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Streets of San Francisco

June 15, 2019 6:42 amJune 18, 2019 8:20 am

On the streets of San Francisco, human excrement is piling up to an all-time high, with 28,084 turd alerts in 2018, five times beyond the level in 2011, and 6,676 sightings by April 2019. If this reeking mess leaves tourists...

Project Packs a Sweetheart Deal for No-Bid Willie Brown Crony

May 6, 2019 6:01 amMay 6, 2019 9:56 am

Online colleges are surging nationwide, and on his way out the door, recurring governor Jerry Brown noticed that California was trailing the pack. Gov. Brown pushed for the creation of a public online college to serve working adults. Legislators approved...

The Audacity of Harris

January 24, 2019 8:00 amJanuary 28, 2019 5:39 am

“Kamala Harris aiming to pull off an Obama-sized feat in 2020,” ran the Sacramento Bee headline on the junior California Senator’s decision to seek the presidency of the United States. Harris is running to “fight for our American values” and...