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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Swiftly Reverses Course Over $500K Paycheck for Wildfire Czar For 3 Months Work

February 10, 2025 1:43 pmFebruary 10, 2025 1:43 pm

Over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that her chief wildfire recovery officer, Steve Soboroff, would be paid $500,000 over the course of 90 days. Following a major public outcry, she then backtracked, saying he would be working...

Let’s Unpack Gov. Newsom’s New Executive Order to ‘Harden Homes Against Wildfires’

February 9, 2025 3:30 amFebruary 10, 2025 9:11 am

Big government authoritarianism: That’s what California Governor Gavin Newsom is to the residents in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and other parts of Los Angeles whose homes were burned to the ground in January. Pacific Palisades residents – some who lost their...

Back In Court: The Continued Fall Of Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao

February 8, 2025 6:00 amFebruary 8, 2025 4:44 pm

The past few years have not been kind to disgraced former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. After narrowly defeating fellow Councilmember Loren Taylor in 2022, Thao went on to have a hard time addressing crime and public safety concerns, as well as...

SF Based Dreamforce Announces 1,000 AI-Related Job Cuts

February 7, 2025 4:49 pmFebruary 7, 2025 4:49 pm

Salesforce, one of the largest companies in the Bay Area, continued to vacate San Francisco this week by completely moving out of the Salesforce East tower, with all of their formerly occupied floors going to lease. Founded in San Francisco...

FCC Announces Investigation Into San Francisco KCBS Broadcast Giving Location Of ICE Agents

February 7, 2025 2:30 pmFebruary 7, 2025 2:30 pm

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr announced Thursday that they are currently investigating KCBS 740 AM, the radio station in San Francisco which revealed live on air the locations in and around San Jose where undercover ICE vehicles and agents...

Is Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty Violating Federal Immigration Law

February 7, 2025 11:29 amFebruary 7, 2025 11:34 am

Earlier this week the Globe reported on a proposed bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow the victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens to sue the sanctuary cities that facilitated that crime. In “Make California Safe Again: Bill...

Special Envoy Ric Grenell Says No DEI in LA Fire Cleanup: ‘That Bullsh*t Can’t Happen’

February 7, 2025 2:55 amFebruary 7, 2025 7:07 am

The Globe was on the ground Thursday in Pacific Palisades. The fire destruction was horrific. The charred smell of homes and their contents is prevalent. Pacific Palisades residents – some who lost their homes completely, and some whose homes were...