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LA Mayor Karen Bass Back In City As Criticism Against Her Grows

January 9, 2025 1:19 pmJanuary 9, 2025 1:19 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass returned to Los Angeles Wednesday, to criticism over her actions surrounding the numerous fires across L.A. continuing to grow. In the past few days, multiple wildfires have exploded across Southern California, fueled by high winds...

Daniel Lurie Sworn In As Mayor Of San Francisco

January 9, 2025 6:53 amJanuary 9, 2025 6:53 am

In a ceremony outside the San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, Daniel Lurie was sworn in as the 46th Mayor of San Francisco, succeeding now former Mayor London Breed. His swearing in comes on the heels of what was an...

Biden Approves More Disaster Relief, Disaster Declarations For Fires in Southern California

January 8, 2025 4:49 pmJanuary 8, 2025 4:49 pm

President Joe Biden quickly approved a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires currently raging across nearly 30,000 acres in Southern California on Wednesday, shortly after Governor Gavin Newsom requested it. In only the past few...

LA Mayor Karen Bass Heavily Criticized for Delayed Return From Trip to Ghana with Historic Wildfires Spreading

January 8, 2025 12:59 pmJanuary 9, 2025 6:45 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass received heavy criticism Tuesday and Wednesday for not returning immediately from an overseas trip to Ghana in Western Africa to help take charge of the response to multiple wildfires. She instead coordinated efforts in part...

Bill to Ban Biological Males From Competing in Women’s Sports Introduced

January 8, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 8, 2025 2:46 am

In an announcement Monday, Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez (R-Trabuco Canyon) said she will be challenging California’s 11 year old law allowing transgender athletes to participate in school programs and athletics based on their gender identity by preventing biological males from competing...

Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying

January 7, 2025 1:52 pmJanuary 7, 2025 1:57 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, and other local dignitaries and Rail officials attended a track laying ceremony in the Kern County town of Shafter on Monday. The first high-speed...

ExxonMobil Sues Calif. AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation

January 7, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 7, 2025 6:36 am

Oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Intergenerational Environment Justice Fund, on Monday, claiming defamation over their plastic recycling initiatives. For several years,...