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LA Supervisor Candidate Claims Disparate Treatment in News Article

May 25, 2022 9:50 amMay 25, 2022 10:37 am

Roxanne Hoge is a candidate for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Third District seat, with close to 2 million residents. The Globe spoke with Hoge, an actor, business owner, wife and mother of four, following a news article...

What the Third Congressional District Candidates Are Saying, Part 2

May 17, 2022 6:23 amMay 17, 2022 6:35 am

The newly re-drawn Third California Congressional district is big. It is bigger in square-milage than nine states and, if on the other side of the country, would – length-wise – stretch from Baltimore to Boston. While the local concerns may...

CA Globe Interview With Congressional District 3 Candidates

May 16, 2022 6:45 amMay 16, 2022 7:31 am

As we have done with other races, the California Globe presents a question-and-answer series with the candidates, this time Scott Jones and Kevin Kiley – two of the four people in the race to represent California’s newly re-drawn Third Congressional...

State Building Light Pollution Control Bill Gains Traction in Legislature

April 26, 2022 4:46 pmApril 26, 2022 3:47 pm

A bill to cut nighttime electricity use from state buildings in an attempt to reduce light pollution continued to gain traction this week following Committee vote wins earlier in April. Assembly Bill 2382, authored by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-Palo Alto),...

Bill To Limit Foreign Oil Imports into CA, Foster More Statewide Production To Face Senate Comm. April 5th

March 26, 2022 2:25 amMarch 26, 2022 4:45 pm

A bill intended to push the state Legislature to prohibit the import of crude oil into California if the source of the oil is a foreign nation with demonstrated human rights abuses, or a foreign nation with environmental standards that...

California Adding 5 Temporary Natural Gas Power Plants to Help Alleviate Energy Shortage

August 20, 2021 3:09 pmAugust 21, 2021 11:18 pm

The California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) announced on Thursday that the state will be temporarily expanding natural gas power by adding new power plants due to energy supply concerns. According to the CDWR, five new gas powered generators will...

Newsom Can’t Hide Behind a Pandemic

March 14, 2021 3:11 amMarch 14, 2021 9:04 am

In his 2021 State of the State Address, Governor Newsom’s focus, to the exclusion of nearly everything else, was to defend his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A quick review of the 3,634 word transcript indicates only 20 percent of...