Ken Kurson, Author at California Globe

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HUD: Homeless population in California jumps by double digits

December 21, 2019 3:30 pmDecember 23, 2019 8:09 am

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has just released data from its 2019 Annual Homelessness Report to Congress and the picture is encouraging for much of the country and catastrophic for California. More than half the country –...

Author’s Stolen Photo Creates False Cancer Impression

December 10, 2019 3:13 pmDecember 11, 2019 6:24 pm

As a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and winner of that genre’s prestigious Hugo Award, John Scalzi is one of the best-known science fiction writers in America. But a nonfiction story he shared today was...

As Housing Bills Collapse, Talk of Ballot Initiative Grows Louder

November 21, 2019 2:15 amNovember 21, 2019 1:48 pm

Governor Newsom has deemed California’s housing shortage to be a top priority. Last week, he convened the heads of more than a dozen top California-based companies to bring the private sector to the table in search of solutions to a...

CBS Sends Christoph Waltz and Liam Hemsworth to School

September 18, 2019 2:20 pmSeptember 18, 2019 2:32 pm

Two years after the Harvey Weinstein scandal fundamentally shifted the balance of power in Hollywood, studios are taking steps to decrease their vulnerability to costly lawsuits filed against them by victims of sexual harassment. One of those steps is subjecting...

California Globe Hires Reporter Evan Symon

September 5, 2019 11:30 amSeptember 6, 2019 12:02 pm

California Globe has expanded its reporting reach with the announcement that it has hired experienced journalist Evan Symon to join its ranks as a full-time senior editor. Symon will report to the site’s editor in chief, longtime Sacramento journalist Katy...

Pacific Standard Magazine Abruptly Shuts Down

August 7, 2019 3:40 pmAugust 8, 2019 8:20 am

The highly respected Santa Barbara-based social justice magazine Pacific Standard stunned its staff today with a sudden announcement that it is shutting down effective almost immediately. According to a wrenching post by editor in chief Nicholas Jackson, “We learned this...

Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project Hits Capitol

July 17, 2019 5:50 pmJuly 18, 2019 7:30 am

With the temperature reaching 95 and the legislature on break, things around the Capitol Building were moving even more slowly than usual today. But the dog days of summer didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of about 120 Latinx youngsters who came...