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2020 March Primary Preview: 13th State Senate District

February 5, 2020 6:14 am

The 13th State Senate District: The richest Senate district, the 13th stretches from the suburbs of San Francisco to the suburbs of San Jose, engulfing a fair chunk of Silicon Valley and the tech giants inside of it. Mountain View...

Decades Long Attempt to Ban Gun Shows at San Francisco Cow Palace… Back Again

January 27, 2020 7:41 pmJanuary 27, 2020 5:41 pm

The high gang activity and murder rate of the South San Francisco Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood has never been tied to gun sales at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) issued a statement Monday...

San Francisco Gun Show Limiting Bill May Face a Senate Vote

January 27, 2020 5:27 pmJanuary 27, 2020 5:27 pm

A bill that would ban gun shows from being held at the historic Cow Palace on the San Francisco and Daly City border could reach a Senate vote in the coming months depending on the outcome of the amendments made...

State of California Joins Decade Long Battle Over San Mateo County Beach

January 6, 2020 5:17 pmJanuary 7, 2020 12:48 pm

For over a decade Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has been involved in a dispute over a road to a beach that has made international headlines. The fight over Martins Beach At the center of the conflict is Martins Beach,...

The Search Continues For A New California State University Campus

December 20, 2019 7:27 am

According to documents from California State University Vice Chancellor Elvyra San Juan, a 24th CSU location is currently being considered. The new location will need to satisfy both the local and state requirements of educating a steady student population of...

Facebook Pledges $1 Billion In Affordable Housing Funds In California

October 25, 2019 8:32 am

Social media company Facebook pledged to put $1 billion into affordable housing Tuesday in an attempt to alleviate the California housing crisis, particularly in Northern California. The announcement came four months after Google outlined a similar program also amounting to...