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Who is Behind the Removal of the Four Klamath Dams?

March 13, 2024 12:27 pmMarch 13, 2024 12:29 pm

In November 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the removal of four dams on the Lower Klamath River. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) is already removing the dams, as the Globe has reported here, and here, and here,...

New IRS Data Finds California is Gaining More Millionaires Despite Record Outbound Migration

March 13, 2024 2:30 amMarch 13, 2024 2:31 am

New findings by Bloomberg via IRS data have found that, despite a significant exodus of residents from California since the late 2010s causing overall state population loss, California has continued to make more millionaires during the same time frame, with...

Gov. Newsom Denies Parole Of Murderer Who Killed Teenager In SF In 2004

March 12, 2024 12:51 pmMarch 13, 2024 9:20 am

Governor Gavin Newsom reversed the state Parole Board’s decision of paroling Royce Miller, a murder convicted of killing a San Francisco high school student in 2004, during the weekend, sending him back to prison until his next parole board review...

Seven Of Top Ten Most Expensive Cities In US Are In California

March 12, 2024 2:30 amMarch 12, 2024 2:31 am

Financial tech company Smart Asset just released a new study of the most expensive cities in the United States to live in comfortably, with seven of the top ten located in California. Previous studies have shown a similarly high number...

San Francisco School Board Recall Leader Autumn Looijen Enters Supervisor Race

March 11, 2024 5:29 pmMarch 11, 2024 5:29 pm

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston was challenged for his District 5 Supervisor seat on Monday by organizer and activist Autumn Looijen, who helped lead the successful 2022 recall of three San Francisco School Board members. As extensively covered by the...

Klamath River: And The Award Goes To…

March 11, 2024 3:44 pmNovember 18, 2024 12:26 am

The first annual “River of Death” award goes to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) and its CEO Mark Bransom. Let’s face it, it really takes a lot to kill-off an entire aquatic ecosystem, and in the process, contaminate the Klamath River to...

New LADWP Report Finds Record 13.5 Billion Gallons Of Storm Water Collected In February

March 11, 2024 12:16 pmMarch 11, 2024 12:17 pm

A report released by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Sunday found that a record 13.5 billion gallons of stormwater was collected last month, Following several years of drought of drought in the state in the 2010s...