MAKE Cafe’s Normal Heights outpost pairs daytime farm-to-table service with a 12-week paid training program that aims to move immigrant and refugee women into long-term jobs.

Miami‑Dade will review a 30‑day anchoring ordinance on July 14 that officials say will curb derelict boats — but liveaboards warn marinas and mooring fields are full.

Georgia’s new Safe at Home program gives eligible survivors a substitute mailing address, mail forwarding and sealed voter records as the initiative goes live. It aims to keep home addresses out of public state and local files.

Survivors and lawmakers urged Congress to back community-led recovery and standing HUD funding after storms left neighborhoods without water, power and farms damaged.

Davidson College will waive tuition for households earning up to $175,000 and cover full direct costs for families at $85,000 or less beginning with fall 2027 applicants.

Redwood City’s Pal Center turns 30 as the city secures a $4.5M Prop. 64 grant to expand youth prevention, diversion and community wellness programs. The funding will back a police‑partnered diversion plan and evaluation by Stanford.

A midcentury Winchell neighborhood church sold for $1.3M to a BAPS affiliate and will be converted into a mandir, with the exterior largely preserved.

Cambridge's one‑year push to put every eighth‑grader in Algebra I left more than 60% of students needing to repeat the course in high school.

State and county reviews found unlicensed plumbing and electrical work at SouthPark Swim & Tennis Club created safety issues; retroactive permits and repairs are underway.

A community-led memorial at Lone Fir Cemetery blends public art and official apology to restore names and ritual to a paved-over Chinese burial ground.

Severe storms forced Moore to call off its July 4 drone and fireworks show at Buck Thomas Park; the display is rescheduled for 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

Placer County closed Lake Forest beaches after large teen gatherings left trash, fueled underage drinking and snarled neighborhood streets during the holiday weekend.

A restored slate gravestone at Boston’s Granary Burying Ground has been identified as belonging to a man called Sebastian Lake and may be one of the oldest markers for a free Black person in America. City officials announced the find during the July 4 oration.