Feature – Page 66 – California Globe

Retail Owners Frustrated With Gov. Newsom, Mayor Bass Responses to Multiplying Robberies

August 19, 2023 2:30 amAugust 19, 2023 7:40 pm

Retail store owners in Los Angeles continued to remain frustrated at the recent string of smash and grab robberies, with many charging that state and local officials have not done enough to help deter the growing number of robberies. The...

California Based Electric Bus Company Proterra Stuns With Bankruptcy Filing

August 16, 2023 2:55 amAugust 16, 2023 2:56 am

The Washington Post recently reported that California-based Proterra, the electric bus company filed for bankruptcy last week. This is like a flashback to Solyndra, a solar panel start-up and recipient federal funds from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...

San Francisco’s 165-Year Old GUMP’S CEO Scorns Politicians for Crime, Homeless Drug Addicts

August 14, 2023 8:20 amAugust 14, 2023 8:23 am

Gump’s is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California. Except today, Gump’s is under siege. Homeless drug addicts, thievery, ramifications of COVID policies, harassment of the public and the defiled city...

Three Years Later, Gov. Newsom Clings to Emergency COVID Powers – For the ‘Next Emergency’

August 1, 2023 8:35 amAugust 1, 2023 8:38 am

“Did Gov. Newsom Really End CA’s COVID-19 State of Emergency?” the Globe asked March 1st when the governor announced he was lifting his emergency COVID order. “Three years later, it doesn’t appear the governor is really giving up his emergency...

Gov. Newsom’s Deceit with Local School Boards Exposes Tyrannical Leanings

July 27, 2023 8:12 amJuly 27, 2023 4:37 pm

One week ago, the elected Temecula Valley Unified School District board again voted 3-2 to reject California’s elementary school social studies curriculum. A day later, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he would be sending the textbooks anyway, threatened a lawsuit and...

Nevada Commissioner Proposes User Tax on Tahoe Basin Drivers

July 26, 2023 6:27 amJuly 26, 2023 6:50 am

Special to the California Globe by Megan Barth, editor of our sister news website, The Nevada Globe. What happens when federal and local government agencies build a billion dollar, concrete tourist attraction in North Lake Tahoe, without adequate parking, and...

High $peed Rail Hires Yet Another Consultant – For Sustainability?

July 23, 2023 9:46 amJuly 23, 2023 10:01 am

The California High Speed Rail Authority now has a sustainability consultant. The Authority tapped the decades-old, London-based consultancy Arup for the gig. The firm has provided engineering services for such iconic structures as the London Eye (the Ferris wheel,) the...