Featured Stories – Page 49 – California Globe

Students Trapped in California’s Failing Public Schools Deserve a Way Out

March 20, 2023 8:41 amMarch 21, 2023 9:18 am

During the pandemic, funding for California’s K-12 schools and community colleges spiked from $79.3 billion in 2019-20 to $110.4 billion in 2021-22 — a 39% increase. Also during the pandemic, California public school enrollment dropped by more than a quarter of a...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Stronger Proposal to Hold Big Oil Accountable’ is Full of Organic Matter

March 16, 2023 4:57 pmMarch 18, 2023 3:16 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta “met with leaders representing a coalition of hundreds of organizations, stakeholders and local leaders to unveil new, stronger proposals to hold Big Oil accountable,” the governor announced Thursday. “We’re making major...

Assembly, Senate Leaders Call on Gov. Newsom to Recuse Himself from Silicon Valley Bank Bailout

March 15, 2023 11:53 amMarch 16, 2023 6:13 pm

As everyone now knows, Silicon Valley Bank was closed Friday by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, with the FDIC in charge of liquidation. California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement Saturday morning in response saying “Over the last 48...

Failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Newsoms, and Connected Friends

March 14, 2023 5:27 pmMarch 16, 2023 12:03 pm

The Silicon Valley Bank failure and shutdown is because of “idiot bank management under an incompetent board,” according to Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary. “O’Leary joined Fox News hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Tuesday to discuss the Silicon Valley...

Silicon Valley Bank Ties to California First Partner Jennifer Newsom

March 12, 2023 10:14 amMarch 13, 2023 6:38 pm

Silicon Valley Bank was closed Friday by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, with the FDIC in charge of liquidation. SVB was one of the largest banks in the country and one of the premier banks of Venture Capital...

California Trucking Company Workers Win Freedom from Unwanted Teamsters Union Officials

March 10, 2023 10:37 amMarch 13, 2023 7:48 am

The National Right to Work announced this week that Valdivia Trucking Co. workers in California are finally free of unwanted Teamsters Local 665 union officials after three months of delays created by the union officials. Rather than face a decertification...

Advocacy For a ‘National Divorce’ Heats Up Again

March 6, 2023 2:24 amMarch 6, 2023 11:00 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no shrinking wallflower. Elected in 2020 as a MAGA Republican, she has been an outspoke conspiracy advocate and a lightening rod for controversy. It is doubtful she has ever been accused of holding...