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September Is an Important Month for Social Security. Here’s Why.

Millions of older Americans receive a monthly Social Security benefit. And for many, that income is essential to covering their ongoing costs.The good news is that each year, Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment that's tied to inflation. And if you're someone who relies on your monthly benefits heavily, you may be eager to know what cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) you'll be eligible for in 2025.Image source: Getty Images.Unfortunately, we don't have that information just yet. But this month, we'll get a lot closer to narrowing down a 2025 COLA.September's data is the last missing piece of the puzzleAnnual Social Security COLAs are calculated based on inflation data from July, August, and September -- specifically, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). If there's a rise in the CPI-W during the third quarter […]

Karl The Fog September 1, 2024

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Sunset Night Market was simply too packed to campaign

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Ahsha Safaí. Read earlier dispatches here.In San Francisco, night markets tend to start when it’s not night yet. Friday’s Sunset Night Market was no exception. Spanning across seven blocks on Irving Street, from 19th to 26th Avenue, the night market returned for the second year after its previous success and has doubled in size. Around 6 p.m., streets were already packed with people eager to line up for various food trucks and sit with friends around tables covered in green, plaid tablecloths.  At the 21st Avenue stage, belly dancers mingled with the audience: “We want to teach you some movements so we can all dance together!” But the crowd seemed a bit shy, with a few kids dancing […]

Karl The Fog August 31, 2024

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Melania’s plea for Trump to control his swearing flops as he tears into Harris at rally

Melania Trump’s apparent plea to her husband Donald Trump to control his language fell on deaf ears on Friday night when he torched Kamala Harris saying that everything she touches turns to “s**t.”The former president and Republican nominee attacked the vice president’s record before a crowd in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, claiming she doesn’t “have any common sense” before noting that both his wife and Reverend Franklin Graham have asked him to not use “foul” language.Trump continued: “They believe in an ideology and – if you look at Kamala and you look at what she’s done to every place she’s touched has turned to s**t. Every single place she’s touched. I have to say, it. Every place she’s touched, you know?”He then said: “You might have heard this, Franklin Graham is wonderful and he wrote me a letter and he said, ‘Sir, […]

Karl The Fog August 31, 2024

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Safaí, the labor candidate, working to shore up union backing

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Ahsha Safaí. Read earlier dispatches here.On Friday morning, Ahsha Safaí arrived at the San Francisco Labor Council’s pre-Labor Day breakfast at the InterContinental Hotel downtown at around 10 a.m. Safaí, who was eight years into a labor career when he first ran for public office in 2016 for District 11 supervisor, sat down next to Olga Miranda, the president of SEIU Local 87 and his former boss. Safaí knows Miranda well: He was the political director for Local 87, which represents janitors, from 2008 to 2016, working on signing up new members in non-unionized workplaces, organizing strikes, and pressuring politicians to support the union’s various campaigns, like involving custodians in talks when the city asked residents and downtown […]

Karl The Fog August 31, 2024

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Las Vegas police sergeant jailed as part of investigation into Strip arrests: sources

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Metro police sergeant was arrested and booked into jail Friday on charges related to arrests on the Las Vegas Strip, sources told the 8 News Now Investigators.Sgt. Kevin Menon, 42, faces charges including oppression of color of office with force, subornation of perjury and battery on a protected person.Sources with knowledge of the arrest said Menon is part of a larger investigation into allegations that Metro police officers bumped into tourists on the Las Vegas Strip, which prompted fights and the tourists’ arrests.Menon joined the department in 2014. He spoke with 8 News Now during his graduation ceremony.“This experience has been humbling,” he said. “It’s taught me more than I could ever imagine. “I feel ecstatic or electrified right now. It’s absolutely unbelievable.”Specific details about what led to Menon’s arrest Friday remained unclear. The 8 […]

Karl The Fog August 31, 2024

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Pachyman and Osees bring big dub-punk energy to the Chapel

When Pachy García, a.k.a. Pachyman, opens for the punk-adjacent Osees as part of their annual fall residency at The Chapel on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the musician will be taking part in a nearly 50-year-old tradition started by groundbreaking DJ Don Letts.In 1977, Letts was the DJ at the Roxy in London, also known as the first punk club — like, ever. But, despite the raw new sounds and aesthetics of the bands taking the stage, there were no punk records in the club for him to spin before or after shows: All he had was dub. That’s how Letts learned that the punk patrons — who had come out to see the Clash, the Sex Pistols and the Slits — also loved the unconventional, anti-establishment vibe of reggae. There were those brain-numbing tuff bass lines, lyrics that spoke to strife […]

Karl The Fog August 30, 2024

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Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her administration of a private Christian school that she helped run with her family.Carolina Amesty, 29, turned herself in to authorities at the Orange County Jail on Thursday and was booked on four felony counts. That is after a grand jury found that Amesty forged a man’s signature on a document that she notarized in 2021 while working as an administrator at her family's Central Christian Academy, according to State Attorney Andrew Bain. The alleged forgery happened before Amesty was elected to the Florida House of Representatives.Each of the charges are third-degree felonies, punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines.The indictment of Amesty — who is currently running for reelection in her district west of […]

Karl The Fog August 30, 2024

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Bill on street vending enforcement dies, and Mission vending ban

Nearly three months after Sen. Scott Wiener and Mayor London Breed announced the introduction of a California state bill that would have given police authority to ticket and even arrest people selling stolen goods, the legislation quietly died in the State Assembly.SB 925’s path in Sacramento was cut short on Aug. 15 when it was held under submission, a term used when members of a committee want further discussion. Wiener said, however, in plain words this means his bill is dead.The very next day, on Aug. 16, San Francisco took action by extending the Mission Street vending ban for another six months. The moratorium on street vending, which has been in place since Nov. 27, had been already extended early this year for six months and was set to end on Aug. 27.“I was very disappointed. It’s a high priority […]

Karl The Fog August 30, 2024

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Average American starts caring about their skin at this age

Americans only start taking their sun-related skincare seriously at age 26, according to new research. The poll of 2,000 U.S. adults found that before their mid-20’s, Americans aren’t taking proper care of their skin — which might be why respondents are four times as likely to get scalded by the sun than they are to use sunscreen. The survey found 79% have experienced sunburn, while only a fifth admit to using facial sunscreen (20%) or body sunscreen (21%) daily. Commissioned by Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest private nonprofit funder of melanoma research, and conducted by Talker Research, the survey also looked at the habits of different generations regarding sun protection. Source: www.yahoo.com

Karl The Fog August 30, 2024

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