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Fresno Area To Receive New Area Code Starting In 2025

December 23, 2023 2:31 amDecember 23, 2023 2:32 am

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced earlier this week that the 559 area code, which covers the Fresno and Visalia areas, will have an additional area code be added to the area beginning sometime in 2025 because of increased...

CHP Announces Massive Seizure Of Fentanyl From Tenderloin District in SF Since May

December 22, 2023 4:05 pmDecember 22, 2023 4:05 pm

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that the CHP has seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl in the approximately 10-block radius of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood since the CHP first began an increased...

New Poll: Over Half Of All Californians Concerned Over The Growth Of AI

December 22, 2023 11:03 amDecember 22, 2023 11:03 am

According to a new Morning Consult poll released on Thursday, over half of all Californians expressed at least some reservations towards artificial intelligence (AI) and AI systems, especially over what the new technology holds over the future of their jobs...

California Budget Crisis Leads to Rare Outbreak of Common Sense

December 22, 2023 10:50 amDecember 22, 2023 10:50 am

It took a state budget crisis to concentrate California bureaucrats on their own wasteful spending. That’s the clear takeaway this week after the state’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) dropped its harassment charges against Activision Blizzard. The Department has spent several...

USC Backing Off Slightly From its Jihad Against Jewish Professor

December 22, 2023 10:05 am

The University of Southern California is backing off, just a bit, from its jihad against the Jewish professor whose confrontation with pro-Hamas students was misrepresented by an online mob, prompting the school to bar him from campus. The decision in...

The Greenberg Brief: Proposition A – San Francisco’s Next Bond Fiasco

December 22, 2023 3:05 amDecember 22, 2023 3:06 am

Learning of devious plans behind so much of San Francisco’s fiscal fiascoes, it’s hard not to notice familiar names who endorse ballot measures. It’s a clear pattern. Coming to your mailbox next March, 2024, San Francisco voters will be asked...

Frequently Asked Questions about California’s Budget Process

December 22, 2023 2:30 amDecember 22, 2023 2:31 am

What are the main parts of the California state budget? They are the Budget Bill, Budget Bill Junior, Trailer Bills, and Supplemental Reports. What is the Budget Bill? This bill contains the appropriations and “Budget Bill Language”. Note that only...