Beach Weekly S11E10: A tentative agreement for CSU employees, President Bidens visit to Israel & more

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 6:46 p.m.

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In season 11, episode 10 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal discusses a tentative agreement for California State University employees, President Biden\\u2019s visit to Israel and more.

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The California State University Employees Union reached a tentative agreement\\xa0on Oct. 11 with the CSU Chancellor\\u2019s Office to implement a \\u201csalary step\\u201d program for employees. Union members still have to vote to approve the agreement, but, if approved, it would bring a 5% general salary increase effective July 1, 2023 with full retroactive pay. Then, the agreement would bring another 5% raise on July 1, 2024 and an official transition to salary steps on Oct. 1, 2025.

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Since 1973, the Bob Murphy Access Center, or BMAC, has offered accommodations and support to students with disabilities.\\xa0On Oct. 5, BMAC celebrated 30 years of service to Long Beach State with a sold-out ceremony. Five alumni, who were once students assisted by BMAC, were inducted into the center\\u2019s Hall of Fame for excelling in creating inclusive environments in their lives outside of Long Beach State.\\xa0Students needing accommodations can contact the Bob Murphy Access Center for resources and more information. Their office is located in room 110 of the Shakarian Student Success Center and their email address is bmac@csulb.edu.

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The 39th annual Long Beach marathon was last Sunday, Oct. 15, which brought in roughly 18,000 people to run the 26.2-mile marathon around the city. The event started at Shoreline Drive and began at 6 a.m. Ryley Fick, a 23-year-old who graduated from Long Beach State last spring, won the women\\u2019s race with a time of 2:58:30. Jason Yang won the men\\u2019s race with a time of 2:27:04.

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The California Commissioner of Labor\\u2019s Office issued a fine of $4.8 million, the largest fine given to a hotel in state history,\\xa0to the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach. The Labor\'s Office stated that the Hyatt Regency allegedly violated California\\u2019s \\u201cRight to Recall\\u201d law as they did not offer jobs to workers who were laid off as a result of the pandemic.

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The\\xa0U.S. government has reached a settlement with more than 5,000 migrant families who were separated at the southern border between 2017 and 2018\\xa0after the Trump administration\'s "zero-tolerance" policy towards border crossing. According to the settlement, the government will be prohibited from reenacting a \\u201czero-tolerance\\u201d policy for at least the next 8 years and it requires the government to continue to identify families who were separated. It also states that families will gain the ability to apply for work permits, and housing and medical services.

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A\\xa06-year-old Palestinian-American boy was killed after being stabbed 26 times by his family\\u2019s landlord\\xa0on Oct. 14 in Illinois, according to the Will County Sheriff\\u2019s Office. His mother was stabbed at least a dozen times and sustained major injuries. The mother and son were allegedly targeted by their landlord because they are Muslim. Their landlord was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of a hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

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President Biden visited Israel last Wednesday to support the country in war and guarantee America\\u2019s allyship.\\xa0Biden\\u2019s return to the Oval Office has been marked with an immediate request of almost $106 billion from Congress. Of the $106 billion, only $14 billion is proposed to support Israel. The remaining $82 billion is for replenishing U.S. weapons in Ukraine and anti-fentanyl trafficking task forces across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Host: Lei Madrigal
Editor: Julia Goldman
Producers: El Nicklin, Aidan Swanepoel
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