The FTC chairman is drawing attention for praising the Trump administration’s efforts to protect white American men from discrimination. Meanwhile, New York City officials are calling for a Target boycott over reports of ICE activity at one of its stores.

Plus, the University of Maryland suspends its club tennis team over alleged racist imagery, Jason Lee is removed as Stockton’s vice mayor, and Netflix reportedly prepares major layoffs.

We’re breaking down the headlines, the controversy, and the stories making waves across the country.

Black History: Gladys West Mathematics Helped Make GPS Possible
Black History Fun Fact: Gladys West was a brilliant mathematician whose work mapping Earth’s shape helped lay the foundation for GPS technology. Her calculations contributed to navigation systems used around the world today.

Digital skills are becoming essential for nearly every job, and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is helping residents make sure they are not left behind.

AT&T has renewed its support of the Urban League’s Connected Learning Center for another three years, expanding access to digital literacy training, workforce resources and technology. The celebration also included the distribution of 150 refurbished laptops to local families.

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Seventy-three thousand people in Los Angeles County slept without a home last night. Maxine Waters’ number for fixing that is one trillion dollars. And Karen Bass’s number is control. She wants the city, not the county, deciding where L.A.’s housing money goes.

This week on News Observer Weekly, Marcus and Nia break down the five stories that mattered most to our readers — from Observer Group Newspapers, publishers of the Bakersfield News Observer, the Los Angeles News Observer and Valley’s News Observer, serving Kern County, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando and Antelope valleys.

ONE THING THIS WEEK
Monday, Oct. 19 is the last day to register to vote the regular way in Kern
County. Check your registration or register in two minutes at
registertovote.ca.gov. Miss it? Same-day registration is available in person
through Election Day, Nov. 3. Ballot already on the kitchen table? Sign and
date the envelope and drop it in one of Kern County’s 20 drop boxes, open 24
hours until 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. Lost ballot? Call and they’ll replace it.
Kern County Elections: 661-868-3590.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open
0:40 Housing: Maxine Waters Calls for $1 Trillion Federal Housing Investment
3:03 Los Angeles: Mayor Bass Seeks Greater Control Over Homelessness Response as Black Press Raises Affordability Concerns
5:23 Kern County: Valadao vs. Villegas: Where the Candidates Stand on Health Care, Water, Immigration and the Economy
7:55 Sacramento: As Gov. Newsom’s Term Nears End, Advocacy Groups Urge Him to Commute Life Sentences
10:59 Bakersfield: Voting Is Sacred: Faith Leaders, Registrar Urge Kern County Residents to Make Their Voices Heard
13:23 What to do this week

THE FULL STORIES
Maxine Waters Calls for $1 Trillion Federal Housing Investment

Maxine Waters Calls for $1 Trillion Federal Housing Investment

2. Mayor Bass Seeks Greater Control Over Homelessness Response as Black Press Raises Affordability Concerns

Mayor Bass Seeks More Control Over Homelessness Response as Black Press Raises Affordability Concerns

3. Valadao vs. Villegas: Where the Candidates Stand on Health Care, Water, Immigration and the Economy

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: CALIFORNIA’S 22ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

4. As Gov. Newsom’s Term Nears End, Advocacy Groups Urge Him to Commute Life Sentences

As Gov. Newsom’s Term Nears End, Advocacy Groups Urge Him to Commute Life Sentences

5. Voting Is Sacred: Faith Leaders, Registrar Urge Kern County Residents to Make Their Voices Heard

Voting Is Sacred: Faith Leaders, Registrar Urge Kern County Residents to Make Their Voices Heard

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