May 2018 – California Globe

Angela Alioto channels her inner Donald Trump

May 31, 2018 2:00 pmJune 4, 2018 12:06 pm

Two of the top contenders in the San Francisco mayoral race are breaking ranks with liberals on homelessness issues. The stances of Board of Supervisors president London Breed and former president Angela Alioto are putting them at odds with the...

Cox and Villaraigosa Fight for Second Place and for Oxygen

May 31, 2018 10:00 amJune 1, 2018 9:00 am

Republican businessman John Cox and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are locked in a close battle for second place in the gubernatorial race, with Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom well ahead of both men, two new polls show. Meanwhile, outside...

Evolution of a Fake News Notion

May 30, 2018 11:51 pmJune 4, 2018 12:10 pm

Fake news isn’t always about outright lies or intentional omissions. There are matters of nuance and degree, as well. Back when there were real people making judgments about how to package stories—these people were known as “editors”—one of the major...

Expert: ‘Top Two’ System Could be Disastrous for Dems—Again

May 30, 2018 2:30 pmJune 4, 2018 12:10 pm

The Democrats’ road to taking back the House this November runs through California–but it could also implode there. Dems need to regain 23 seats to take control of the House and were counting on flipping seven California seats held by...

Soros Pulls Funding for Genevieve Jones-Wright

May 30, 2018 9:26 amMay 30, 2018 3:37 pm

Going into Memorial Day weekend, Genevieve Jones-Wright had the wind at her back for the San Diego County District Attorney’s race. As California Globe had previously reported, that wind was created by the fluttering of a million dollars dropped off...

Dianne Feinstein Now Opposed to the Death Penalty

May 29, 2018 11:00 amJune 1, 2018 9:06 am

Senator Dianne Feinstein has abruptly abandoned her long standing support for the death penalty–just in time for the June 5 primary in which she faces an increasingly leftward electorate. The Senator’s aides insisted to the Los Angeles Times that she...

The Bay Area’s Dysfunctional Transit System Could Be Fixed—Here’s How

May 24, 2018 3:34 pmMay 31, 2018 8:03 am

The problem isn’t that BART sucks. The problem is that citizens of the Bay Area don’t seem to mind. As everyone knows, San Francisco and its environs are the center of information technology, currently America’s undisputed fastest-growing economic sector. Transportation...