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California’s Great America Theme Park To Close Within 10 Years Following $310 Million Land Sale

June 28, 2022 1:24 pmJune 29, 2022 7:51 am

Amusement Park Company Cedar Fair announced on Tuesday that the California’s Great America theme park has sold the land that the park is on and will be closing within the next 10 years, likely trigging local, regional, and statewide political...

Homemade Bomb Found Outside Home of San Jose Councilwoman Dev Davis

June 15, 2022 12:08 pmJune 15, 2022 12:42 pm

A homemade explosive device was found outside the home of San Jose City Councilwoman Dev Davis on Tuesday, with the San Jose Police Department evacuating the area for part of the day while they dealt with the bomb. At about...

CDC Announces Indoor Mask Mandate Recommendations for 13 Calif. Counties

June 4, 2022 2:45 amJune 4, 2022 7:06 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that 13 counties in California, roughly one-quarter of the state, have reached ‘High’ levels of COVID-19 and are recommended a return of indoor masking in those counties. All 13...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith

January 20, 2022 2:32 amJanuary 19, 2022 8:35 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday that he would be launching a Civil Rights investigation into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith. Smith, a graduate of San Jose State, California Polytechnic University at Pomona, and the FBI Academy,...

State Health Officials Exempt San Francisco From Returning Mask Mandate

December 15, 2021 12:08 pm

Shortly before the new statewide mask mandate was reinstalled in California on Wednesday, the California Department of Health announced that the city and County of San Francisco would be largely exempt from the order due to a large percentage of...

San Francisco Declares Water Emergency, Asks For 10% System-Wide Water Reduction

November 25, 2021 2:26 amNovember 24, 2021 9:27 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, along with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced on Tuesday that there is now a water shortage emergency in effect, calling for large reductions across the Bay-spanning system. According to the new emergency...

State Judge Rules Drug Companies Not Liable For Opioid Epidemic in California

November 2, 2021 4:51 pmNovember 4, 2021 7:30 am

Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson gave a tentative ruling on Monday finding that multiple drug companies, including Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and other large drug companies not guilty for helping supply the U.S. opioid epidemic. Originally...