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Roughly 20% of Electric Vehicle Owners in California Replaced Cars with Gas Ones, New Study Shows

May 4, 2021 2:12 amMay 3, 2021 6:13 pm

With California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandated phase-out of gas-powered automobiles, we learn that one in five plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) owners switched back to owning gas-powered cars, because charging the batteries was a hassle, new research reports. Business Insider reported...

Department of Interior Approves Massive $550 million Riverside County Solar Power Project

May 3, 2021 2:47 pm

The Department of the Interior announced on Monday that a massive solar project was approved for the Southern California desert. According to the Interior Department, the Bureau of Land Management gave final approval for the Crimson Solar Project, a $550...

Lawsuit To Continue, Expand Veterinary Telemedicine Filed in Federal Court

May 3, 2021 11:45 am

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against the state by the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and several veterinarians and pet owners over keeping in place and expanding on veterinarian telemedicine. During the COVID-19...

Powerful Teachers Unions Dictating Terms of Reopening to CDC, School Districts

May 3, 2021 7:52 am

California’s 6 million public school students have been “distance” learning from home since California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered statewide business and school closures in March 2020 – more than 425 days ago. After several fits and starts, in December 2020...

California Gas Prices Surging Above $4.00 Per Gallon. Again.

May 3, 2021 2:16 amMay 4, 2021 3:41 pm

After filling up my gas tank Sunday, I was stunned at the total – $92.79. That’s because gas prices in California are rapidly climbing again, as they did in 2019. Sunday’s gas was $4.19 for Regular Unleaded, $4.29 for Unleaded,...

Domestic Violence Charges Dropped Against Governor Newsom’s Brother-in-Law

April 30, 2021 2:10 pmApril 30, 2021 2:13 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom’s brother-in-law, Joshua Irwin Schiller, had domestic violence charges dropped against him earlier this week, more than three months since he was arrested. In January, police in Ross, a small Marin County town of 2,400 people, arrived at...

Part ll: Who Are the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Members?

April 30, 2021 1:43 pmApril 30, 2021 1:44 pm

Earlier this week, the Globe sought information about the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission members, and ran into a brick wall. We found a non-partisan elections analysis blog that reported last July 2020 that “initial selections were made for the California Citizens...