In 2004, women's life expectancy exceeded men's life expectancy by 5.2 years, the smallest gender gap in life expectancy since 1946. Life expectancy for whites was five years greater than that of blacks. Life expectancy for black and white men and women was as follows: Black male: 69.8 years.
Electronic Arts in Redwood City is pictured Dec. 8. 2015. Redwood City is considering increasing its local minimum wage to $15 an hour beginning January 2019. Electronic Arts is the cityâs second-largest employer with 2,367 employees, next to Oracle, which employs 6,781 workers, according to the city. (Bay Area News Group file)
Berkeleyâs current minimum wage is $11.00 per hour; it will increase to $12.53 per hour effective October 1, 2016. Emeryvilleâs minimum wage was set at $14.44 per hour for businesses with 56 or more employees; $12.75 per hour for businesses with 55 employees or less employees, effective July, 2015.