Feature – Page 132 – California Globe

‘Deepfake’ Audio and Visual Political Ads Faces Ban With Looming Senate Vote

September 10, 2019 1:34 pm

Assembly Bill 730, which would ban ads that have been altered using ‘deepfake technology’ will be decided soon in the statehouse. ‘Deepfake’ technology uses facial scans and new audio to create a fake video using footage from a real video....

Exclusive California Globe Interview With Rep. Kevin McCarthy

September 6, 2019 8:30 amSeptember 6, 2019 9:47 am

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hails from Bakersfield, and has long advocated for the agriculture-rich region. Unsurprisingly, he has also repeatedly said that California needs water projects instead of High-Speed Rail. Earlier this year, Congressman McCarthy, who represents most of...

Evacuations In Effect as Firefighters Battle A Fast Moving Brush Fire In Murrieta

September 6, 2019 6:24 amSeptember 6, 2019 9:14 am

RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Neighborhoods are evacuated and schools are closed as the Tenaja Fire in Murrieta, CA grows to over 2,000-acres with 7 percent containment Thursday afternoon. Firefighters responded to reports of a brush fire around 4:00 p.m. Wednesday near...

Protests and Near-Arrests in Assembly Appropriations When SB 276 is Passed on Party Lines Ahead of Hearing

August 30, 2019 2:28 pmAugust 30, 2019 2:28 pm

Despite threats of arrests by the California Highway Patrol, opponents of SB 276 by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) who attended the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing Friday at the California State Capitol, stood on chairs and voiced their opposition to the...

Deceptive Animal Extremists Behind California Fur Ban Legislation

August 27, 2019 5:00 pmAugust 27, 2019 5:01 pm

‘The first casualty in this legislation was the truth.’ Fur is quickly becoming the new “guns and ammo” industry to hate and ban in California. Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) is the author of AB 44, which would prohibit the sale...

Rather Than Tough-on-Crime Policies, Sacramento Sues 7 Transients For Harassing Businesses

August 17, 2019 2:42 pmAugust 19, 2019 7:14 am

If Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg or any other member of the City Council committed the same crimes the transients are – assault, dealt drugs, committed robbery, masturbated in public, or pooped on the sidewalk in front of a business –...

Baltimore is just a City; California is a State Transforming into ‘Third World’ Ugly

August 5, 2019 2:20 amAugust 5, 2019 11:23 am

California was once a thriving two party state. We replaced it with the current one party state, one party rule. Scholar and Central Valley resident Victor Davis Hanson calls California “America’s First Third-World State.” “’Third World’ has come to transcend...