Richie Greenberg – California Globe

Connie Chan: Failing Upward

October 5, 2026 10:00 amOctober 5, 2026 10:05 am

Connie Chan’s campaign for Congress to succeed Nancy Pelosi is a familiar San Francisco promotion: preside over a mess, then ask for a bigger office. After years at City Hall during civic disorder, massive budget increases, housing paralysis, and a...

Wiener Faces San Francisco’s Jewish Voters

September 30, 2026 9:00 amSeptember 30, 2026 9:01 am

Scott Wiener, candidate to succeed outgoing Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, has spent his congressional campaign informing San Francisco’s most Israel-committed Jews that their non-negotiable stances are, unfortunately, irrelevant. How is this representation or coalition-building? It’s his bold gamble: tell the people...

AI Kill-Switch Folly

September 20, 2026 11:51 amSeptember 20, 2026 11:52 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest folly, ordering a kill switch on AI, does not require OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, or anyone else to build a working emergency off button. It instead tells California agencies to hurry two bills that were already...

SHOCKER: SF Dem Party Rejects Billionaire Tax

August 28, 2026 2:56 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:56 pm

Wednesday night was supposed to be another ritual of progressive piety at the SF DCCC Democrat Party central committee meeting. California’s state party had already bowed. All that remained was for the SF Dems to kiss the ring on Proposition...

Newsom’s Energy Wrecking Crew

August 20, 2026 3:16 pmAugust 20, 2026 3:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom does not set California’s electricity rates from a high podium. He does something more devious: He personally staffs the California Energy Commission (CEC). Gavin installs loyalists, treats the controversial results as if they fell from the sky....

Mangione and His Cold-Blooded Cult

August 16, 2026 8:00 amAugust 16, 2026 8:00 am

Luigi Mangione is no folk hero. He is a premeditated murderer who gunned down a husband and father of two in broad daylight. Then he sat in federal court this week and admitted it under oath. He told the judge....

Barrel of Woke Regret

July 27, 2026 11:52 amJuly 27, 2026 11:52 am

Cracker Barrel finally waved the white flag. CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down, taking an expesive Woke experiment with her. Her brief reign will be remembered less for biscuits and gravy than for a spectacularly tone-deaf 2025 rebrand that...