Highlight – Page 1529 – California Globe

New Mayor London Breed Vows to Clean Up Filthy SF Streets

July 15, 2018 11:30 amJuly 21, 2018 3:15 pm

The day after her July 11 upbeat inauguration speech, San Francisco Mayor London Breed vowed to get “aggressive” about fixing up the city’s streets, which are awash with homeless encampments and drug addicts’ used needles. Breed, San Francisco’s first black...

Feinstein Now Claims Not to Want Democratic Party Endorsement

July 9, 2018 10:35 amJuly 15, 2018 11:53 pm

Profoundly embarrassed earlier this year when she didn’t get the state Democratic party endorsement, Senator Dianne Feinstein now says she doesn’t want it anyway. Kind of like the fox saying he didn’t really want the grapes because they are sour?...

Trumpian Congressional Candidate Alleges Hollywood Blacklist

June 28, 2018 11:47 amAugust 30, 2021 11:45 am

The intolerant must be silenced! Is that Hollywood’s attitude towards Trump supporters in their midst? Antonio Sabato, Jr., the once soap opera star and now California Republican congressional candidate, says he has been run out of Hollywood for unabashedly supporting...

LA Times Names Norman Pearlstine New Editor

June 21, 2018 11:00 amJune 28, 2018 11:52 am

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, has selected industry stalwart Norman Pearlstine as his executive editor, hoping to invigorate the flagship California publication that has been beset in recent years by repeated leadership changes and staff...

California’s Top Two Primary System Still A Focus Of Debate

June 11, 2018 9:18 amJune 21, 2018 3:55 pm

In 2010, California voters passed Proposition 14, approving sweeping change to the state’s primary elections. This did away with party primaries and replaced them with an “open primary” featuring candidates of all parties. Starting in 2012, the top two primary...

SF Voters Approve Flavored Tobacco Ban

June 6, 2018 3:41 pmJune 28, 2018 10:18 am

Despite spending millions of dollars and offering a host of racially-charged arguments, opponents failed to sink the San Francisco ballot referendum banning flavored tobacco products. Proposition E, which prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored liquid used for vaping,...

Bernie Crusades Across Southern California

June 4, 2018 11:30 amJune 6, 2018 3:50 pm

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) trekked all over Southern California yesterday, hyping his trademark issues but scrupulously avoiding endorsing any of the beleaguered Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s primaries. The silence was curious. With his star power, Sanders could have ginned up...