"This is a big win for Latinos all across our country. We will finally have a Latino Museum that elevates our stories & history," Sen. Bob MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezBiden must wait weekend for State Department pick Senate presses Biden's pick for secretary of State on Iran, China, Russia and Yemen Year-end deal creates American Latino, women's history museums MORE (D-N.J.) tweeted Monday about the inclusion of legislation to create the American Latino museum. … [Read more...] about Year-end deal creates American Latino, women’s history museums
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When restaurants can reopen outdoor dining in San Francisco and each Bay Area county
Cynthia Ariosta of St. Helena’s Pizzeria Tra Vigne said she was shocked but excited to hear the news, and immediately started calling furloughed employees to prepare to reopen Monday. Ariosta was one of the founding members of the Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening, a group of more than 50 Napa and Sonoma business owners who sued Newsom in the hopes of overturning the outdoor dining ban. … [Read more...] about When restaurants can reopen outdoor dining in San Francisco and each Bay Area county
Jared Kushner’s Rise to Unimaginable Power
As Kushner wired the city, he was also advancing his family’s business interests. In 2006, Jared negotiated the purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.8 billion, a record sum for a Manhattan office building at the time. The transaction was financed by an onerous amount of debt. The following year, the Kushner Companies liquidated its apartment portfolio for $1.9 billion. The shift was akin to trading a fleet of taxicabs for a single Formula 1 race car. “It wasn’t my idea to buy a New York building,” says Hammer, who was chairman of the company during Charlie’s absence. “That was really the idea of a very aggressive, ambitious young man.” The Fifth Avenue purchase quickly ran into problems. Kushner’s loans were premised on the assumption that office rents would rise; instead, the economy crashed. Vulture investors bought the debt, threatening foreclosure. Kushner felt besieged, with few friends and no leverage. But he fought his way out, … [Read more...] about Jared Kushner’s Rise to Unimaginable Power
