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California’s War on Holidays, Gatherings, Singing, Chanting, and Shouting

October 22, 2020 7:11 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly recommend cancelling Halloween door-to-door trick-0r-treating. The Governor and Dr. Anthony Fauci recommend that Americans should cancel family Thanksgiving gatherings. This reminds me of the actor Alan Rickman...

CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year

October 21, 2020 3:16 pmMarch 28, 2022 4:12 pm

Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...

Compton Announces Launch Of Privately-Funded Universal Income Program

October 20, 2020 5:29 pm

On Monday, Compton Mayor Aja Brown announced in a statement that the city will be launching a universal income pilot program for 800 low-income residents. In the announcement, Mayor Brown said that the program, called the Compton Pledge, would begin...

CHHS Secretary Ghaly Announces New Theme Park, Stadium Reopening Guidelines

October 20, 2020 2:35 pm

On Tuesday, California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Mark Ghaly announced new state guidelines for theme park and stadium re-openings, as well as announcing more widespread reopening and county reopening tier changes, during a press conference. Secretary Ghaly began...

California Globe Ride Along: Rideshare Drivers Concerned Over Future As Election Nears

October 19, 2020 8:51 pm

With the election down to the final weeks, drivers for rideshare companies in California have grown more and more anxious over the results of Proposition 22, which, if passed, would exempt rideshare drivers from the AB 5 worker classification law...

Gov. Newsom Warns of Slow Vaccine Rollouts Once Available

October 19, 2020 3:13 pmOctober 19, 2020 7:30 pm

On Monday, Governor Newsom announced that COVID-19 vaccine dispersal in California will be limited once the vaccines become available either later this year or next year. Newsom said that Moderna and Pfizer were closing in on vaccines, with the earliest...

Disney Employees, Fans Rally for Reopening Outside of Disneyland

October 17, 2020 4:59 pmOctober 18, 2020 12:09 pm

On Saturday, a group of Disneyland cast members and fans rallied in front of Disneyland in Anaheim, calling for Governor Newsom to allow Disney to reopen the park. Disneyland has been closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving...