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UC Berkeley Settles Discrimination Lawsuit by Israeli Professor

December 29, 2025 6:30 amDecember 29, 2025 6:31 am

The University of California at Berkeley this month settled the discrimination lawsuit filed by an Israeli professor denied a teaching position in 2023 because an administrator worried her presence on campus would enrage pro-Hamas student mobs. Even after Berkeley’s own...

UC Berkeley Chancellor Tells Congressional Committee he is Committing to Fighting Jew hatred at the School

July 17, 2025 7:18 amJuly 17, 2025 2:00 pm

Facing multiple lawsuits and discrimination complaints over rampant campus anti-Semitism, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committing to fighting Jew hatred at the school. Then he proceeded to repeatedly praise a...

New Republican Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil’s Former Staffer Sues for Alleged Sexual Harassment

September 10, 2024 8:03 amSeptember 10, 2024 8:40 am

Four weeks after California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil announced she was leaving the Democrat Party and switching her party affiliation to Republican, her former chief of staff has sued her for alleged sexual harassment. Chad Condit charges Alvarado-Gil of creating...

California’s Safe Place to Learn Act

August 4, 2022 6:26 amAugust 4, 2022 6:31 am

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Education Code Title 1, Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 2, Article 5.5 provides the Safe Place to Learn Act, which is contained in Section 234 to 234.5. Article 5.5 was added in...

LA Mayor Garcetti’s India Ambassadorship Delayed

March 13, 2022 3:37 amMarch 12, 2022 10:14 pm

We will now all get to see exactly how long Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti can hold his breath. Earlier this week, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley asked that the confirmation process for Garcetti’s ambassadorial nomination be delayed while his...

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Goes Scorched-Earth over Sen. Melendez’s ‘Cancel Culture’ Bills

February 16, 2021 3:05 pmFebruary 16, 2021 2:55 pm

The Globe just reported Tuesday California State Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore) introduced an Anti-Discrimination bill package aimed to protect against cancel culture discrimination. Concerned about the growing climate of intolerance, her two bills protect Californians from discrimination because...

Sen. Melendez Introduces Anti-Discrimination Bills to Fight ‘Cancel Culture’

February 16, 2021 11:31 amFebruary 16, 2021 12:12 pm

California State Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore) introduced an Anti-Discrimination bill package aimed to protect against cancel culture discrimination. The most recent example of “cancel culture” is actress Gina Carano, former mixed martial arts fighter, and star of The...