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X/Twitter Announces all Remaining San Francisco Employees to be Moved To Palo Alto, San Jose

August 6, 2024 12:47 pmAugust 6, 2024 12:47 pm

According to an internal e-mail from X CEO Linda Yaccarino, X’s San Francisco office is to close in the coming weeks, with all offices being moved to sites either in San Jose or Palo Alto. Since 2020, Elon Musk has...

Cancel Culture Comes for California’s Sutter Buttes Mountain Range

August 4, 2024 11:07 amAugust 5, 2024 3:11 pm

No one can rewrite history. Renaming statues, parks, museums, schools or even mountain ranges does not change history, regardless of whether they are named after Confederate military leaders, racially-biased political figures, Native American tribes or “Swiss Colonizers.” And the people...

Kamala and Gascon – Times Have Changed

August 4, 2024 2:45 amAugust 4, 2024 2:46 am

In 2020, then Senator Kamala Harris was one of the first big names to endorse George Gascon in his run for Los Angeles County District Attorney. It was a hearty endorsement – she even called him a “proven leader” in...

Add Chevron to the Growing list of Businesses Fleeing California

August 3, 2024 8:21 amAugust 4, 2024 11:10 am

California’s own Chevron Oil company is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from San Ramon, California, the latest big business to flee the Golden State. Chevron is in good company joining X/Twitter, Space X, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles Schwab, and...

SF Mayor Breed Announces New Executive Order Program To Bus Eligible Homeless People Out Of San Francisco

August 3, 2024 2:45 amAugust 3, 2024 2:46 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed brought forth a new executive order on Thursday, directing city staff to buy bus tickets out of the city and to where they are originally from if shelter space is full, echoing a previous program...

Governor Newsom Declines 3.5% Pay Raise

August 2, 2024 11:32 amAugust 2, 2024 11:32 am

In a letter to the California Citizens Compensation Commission (CCCC) unveiled to the public on Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that he waived any and all planned pay increases next year because of the state’s budgetary problems. Pay raises for...

SEIU Fast Food Labor Union Sends Demands Another Minimum Wage Increase

August 1, 2024 4:10 pmAugust 1, 2024 4:10 pm

The California Fast Food Workers Union, a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate, announced on Thursday that they already want a raise for fast food workers in California at the end of the year, proposing a raise from the new...