CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — The Chandler Unified School Board has just approved plans to expand its behavioral health and drug addiction services The board gave the green light Wednesday night to bring in drug addiction and behavioral health experts to six of its high school campuses. “I think it’s a great idea,” said parent Jessica
A construction crew works at the Nordstrom store in the Village at Corte Madera mall in 2013. (James Cacciatore/Special to Marin Independent Journal) Following an appeal by Nordstrom, Marin County has lowered the property tax assessment of the retailer’s Corte Madera store by more than $8.7 million and refunded $1.11 million in property taxes, plus
You are reading our weekly Well+Being newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Happy Shark Awareness Day! (The official day of awareness is this coming Sunday.) To celebrate, take our shark quiz. This week we’re writing about sleep, aging with energy and coping with envy. Plus we’ve got our
Allstate has asked the state to approve an average 34.1% homeowners insurance rate hike for this year, the Department of Insurance confirmed Thursday . The rate hike request, filed in April 2023, was initially for 39.6%. But Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy group, petitioned to intervene. Allstate lowered the request this past January
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Crews later this month will begin installing the power and data cables that are essential to completing construction of a new wave energy testing facility off the Oregon Coast. The cables will support Oregon State University’s PacWave South, the first pre-permitted, utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States. When
Karen Nguyen said she was able to get onto the property ladder by buying in areas cheaper than Sydney. (Source: TikTok/Karen Nguyen) A Sydney woman says becoming somebody else’s landlord was the only way she could afford to crack into an increasingly expensive property market. More young Aussies are finding themselves locked out of the
PAG is setting up a China fund to lure domestic capital and is considering establishing another that will cater to demand from investors outside of North America, according to people familiar with the matter. Asia’s biggest alternative asset manager raised about 3 billion yuan ($413 million) for its first yuan-denominated fund with money from local
DENVER — With temperatures forecast to exceed 100 degrees for at least three consecutive days, an Xcel Energy official said Thursday that the utility is not planning for any proactive power outages during this weekend’s heat wave. “We are confident that we’re going to have the energy resources needed to meet our customers’ needs,” said
Raise your hand if you’re overwhelmed by all the technology your kids have access to and worried about what it might be doing to them. If your hand is up, you’re certainly not alone. Last month, the U.S. Surgeon General called for warning labels to be placed on social media platforms. This comes as research
The City of Glenwood Springs announced it will be hosting four “Make it Make Cents” informational meetings in July to teach residents about the city’s infrastructure fund, including how and where funds are spent. The Glenwood Springs Infrastructure Fund is used for street and alley repairs, maintenance and reconstruction. Approved by voters in 2006, the