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Oakland Mayoral Special Election: Loren Taylor Holds Narrow Lead Over Barbara Lee

April 16, 2025 7:23 pmApril 16, 2025 7:23 pm

The Oakland Mayoral Special election was held in Oakland on Tuesday, with results on Wednesday showing former City Councilman Loren Taylor holding a narrow lead over former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, albeit with no clear winner. The latest results have Taylor...

Valero Energy Announces Plans to Exit California, Incurs $1.1 Billion Charges to Refinery Operations

April 16, 2025 5:50 pmApril 16, 2025 5:51 pm

Citing low operating margins, increased operating costs and a growingly harsh regulatory environment, including a state mandated moratorium on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, and in the wake of an $85 million fine related to “egregious...

California Sues Trump Administration Over Tariffs

April 16, 2025 2:27 pmApril 16, 2025 2:27 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that they are suing President Donald Trump over his tariff’s, becoming the first state in the country to do so. According to the suit, which was filed in the U.S....

Cash to California’s Classrooms, Not Bureaucrats

April 16, 2025 6:53 amApril 16, 2025 6:53 am

California’s education system is broken and needs deep, system-wide reform. Despite the state spending more than $18,000 on each student, public school performance continues to worsen. In the 2023–2024 school year, the rate of chronically absent students reached 20.4%, meaning...

Harvard Now Offers Remedial Math Acknowledging America’s Math Collapse

April 16, 2025 2:55 amApril 16, 2025 2:56 am

There is a lack of foundational algebra skills among American students. According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress math exam, 73 percent of eighth graders nationwide taking the test failed to score at the proficient level. Lance Izumi, senior director...

New Bill Could Create $15-a-Month Internet Plan For Californians On Welfare

April 16, 2025 2:45 amApril 16, 2025 2:46 am

A bill to have internet service providers offer a $15 a month internet option for Californians on public assistance programs including CalFresh and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families continued to garner significant opposition from internet service providers this week before...

Bills of Lading

April 16, 2025 2:30 amApril 16, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Commercial Code, in Division 7, Chapter 3, deals with special provisions related to bills of lading and documents of title. Section 7301 states that a consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith,...