August 2024 – Page 4 – California Globe

Oakland Council Candidate Robbed by Homeless Woman

August 28, 2024 3:30 pmAugust 28, 2024 3:30 pm

Charlene Wang is a progressive. A proud progressive. She has worked in Massachusetts to increase public transit options, she worked on Hillary’s campaign in 2016, the Biden campaign in 2020, and she “currently work(s) on environmental justice and civil rights...

Bill To End Legacy and Donation-Based Admissions To California Colleges Passes Senate In Polarizing Vote

August 28, 2024 12:25 pmAugust 28, 2024 12:26 pm

A bill that would ban both legacy and donor preferred admissions at public and private colleges in California passed in the Senate on Tuesday, moving the bill to the Governor’s desk for either a signing or veto. Assembly Bill 1780,...

UCLA’s Pro-Hamas ‘Mob Rule’ Overruled

August 28, 2024 12:18 pmAugust 28, 2024 12:20 pm

Mob rule at UCLA was dealt a stinging rebuke earlier this month when a federal judge issued a scathing ruling that barred the school from allowing pro-Hamas activists to continue to block Jewish student’s access to campus facilities. You might...

Veterans Betrayed: The Opioid Epidemic

August 28, 2024 11:33 amAugust 28, 2024 11:33 am

The news cycle has moved on, but the scars of the opioid crisis remain etched deep in communities across California. Take a stroll down nearly any street in Sacramento, and you will see the human impact firsthand. This ongoing tragedy...

Water Supply Disaster Looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California

August 28, 2024 7:03 amAugust 28, 2024 7:03 am

There is a water supply disaster looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California on the near horizon. It’s come about as part political indifference and political theater; part bureaucratic inertia and irascible imperviousness by appointed officials. At stake...

Kamala’s Plan to Address Root Cause of Migration: Expand Socialism to U.S.

August 28, 2024 7:00 amAugust 28, 2024 7:30 am

The ongoing debate as to whether Vice President Kamala Harris was the “border czar” misses a more important point about her role in the border crisis. When President Biden announced her new role, he did not expressly name her as...

NV Globe Interviews Michael Shellenberger: What Are The Real Causes of Homelessness?

August 28, 2024 2:56 amAugust 28, 2024 9:23 am

Our sister Globe, the Nevada Globe published this exclusive interview. Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision “Grants Pass V. Johnson.” Homelessness is a big problem in California, probably more so than in any...