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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's new 2025–26 state budget, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, promises significant investments in public education. The budget aims to enhance early learning and support educators across the state.According to the California Department of Education, the budget includes a $215 million investment in literacy, focusing on early-grade reading instruction.The budget also doubles the minimum grant for extended learning programs, which will benefit rural and smaller districts.State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond emphasized the importance of these investments.“This budget agreement reaffirms California’s promise to every...

The 35,616-square-foot building that’s home to a Tesla Collision Center in Irvine sold May 28 for $21 million. SRS Real Estate Partners said Tesla has a 10-year triple net lease with options to extend at 18011 Mitchell South. The seller was North Palisade Partners, a Los Angeles-based developer. The buyer, Np Mitchell LLC, was represented by Costa Mesa-based Tidemark Real Estate. SRS Capital Markets Senior Vice President Pat Weibel said the property offered up a well-known tenant in “an affluent demographic base in the heart of Orange County, on the border...

Joseph Sienicki, SKF Aeroengine Factory Manager and Gregory Livingston, Factory Business Development Lead, accept Retool WNY mini-grant award from Jamestown BPU Business Development Coordinator Ellen Ditonto. The local plant will use the money to invest in additional equipment and automation tools. For more information about local companies that received mini-grants from the BPU, see Page B1. Submitted photo SKF USA’s Aeroengine Plant in Falconer is getting some help from the Jamestown BPU’s Retool WNY mini-grant program. The grant comes at a time when the local plant’s...

1 of 2 | Homes and structures were damaged after a tornado touched down near Potosi, Missouri, on Wednesday. Photo courtesy Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C April 2 (UPI) -- Tornadoes on Wednesday struck the central United States, including damaging property in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana and Oklahoma, with torrential rain spurring flash flooding. Tornado watches affecting 17 million people were in effect for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee until at least midnight CDT, CNN reported. In a watch, forecasters have high confidence of large, destructive...