Feature – Page 62 – California Globe

Sen. Scott Wiener Calls Elon Musk ‘Bigot’ and ‘Conspiracy Theorist’

July 31, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 1, 2024 6:19 am

California State Senator Scott Wiener is a victim. Poor Scott. He says he is being “attacked” by Elon Musk, whom he calls a “bigot.” Senator Scott Wiener proclaims that he is “protecting LGBTQ youth’s civil rights.” Last week Senator Wiener...

California Supreme Court Ends Legal Snafu Over Gig Drivers – Upholds Prop. 22

July 26, 2024 10:53 amJuly 26, 2024 10:55 am

In November 2020, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 22, to exempt all rideshare drivers from being classified as employees. But labor unions and some drivers sued to halt the proposition. Thursday, California’s Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, allowing drivers at Uber,...

Reid Hoffman Faces Call to Resign from Microsoft Board after Trump ‘Martyr’ Remark

July 18, 2024 4:04 pmJuly 18, 2024 4:07 pm

It’s not just the occupant in the White House who appears to be non compos mentis now quarantined with an alleged case of Covid – this week has been a rollercoaster of emotions because of bizarre events. Former President Donald...

Golden State Insurance Crisis: Californians Getting Insured Right Out of Their Homes

July 18, 2024 2:55 amJuly 18, 2024 6:56 pm

California is in the throes of a self-imposed insurance crisis. And the state doesn’t seem to be addressing this crisis with any sense of urgency. The Globe recently spoke with a couple who shared that the condominium complex in which...

GOP Assembly Leader Warns More Will Follow Elon Musk Out Of California

July 17, 2024 3:45 pmJuly 17, 2024 3:45 pm

California Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher warned in a Wednesday interview that more will follow the nation’s wealthiest entrepreneur out of the state over a cascade of radical legislation alienating businesses and parents. On Tuesday, Elon Musk announced he would...

Failure in Pomona: Thousands of Migrant Children Missing

July 12, 2024 11:34 amJuly 12, 2024 11:34 am

There are 85,000 migrant children in the country that the federal government cannot find. There are thousands more who were sent to dodgy “sponsors” with fake addresses. There are at least 6,000 working illegally, in violation of child labor laws....

California Price Fixing Minimum Wage Hurts the Young and the Poor

July 11, 2024 9:04 amJuly 11, 2024 5:38 pm

“Workers need a living wage,” is California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stubborn justification for signing the $20 per hour fast-food minimum wage bill into law. “We saw the inequities….We had a responsibility to do more.” Math is hard. Never once has Newsom...