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TL/DR - The Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury has criticized the Mendocino Coast Health Care District Board for its mismanagement of hospital finances, lack of public transparency, and failure to follow laws applicable to elected officials. This comes after a year-long investigation into the Board's operations, whose responsibilities and…

TL/DR - US President Joe Biden has posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to two Civil War Union soldiers, Philip G. Shadrach and George D. Wilson, for their role in the Great Locomotive Chase. The daring mission saw the men join others in stealing a locomotive from Confederate territory and driving it north for 87 miles, destroying railroad…

Empowering Latina Teens Through Search Engine Optimization Growing up, many young Latinas heard the age-old phrase "calladita te ves más bonita," meaning, “You’re prettier when you don’t speak.” Passed down through generations, this phrase might be a way of showing young Latinas to be modest, but what it actually does is tie a woman's worth to her…

TL/DR - A 65-year-old homeless woman in Mesa, Arizona, known as "Mama-Jo," is addicted to fentanyl and is a double amputee. The founder of Fentanyl Project AZ, Brock Bevell, is trying to help her and is using social media platform TikTok to raise awareness about her situation and solicit assistance. Bevell has tried to get local authorities and…