Tony Perry. San Diego council votes along party lines to increase minimum wage to $11.50 an hour by 2017. On a strict party-line vote, the San Diego City Council has voted to raise the local minimum wage -- possibly setting up another fight with the business establishment. The six Democrats on the council voted in favor, the three Republicans against.
Continental Tropical : These are the hot, dry air masses which originate over northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. This air mass enters the United States through New Mexico, Arizona and western Texas and frequently moves eastward to northeastward bringing hot, dry air to Texas.
areas of the Earth over which large air masses form. The diagram below shows the major source regions and air masses for the United States: In particular, the weather in the midwest and eastern US are predominantly influenced by two of these air masses: the cold, dry air mass coming from Canada, and the warm, moist air mass that forms over the Gulf. The cold, dry Candian air mass is an example of a cP