Month: February 2021

President who led racial equity efforts at Southwestern College will retire

More than four years ago, Southwestern College’s accreditation was on warning status, the college was grappling with multiple employee discrimination or misconduct complaints, and the campus was grappling with a history of racial tensions. Today officials say the college has gotten back on its feet and is out of crisis mode, although it’s still facing …

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Sakura Gardens retirement home, a last vestige of Japanese American Boyle Heights, faces partial closure | National

LOS ANGELES — Kotoko Toji has lived in Los Angeles since the 1950s but speaks little English. When it came time to move to a retirement home 15 years ago, she had a request: Sakura Gardens. Like Toji, many of the residents are Japanese Americans in their 80s and 90s. Most of the staff speaks …

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Mike Wells: Recent major changes in retirement account laws that affect you | Business News

Retirement planning for years has included tax-deferred plans that allow a person to put money into a plan and avoid paying the income-tax rate to which the money would otherwise be subject in the year earned (35%, for example). Your personal plan contribution would be deducted from your income subject to tax in the amount …

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Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova denies retirement rumors

The 30-year-old is still dealing with the effects of a concussion suffered during the preseason. CLEVELAND — Despite reports to the contrary, a Cavaliers fan favorite says he isn’t going anywhere. Guard Matthew Dellavedova took to Twitter Friday to deny rumors of his possible retirement from basketball. The 30-year-old has been dealing with the effects …

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26% more LI educators filed for retirement in 2020, data shows

Retirement applications from Long Island public school teachers, principals and other educators spiked last year, data shows, reflecting the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on education and possibly worsening a teacher shortage. More than 2,000 educators in Nassau and Suffolk counties filed for retirement in 2020, a 26% increase over 2019, when some 1,600 put in their …

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The most exclusive retirement community is the U.S. Senate – Pasadena Star News

Much was made about how old Joe Biden was when he ran for president, especially by the 74-year-old former president, who called him Sleepy Joe. Biden was a senator for 36 years and then spent eight years as President Obama’s vice president. He got into the 2020 presidential race after he was shocked to see …

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