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Gov. Newsom, Pac-12 Agree To Not Stop Conference Football Games This Year

September 17, 2020 6:18 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that there is nothing stopping NCAA football from returning this year to California, contradicting weeks worth of statements from Pac-12 football conference commissioner Larry Scott and teams who have accused the Governor of halting...

Gov. Newsom Announces Declining COVID-19 Infection Percentages, Positivity Rates

September 8, 2020 8:51 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom and Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced that several counties will be moving to the next reopening stages. 5 counties move to lower tier after showing improvement Amador, Orange, Placer, Santa...

Assemblyman Kansen Chu Accused Of Campaign Committee Wrongdoings

August 20, 2020 5:19 pmAugust 21, 2020 3:04 pm

This week, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) received a complaint alleging that Assemblyman Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) used his Assembly campaign committee to go around candidate donation limits. In the complaint filed by former Assemblyman Paul Fong, Assemblyman Chu...

Bay Area Public Health Officer Warns That California is Reopening Too Fast

May 27, 2020 4:33 pmMay 27, 2020 4:34 pm

‘We cannot be stupid about this, but we can at least start. Santa Clara simply isn’t with the program.’ On Tuesday, Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody warned that California is reopening too quickly and could...

2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 19th Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

April 28, 2020 2:27 amApril 28, 2020 10:02 am

The 19th district, which includes the city of San Jose as well as much of the adjacent Southern and Eastern areas, is virtually a lock for the Democrats and incumbent Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). It shouldn’t come as a surprise...

Nearly 16,000 Hotel Rooms Secured For Homeless, Surpassing Goal for ‘Project Roomkey’

April 19, 2020 2:26 amApril 18, 2020 10:32 pm

On Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Project Roomkey, the statewide effort to secure hotel rooms to be used by the homeless temporarily to keep COVID-19 coronavirus social distancing standards, had surpassed it’s goal of 15,000 hotel rooms across the...

San Jose Councilwoman Fined for Not Naming Donors, Not Filing Contribution Reports

March 12, 2020 5:32 pmMarch 13, 2020 9:52 am

On Wednesday, San Jose Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco was fined $3,000 by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) for failing to give information on 76 donors and neglecting a deadline on filing campaign donor forms. According to the report, the...