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Migrant Children at San Diego Convention Center to Receive In-Person Teaching

March 30, 2021 5:59 pmMarch 30, 2021 7:11 pm

The San Diego County Board of Education announced Tuesday they would be sending California public school teachers to the temporary migrant center at the San Diego Convention Center, to teach the hundreds of migrant children who crossed into the country...

California Senators, Representatives Push For Year-Round Wildfire Fighting Services

March 30, 2021 2:45 pm

On Monday, 23 Californian Senators and members of Congress sent a letter to the Departments of Agriculture and Interior, asking that they make wildland firefighters available year round instead of seasonal to combat the growing out-of-season wildfire threats in California...

California High Speed Rail Authority Faces Another Two Year Delay in Construction

March 30, 2021 7:13 amApril 1, 2021 6:46 am

A released letter from Spanish construction firm Dragados Monday found that the opening of the California high speed rail stretch between Bakersfield and Merced was likely to be delayed by another two years. In a letter obtained by the Los...

San Diego Mayor Announces New Homeless Camp Cleanup Rules

March 29, 2021 5:27 pm

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced Monday that the city would be making significant changes to how it conducts homeless camp clean-ups. According to Mayor Gloria, the new changes were developed by the Mayor’s office and the San Diego Homelessness...

Social Media Companies Would Be Forced To Disclose Ban, Flagging Policies in New Assembly Bill

March 29, 2021 3:03 pm

On Monday, a bill to require social media platforms to publicly disclose corporate policies on what exactly gets people temporarily banned or permanently banned from those sites was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 587, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel...

California Supreme Court Rules To End Cash Bail For Some Defendants Who Cannot Afford It

March 27, 2021 2:31 amMarch 29, 2021 10:32 am

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that judges must consider an arrestee’s ability to pay bail, and may not hold them solely because they couldn’t afford bail. In a unanimous decision, Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar wrote on behalf of the...

SF Board of Education VP Alison Collins Stripped of All Leadership Positions In No Confidence Vote

March 26, 2021 2:47 pm

On Thursday, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to remove Vice President Alison Collins from all leadership positions following the discovery of racist tweets she had posted in 2016. In a 5-2 decision, the school board approved a resolution...