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California’s Businesses Contending With Hardships, Difficulties and Uncertain Future

October 4, 2021 11:33 amOctober 4, 2021 11:39 am

The COVID pandemic lockdowns created hardships on many in California: Parents suddenly faced with running homeschooling pods, as well as working from home; outright job loss; employees suddenly isolated from coworkers; recent grads’ fruitless job searches resulted in moving back...

BREAKING: California Gov. Newsom Mandates COVID Vaccine for Children to Attend School

October 1, 2021 11:25 amOctober 4, 2021 9:25 am

UPDATE below: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced a new mandate to require school children to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to be allowed to attend school, “following full FDA approval.” https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1443990974116495363 Putting this new mandate into perspective, Assemblyman...

Sacramento Orders City Employees to Take the Shot or Lose Pay

September 30, 2021 2:12 pmSeptember 30, 2021 8:06 pm

A deal inked Wednesday between the City of Sacramento and Sacramento City Employees unions orders city employees to take the COVID vaccine, provide the city electronic proof of the vaccine, or go on on unpaid leave. Take the vaccine, show...

Gov. Newsom Misled Public about Wildfire Prevention Efforts

September 30, 2021 2:35 amApril 3, 2022 7:32 am

The June 2021 report which exposed that Gov. Gavin Newsom misled the public about his wildfire prevention efforts by 690%, should have obligated applicable state agencies to act immediately. There are still many unanswered questions. The Globe has been following...

California’s New Crime Math Alters FBI 2020 Crime Data Showing Murder Rate Increased 30%

September 28, 2021 3:44 pmSeptember 29, 2021 10:23 am

The FBI announced Monday that the national murder rate increased 30% in 2020. Could anyone have predicted that calling for police to be defunded would lead to increased violent crime? The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased...

Two More California Cities Preparing To Ban Flavored Tobacco and Vape Products

September 27, 2021 7:37 pmSeptember 27, 2021 2:37 pm

Californians have heard the constant anti-vaping ads, claiming that flavored nicotine vape products disproportionately attract teen users and need to be outlawed. In 2019, San Francisco Mayor London Breed signed into law a vaping ban, passed 11-0 by the county board...

3,000 Petition Signers Tell Gov. Newsom ‘Veto Antisemitic Ethnic Studies Bill’

September 27, 2021 4:21 pmSeptember 28, 2021 2:04 pm

Thousands of Californians, including Holocaust survivors, petitioned Governor Gavin Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 101 by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), which would mandate an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101 along party lines....