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Bill to Create New Reparations Agency Passes Senate In Divisive Vote

May 22, 2024 4:36 pmMay 22, 2024 4:36 pm

A bill to create a new state agency, the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, to assist Californians with any approved reparations programs, passed in the Senate on Tuesday in a split 30-7 vote, with 3 abstentions. Senate Bill 1403, authored...

It’s UCLA’s Turn in the Hot Seat: Chancellor to Appear before Congress Thursday AM

May 22, 2024 3:15 pmMay 22, 2024 3:15 pm

The past couple of months have been a rather trying time for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. And it won’t get any better Thursday. Block has been called to testify by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...

Assemblyman Vince Fong Wins Special Election to Complete Kevin McCarthy’s House Term

May 22, 2024 2:48 pmMay 22, 2024 2:51 pm

Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) defeated Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux (R) in the 20th Congressional District special election on Tuesday, officially replacing former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the district. The 20th special district race was the most covered Congressional...

Gov. Newsom and Caltrans Announce 10 Point Beautification Plan For Bakersfield

May 22, 2024 2:45 amMay 22, 2024 2:46 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that he would greatly step up efforts to “beautify” a city that normally hasn’t been on the priority list of many Democratic lawmakers in California: Bakersfield. While only a few decades ago Bakersfield was...

California Lutheran University President Resigns

May 21, 2024 6:00 pmMay 21, 2024 6:01 pm

The controversial president of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks has resigned. Then-president Lori Varlotta was on the wrong side of a faculty “no confidence” vote only a few months ago – prior to that she had been seen as...

San Francisco Mayoral Race Carries On With Unease Following Cancellation of First Debate

May 21, 2024 3:35 pmMay 21, 2024 5:38 pm

A week ago, the first debate of the San Francisco Mayoral election was still on. Set to be hosted by Together SF Action, Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Levi Strauss heir and...

When Winning Feels Like Losing

May 21, 2024 2:03 pmMay 21, 2024 2:03 pm

The leadership of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) is in a rather interesting spot – the district recently prevailed in a lawsuit that now, with that leadership having changed, they really do not seem they wanted to win....