Ken Kurson, Author at California Globe

Cal State System Caves on Anti-Semitism Lawsuit

March 21, 2019 2:54 pmMarch 22, 2019 6:49 am

Jewish students throughout the California State University system can finally wear their yarmulkes in peace. In Spring 2016, San Francisco State University’s Hillel invited Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat to speak on campus. All hell broke loose. According to Hillel student...

That Time Jerry Brown Saved Don Felder’s Little League Park

March 19, 2019 12:47 pmMarch 20, 2019 8:22 am

Don Felder was The Eagles lead guitar player for almost all of that band’s jillion-selling existence. That’s him on the killer solo in “One of These Nights.” And even though he’s a native Floridian, anyone who’s lived in the state...

Top Attorney Caught In Varsity Blues Scandal Gave to Calif Dem

March 14, 2019 1:11 pmMarch 18, 2019 7:56 am

Another person ensnared in the Varsity Blues college bribery scandal has a connection to California politics. California Globe reported this morning that key figure William McGlashan, who lives in Marin County has been a prolific donor to local and national...

Central Figure in Varsity Blues College Scandal Is Prolific Political Donor

March 14, 2019 5:56 amMarch 18, 2019 7:59 am

William McGlashan, a central figure in the “Varsity Blues” scandal in which wealthy parents bribed coaches and test proctors to aid their children in getting into elite universities, was a prolific donor to Democratic and California political causes. McGlashan, the...

SF Mayor Delivers First State of the City Address

January 30, 2019 1:58 pmJanuary 30, 2019 4:32 pm

London Breed delivered her first State of the City address today before a raucous and supportive crowd at the new home for the SF Gay Men’s Chorus. Drawing strongly on her personal story and bundling it with her identity—as she...

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Gave to Newsom and Brown

January 10, 2019 5:52 pmJanuary 15, 2019 10:50 am

When a second younger black man turned up dead in the apartment of Los Angeles Democratic donor Ed Buck, questions are being raised about whether investigators were too hasty to dismiss the first instance 18 months ago. Now, the Daily...

Lt Gov Eleni T. Kounalakis Launches with High Profile

January 8, 2019 3:05 pmJanuary 9, 2019 7:15 pm

Eleni T. Kounalakis was sworn in as California’s 50th Lieutenant Governor yesterday afternoon in a ceremony that looked more like a Who’s Who of national Democratic power players than the perfunctory performance for one of the state’s eight Constitutional officers....

Author: Ken Kurson

Cal State System Caves on Anti-Semitism Lawsuit

That Time Jerry Brown Saved Don Felder’s Little League Park

Top Attorney Caught In Varsity Blues Scandal Gave to Calif Dem

Central Figure in Varsity Blues College Scandal Is Prolific Political Donor

SF Mayor Delivers First State of the City Address

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Gave to Newsom and Brown

Lt Gov Eleni T. Kounalakis Launches with High Profile

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