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The Greenberg Brief: PandaGate

April 21, 2024 6:38 pmApril 22, 2024 11:23 am

In a triumphant announcement, San Francisco Mayor London Breed gloated about the agreement signed between China and the city of San Francisco, to bring a pair of Giant Pandas to our zoo. Breed was in China, having just returned from...

Paper V. Plastic

April 20, 2024 2:45 amApril 20, 2024 2:46 am

With two bills in the legislature threatening to ban plastic bags for good….again…The Globe spoke with grocery store managers on just how the ban would effect them. For the past several decades, California has gone back and forth between using...

Two More Insurance Companies Pull Out Of California

April 19, 2024 5:00 pmApril 19, 2024 5:01 pm

According to new California Department of Insurance filings this week, both the Tokio Marine America Insurance Company and the Trans Pacific Insurance Company announced that they would no longer offer homeowners and personal umbrella insurance in California and would leave...

San Francisco Files Lawsuit Against Oakland Over Airport Renaming

April 19, 2024 12:38 pmApril 19, 2024 12:38 pm

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit on Thursday against the City of Oakland over approved plans to rename Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying that they infringe on San...

San Diego County is Sending Illegal Immigrants to You

April 19, 2024 10:30 amApril 19, 2024 10:30 am

San Diego County, using federal dollars, is sending illegal immigrants to your community. San Diego County is currently the epicenter of illegal immigration. With Texas and Arizona clamping down on illegal border crossings, human smugglers are taking the path of...

Klamath Dams and Salmon Restoration – Truth vs. Fiction

April 19, 2024 7:42 amApril 19, 2024 8:09 am

Recently, the public information officer at the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’), Ren Brownell and KRRC CEO Mark Bransom have disingenuously complained that articles citing the negative impacts of the Klamath Dam removal project under their organization, KRRC, are ‘not...

Plastic Ban Bill Passes Senate Committee

April 19, 2024 2:45 amApril 19, 2024 2:46 am

A bill aimed at banning all plastic bags from grocery stores and other stores moved ahead in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday with a 5-2 vote split across party lines. Senate Bill 1053, authored by Senator Catherine Blakespear...