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Three Labor Unions Threaten Another Hollywood Shut Down and Strike by Summer

March 5, 2024 1:59 pmMarch 5, 2024 2:11 pm

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Teamsters and the Hollywood Basic Crafts unions announced this week they are currently negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), hoping to avoid major Hollywood strikes like those...

Welcome To The Jungle: Schiff, Garvey And Porter Fight It Out In The Senate Primary

March 5, 2024 3:25 amMarch 5, 2024 10:50 am

For most of 2023, the narrative of the next year’s Senate election was expected to be Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) facing off against Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) having a decent showing for the far-left and...

SFUSD Announces Multiple School Closures Are Likely For 2025

March 5, 2024 2:58 amMarch 5, 2024 2:59 am

San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Matt Wayne announced at a school planning summit during the weekend that the district will likely be shutting down multiple schools beginning next year due to declining enrollment and a massive budget shortfall....

SF Board Of Supes Pres. Aaron Peskin Expected to Announce Run For Mayor

March 4, 2024 12:05 pmMarch 4, 2024 12:06 pm

During the weekend, several sources said that San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin will soon be joining the San Francisco Mayoral race. If so, he joins an already crowded field which includes current Mayor London Breed, former Mayor...

Do Riverside County Taxpayers Fund Extreme-Leftist Non-Profits Via Local Politicians?

March 4, 2024 9:57 amMarch 4, 2024 9:57 am

I have never been an extreme-leftist gangster, but if I was, I would ensure that public money was used to fund the activities of me and my gangster pals. A purview of Riverside County non-profit organizations suggests this may be...

Another First from California: the Nation’s First Transgender Voting Place

March 4, 2024 7:41 amMarch 4, 2024 7:41 am

California is amazing. So many firsts in the nation – the first state to outlaw Foie Gras and shark fin soup, the first state to outlaw fur, the first state to fund abortion tourism, the first state to pay for...

About Last Week …and Some About This Week

March 4, 2024 6:49 amMarch 4, 2024 6:49 am

Politics, politics, politics, politics. Well, let’s let Mel Brooks say it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaTMz4QpBKc On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls in California to pick some folks who get to be on the November ballot to maybe get picked again....