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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 pmMarch 16, 2022 12:29 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. 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...

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 pmMarch 16, 2022 12:27 pm

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...

Shmuley Boteach Upbraided By Lawyer Over Ilhan Omar Photo

April 30, 2019 3:18 pmApril 30, 2019 8:30 pm

A Boston photographer named Jason Grow has made a legal claim against well-known Rabbi Shmuley Boteach over “unauthorized use of a photograph of Ilhan Omar, a recently-elected member of the United States House of Representatives.” According to the letter obtained...

Beto O’Rourke Addresses Enthusiastic But Smaller-Than-Expected Launch Crowd

March 31, 2019 3:12 pmApril 1, 2019 11:00 am

AUSTIN—Former congressman and current heartthrob Beto O’Rourke took the stage in front of the Capitol building over an hour and a half late. But if any of the several thousand people who endured an unexpectedly chilly early spring evening were...