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Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Creating Enormous Problems for California’s Rural Communities

May 3, 2021 12:10 pmMay 3, 2021 12:11 pm

The recent discovery of a 40-acre illegal grow in Death Valley is part of a burgeoning problem in California. That was only one of the hundreds of illegal operations found throughout Death Valley in the past decade. It’s a problem...

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...

Public Safety Deceit: CA Releasing Felons From Prison While Violent Crime Spikes in State

May 1, 2021 9:00 amMay 4, 2021 4:34 pm

UPDATED BELOW: While California Gov. Gavin Newsom will be letting another 76,000 prisoners out of state prisons – on his own authority through Executive Order – violent crime is spiking in California’s cities. The headlines today tell the story: AP:...

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...

‘Corporate-Free Elections Act’ Gets Shelved by Assembly Elections Committee

April 30, 2021 2:15 amApril 30, 2021 6:28 am

A half-baked, complicated bill aiming to take all corporate money out of California political campaign contributions failed to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee Thursday. But what was so interesting was that Assemblyman Marc Berman, Chairman of the Committee...

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Truckers Are No Longer Exempt From AB 5

April 29, 2021 11:00 amMarch 17, 2022 8:37 pm

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that truckers would no longer be exempt from the state’s AB 5 worker classification law, forcing many to become employees rather than independent contractors. Press play to hear a...