July 2025 – California Globe

Newsom & Bass Claim ‘Win’ Over Pentagon with Deactivation of 1,350 National Guard Troops From L.A.

July 31, 2025 5:17 pmJuly 31, 2025 5:24 pm

Despite troops being scheduled to leave within a week anyway, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tried to claim victory after the Pentagon’s announcement of National Guard troop removal, saying that their departure was a “victory” for Los Angeles. The Pentagon...

The Politics of Weather in Beautiful California

July 31, 2025 2:31 pmAugust 2, 2025 7:47 am

California is enjoying a beautiful summer – particularly Northern California. Our usual July temperatures are hot – 90 to 100+ degrees. July 2025 has been glorious – high 70’s, and 80 to 85 degrees. It hit 90 degrees Monday and...

Gov. Newsom Signs High-Speed Rail Bill Creating Funding Plan for Merced to Bakersfield Segment

July 31, 2025 12:00 pmJuly 31, 2025 12:02 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that requires the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to create a detailed funding plan for the Merced to Bakersfield “phase one” segment following years of pressure from Republicans and some Democrats wanting...

New GDP Report Shows Astounding Growth in Trump’s Economy

July 31, 2025 7:36 amJuly 31, 2025 7:36 am

Some radio and TV hosts might want to consider refraining from practicing economics live on air. Most do not understand President Trump’s tariffs, nor do they understand the basics of GDP – Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods...

Sacramento City Council Votes Homeless Out of City Hall… and Back to the Streets

July 31, 2025 3:30 amAugust 2, 2025 7:48 am

Earlier this month, Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced a new policy to prohibit homeless people from sleeping outside City Hall overnight. His policy would overturn former Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s original ordinance allowing homeless vagrants to sleep on City Hall grounds...

Ringside: Logging Saves Species and Increases Our Water Supply

July 31, 2025 2:55 amJuly 31, 2025 2:56 am

There are obvious benefits to logging, grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical thinning of California’s forests. When you suppress wildfires for what is now over a century, then overregulate and suppress any other means to thin the forest, you get overcrowded...

Bill Limits Age to Buy E-Bikes Signed Into Law by Gov. Newsom

July 31, 2025 2:45 amJuly 31, 2025 2:46 am

A bill to limit sales of class 3 electric bikes (E-bikes) by instituting a minimum buy age of 16 years old was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week. Assembly Bill 965, authored by Assemblywoman Diane Dixon...