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The Greenberg Brief: APEC Summit Won’t Bring Real Change to San Francisco – ‘Clean for Xi, but not for thee’

November 14, 2023 2:45 amNovember 16, 2023 1:49 pm

Every San Francisco resident and business owner is skeptical. Is the cleanup of the streets for the twenty-one nations’ heads of state summit this week politically-driven? Of course! APEC is here. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit comes to San Francisco this...

Governor Newsom Announces I-10 Fire In Los Angeles is Arson

November 14, 2023 2:30 amNovember 14, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the I-10 freeway fire, which has shut down a major traffic artery in Los Angeles since Saturday and will likely keep it closed for the near future, was caused by arson, with no...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper Chastises Target’s Crime Policy In Weekend Tweet

November 13, 2023 5:36 pmNovember 13, 2023 5:36 pm

A growing rift between Target corporate crime policies and law enforcement was highlighted by Sacramento County Sheriff and former Assemblyman Jim Cooper during the weekend, who said that Target has been asking law enforcement not to arrest people in stores...

In Race for Los Angeles DA, Hochman, Siddall Tout Campaign News

November 13, 2023 2:56 pmNovember 13, 2023 2:56 pm

Two of the candidates trying to unseat the egregious Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon both say they are leading in the race to replace him, but in different ways. Current Deputy District Attorney...

I-10 Freeway In Downtown Los Angeles Closed After Major Fire Saturday

November 13, 2023 11:50 amNovember 13, 2023 11:50 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared emergencies over the weekend over the closure of a stretch of Interstate 1o in Downtown Los Angeles due to a massive fire, with transportation and emergency officials hoping to...

Build the Wall! …Around San Francisco for Asian-Pacific Economic Summit

November 12, 2023 8:42 amNovember 12, 2023 2:29 pm

This surely must be from the “you can’t make this stuff up” department: San Francisco is building walls around the area where the the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit is going in – for security. “The sidewalks in the APEC zone,...

The New Plan For Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization In California

November 11, 2023 3:15 amNovember 11, 2023 3:16 am

The potential legalization of certain psychedelic drugs in California continued to take more odd turns in the past few weeks, with Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) recently announcing a new plan: working with Republicans to create a bill that would...