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ELK GROVE, Calif. (KTXL) — A teacher hiring event will be held by the Elk Grove Unified School District on Saturday. 

They are hoping to find people for positions they have had trouble filling. New teachers are expected to show up, but at the same time, it is likely teachers with experience from other districts may attend in hopes of finding a better deal. 

“I not only anticipate, I know that they will be there, many will be there,” said David Fisher, president of the Sacramento City Teacher’s Association.

Elk Grove Unified said they expect the event on Saturday to bring in hundreds of candidates.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state agencies to terminate contracts with companies or individuals subject to U.S. sanctions because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Newsom signed an executive order on Friday directing all state agencies and departments under his authority to review contracts and agreements valued at $5 million or more. He said the state should halt financial transactions with Russian entities and not send them technology. The governor urged California businesses to do the same.

The governor’s office also said Newsom met with the consul general of Ukraine on Friday in San Francisco “to express California’s solidarity with the Ukrainian community.”

Earlier this week, Newsom wrote a letter urging the state’s largest public pension systems to restrict Russian access to capital and investments by the state.

“California stands with Ukraine and the Ukrainian community in California — one of the larges…