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Lawsuit May End Most Personalized License Plate Restrictions

March 12, 2020 1:40 pm

Earlier this week, a lawsuit filed at a San Francisco federal court is seeking an end to most personalized ‘vanity’ license plate restrictions. In the lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of Paul “Chris” Ogilvie and several...

UPDATED: California Gov. Newsom Calls For All Public Gatherings To Be Canceled

March 12, 2020 7:41 amMarch 13, 2020 2:56 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that California public health officials issued a policy on gatherings slow the spread of COVID-19, and determined that gatherings should be postponed or canceled across the state until at least the end of March. “Non-essential...

FBI Raid on San Luis Obispo County Government Center

March 12, 2020 6:38 amMarch 12, 2020 7:15 am

UPDATE below: The FBI served a search warrant on San Luis Obispo County officials Wednesday morning at the County Government Center. California Globe spoke to County Supervisor Lynn Compton, but Compton was in Sacramento at the time, and did not...

Are California Roads Still a Mess Even When Cities and Counties are Receiving Millions From Gas Tax?

March 12, 2020 2:15 amMarch 12, 2020 5:28 pm

California has the highest gas taxes in the country, and some of the worst roads and highways. Californians were promised that if voters refused to repeal Senate Bill 1, the gas tax, as Proposition 6 on the ballot in 2018,...

Coronavirus Fears to Stop Basketball Fan Attendance, Delay Coachella in California

March 11, 2020 7:36 pmMarch 12, 2020 7:46 am

Amid growing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in California, numerous events around California have either been delayed, canceled, or will have greatly reduced attendance, costing the state and local areas hundreds of millions of dollars. Coachella and...

Former Los Angeles Councilman Indicted on Obstruction and Witness Tampering Charges

March 11, 2020 4:33 pm

Former Los Angeles Councilman Mitch Englander surrendered to the FBI on Monday, pleading not guilty to obstructing an investigation on himself during incidents in Las Vegas and Palm Springs in 2017. Englander had originally been indicted by a Federal Grand...

Death of DHS Whistleblower Philip Haney Not a Suicide, Say House Republicans

March 11, 2020 2:15 pmMarch 11, 2020 2:16 pm

Philip Haney, the former Department of Homeland Security whistleblower, found dead in Amador County last month, was not a suicide but a murder, according to Reps. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King (R-Iowa), both friends of the deceased. “I don’t...