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Sacramento Starbucks Closes Over Crime and Safety Issues

September 1, 2022 2:33 pm

The latest Starbucks casualty is in Sacramento, along the Broadway corridor, wrought with blocks of homeless transients, escalating crime, and legitimate safety concerns for the residents and business owners who live and work there. “The growing crime wave in Los...

Energy Poverty Coming with Bill to Require 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

August 30, 2022 2:50 amAugust 29, 2022 7:26 pm

Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot mandatory setbacks around California oil and gas wells. Really disconcerting is “the bill would authorize the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources...

Bass Leads Caruso By 12 Points According to Latest LA Mayoral Election Poll

August 26, 2022 12:40 pmAugust 26, 2022 12:42 pm

According to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll released on Friday, Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) grew her lead against real estate developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles Mayoral race in August, now leading by double-digit...

Gov. Newsom Announces $694 Million for New Project Homekey Housing Units

August 25, 2022 4:43 pmAugust 26, 2022 1:51 pm

During a visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that $694 million would be given to 35 Project Homekey projects across the state, amounting to around 2,500 new units for people in need. However, this latest award...

Extended Alcohol Serving Hours Bill Killed in Assembly – Again

August 25, 2022 2:07 pm

A bill that would have enacted a pilot program to allow alcohol to be served between an extra one to two hours per night was voted down in the Assembly on Thursday, killing the bill and prior similar ones for...

‘Don’t Move to Texas’ Billboards in SF, LA Draw Continued Controversy

August 25, 2022 2:25 amAugust 24, 2022 9:25 pm

Controversy over billboards placed in San Francisco and Los Angeles urging people not to move to Texas continued this week, with the billboards adding to the growing clash between California and Texas. Last week, billboards featuring the words “The Texas...

Los Angeles Strip Club Dancers File To Join Union

August 18, 2022 2:29 pm

Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles filed to join the Actor’s Equity union through petitioning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday, becoming the first group of such dancers...