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Recall Election Of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Approved for Ballot

June 19, 2024 12:14 pmJune 19, 2024 12:14 pm

The Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced late on Tuesday that enough signatures have been approved to officially put the recall vote against Mayor Sheng Thao on the ballot, with Thao becoming the first Mayor in Oakland history to ever...

California Dreamin’ becomes California Leavin’

June 10, 2024 2:25 pmJune 10, 2024 3:41 pm

Californians are moving out. Still. “The top states Californians were leaving for – as we’ve become accustomed to, Florida and Texas, North and South Carolina and Tennessee,” the Globe reported in January. “U-Haul reports that Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Colorado and...

Recall Effort Against Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Collects Enough Signatures For November Ballot

May 29, 2024 8:00 amMay 29, 2024 8:01 am

The movement to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, led by the Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao (OUST) group, announced on Sunday that they have collected 30,000 signatures to place a recall vote against Thao on the November ballot, 5,000...

Tesla Announces 601 More Employees Laid Off in Fremont, Palo Alto

May 15, 2024 12:34 pmMay 15, 2024 12:34 pm

According to a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed late on Monday, electric automaker Tesla is to fire another 601 at their Palo Alto development hub and Fremont factory, adding to the over 3,300 employees in the...

Environmental Non-Profit Sues Tesla Over Alledged Clean Air Act Violations At Fremont Plant

May 15, 2024 2:35 amMay 15, 2024 2:36 am

Environmental non-profit group Environmental Democracy Project sued Tesla on Tuesday, claiming that Tesla’s Fremont auto factory has violated the federal Clean Air Act “Hundreds of times”. In the past few years, Tesla has paid multiple fines over questionable environmental practices....

The Greenberg Brief: Holding Out Hope for Prop. 47’s Survival

May 13, 2024 2:45 amMay 14, 2024 6:21 am

It’s now 10 years since the passage of the Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act. How could voters not have been in favor of it back then? Well, we can now blame the deceptive ballot measure name in hindsight, as it...

Port Of Oakland Votes Unanimously to Change Airport Name, Countersues San Francisco

May 10, 2024 11:56 amMay 10, 2024 11:56 am

The Port of Oakland unanimously voted in favor of changing the name of Oakland’s airport from “Oakland International Airport” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” on Thursday, with the Port later countersuing San Francisco over trademark infringement while San...