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Book Deal Has Kamala Harris Sounding Very Much Like White House Contestant

July 19, 2018 1:15 pmJuly 23, 2018 11:30 am

California Senator Kamala Harris is burnishing her credentials as a possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate with a new book deal announced Tuesday, joining other prospective candidates, who either have recently published books or have them in the works. The book,...

New Mayor London Breed Vows to Clean Up Filthy SF Streets

July 15, 2018 11:30 amJuly 21, 2018 3:15 pm

The day after her July 11 upbeat inauguration speech, San Francisco Mayor London Breed vowed to get “aggressive” about fixing up the city’s streets, which are awash with homeless encampments and drug addicts’ used needles. Breed, San Francisco’s first black...

Feinstein Now Claims Not to Want Democratic Party Endorsement

July 9, 2018 10:35 amJuly 15, 2018 11:53 pm

Profoundly embarrassed earlier this year when she didn’t get the state Democratic party endorsement, Senator Dianne Feinstein now says she doesn’t want it anyway. Kind of like the fox saying he didn’t really want the grapes because they are sour?...

Maxine Waters Dismisses Threats, Dem Leaders’ Criticism

July 3, 2018 6:59 pmJuly 3, 2018 8:10 pm

Los Angeles Representative Maxine Waters (D-43) is shrugging off rebukes from the Democratic congressional leadership and the death threats that followed her incendiary remarks urging the harassment of Trump Administration officials. And today, President Donald Trump poured his own unique...

Trumpian Congressional Candidate Alleges Hollywood Blacklist

June 28, 2018 11:47 amAugust 30, 2021 11:45 am

The intolerant must be silenced! Is that Hollywood’s attitude towards Trump supporters in their midst? Antonio Sabato, Jr., the once soap opera star and now California Republican congressional candidate, says he has been run out of Hollywood for unabashedly supporting...

LA Times Names Norman Pearlstine New Editor

June 21, 2018 11:00 amJune 28, 2018 11:52 am

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, has selected industry stalwart Norman Pearlstine as his executive editor, hoping to invigorate the flagship California publication that has been beset in recent years by repeated leadership changes and staff...

SF Voters Approve Flavored Tobacco Ban

June 6, 2018 3:41 pmJune 28, 2018 10:18 am

Despite spending millions of dollars and offering a host of racially-charged arguments, opponents failed to sink the San Francisco ballot referendum banning flavored tobacco products. Proposition E, which prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored liquid used for vaping,...