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OPINION: Angelo Farooq & Riverside USD Board Focused On Politics, Not Students

October 21, 2023 9:34 amOctober 21, 2023 9:34 am

Construction industry experts tried warning Riverside Unified School District School Board Trustee Angelo Farooq at the beginning of this Summer that his special interest deal on school construction would result in millions of dollars of higher costs, but he ignored...

Illegal Reedley COVID Lab Owner Arrested

October 21, 2023 2:45 amOctober 21, 2023 2:46 am

Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old Chinese national and owner of the infamous Reedley COVID/etc. testing lab, was arrested outside the lab Thursday. And the story of the arrest is as astonishing as the story of the lab itself is troubling....

San Francisco Teachers Union Avoids Strike By Reaching New Deal With District

October 20, 2023 11:53 amOctober 20, 2023 11:53 am

The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) teachers union reached a deal with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) on Friday, narrowly avoiding the first teacher’s strike to occur in the city since 1979. For the past three years,...

Governor Newsom To Travel To Israel En Route To China

October 20, 2023 2:30 amOctober 20, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he will be making a brief 1 day stop in Israel to meet with victims of the Israeli-Hamas war before moving on to his trip to China. Earlier this week, Newsom unveiled his...

Gascon Polling Disaster Finds Only 14% Plan to Vote for Him in March

October 19, 2023 6:15 pmOctober 19, 2023 6:15 pm

One in seven – that’s how many Los Angeles County residents plan to vote to re-elect George Gascon in the March District Attorney’s race primary. For an incumbent to poll at 14% against a field of nine far lesser known,...

Appointed U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler Announces She Will Not Run For Full Term In 2024

October 19, 2023 4:53 pmOctober 19, 2023 4:54 pm

Senator Lephonza Butler (D-CA) announced on Thursday that she will not be seeking a full term in office, and will instead only serve out the remainder of late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s term. For the past several weeks, the question of...

Two San Francisco Police Commissioners Leave Meeting Following Criticism Of Mayor’s Recent Ballot Proposal

October 19, 2023 4:10 pmOctober 19, 2023 4:10 pm

The rift between San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Police Commission grew late on Wednesday following two Breed appointees to the commission walking out of the meeting. For the past several years, there has been growing dissent...