has during 2020 to grow their businesses during the First Friday event in the year Jan. 3.“You may have resources (with chamber membership) you have, but didn’t know you had,” Perry said at the First Friday meeting at the chamber...
TEMECULA – The Temecula Sunrise Rotary Club will welcome Emily Falappino, president and CEO of Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, as its featured speaker Tuesday, Feb. 4. The club meets every Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. Journey’s End at Pechanga, the golf course restaurant.Falappino said she would arrive at 7 a.m. to be available to any members who would...
Associated Press
BERKELEY (AP) — The University of California, Berkeley has been ordered to pay back millions in tuition and fees to hundreds of teaching assistants who complained they were hired at a part-time rate but worked close to the 10-hour-per-week minimum to qualify for benefits.
The union representing UC student workers filed a grievance over two years ago, alleging the...
Editor’s note; This article is the first in a four-part series explaining the new gig worker law, Assembly Bill 5. In part one, we will explain AB 5 and take a brief look at each of three tests used to determine the classification of employees and independent contractors. In the upcoming installments of this series, Valley News will explain...
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is considering raising taxes on some of the country's largest companies, but the size of the tax increase would depend on how much its highest-paid executive make compared to its employees.
The bigger the gap, the bigger the tax increase.
The bill by Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner passed out of its first committee...