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Gov. Newsom Selects Anti-Trust Lawyer Tai Milder As First Division of Petroleum Market Oversight Director

August 2, 2023 2:30 amAugust 2, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that former antitrust prosecutor Tai Milder will lead the new Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, the new office created under the recently passed SBx1-2 “gas price gouging” law. SBx1-2, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner...

‘Potential Political Conspiracy’ and ‘Influence Peddling’ In Anaheim According to New Report

August 1, 2023 4:17 pmAugust 1, 2023 4:17 pm

A new investigative report released on Monday has found a “potential criminal conspiracy” involving former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu diverting $1.5 million of COVID-19 relief funds from a tourism organization to a different non-profit headed by the former Anaheim Chamber...

Twitter Forced To Remove New Signage On Headquarters Building

August 1, 2023 1:13 pmAugust 1, 2023 1:13 pm

A giant “X” sign that went up on Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters building, a part of the overall rebranding of the company, was removed on Monday following dozens of complaints and warning by city officials, with the latter saying that...

LA Evictions Coming With Looming COVID-19 Back Rent Due

August 1, 2023 2:30 amAugust 1, 2023 2:31 am

Los Angeles officials said on Monday that a rise in homelessness in the city is expected in August, with the looming August 1st deadline for tenants to pay all back rent owed from March 2020 through September 2021. Citywide eviction...

Globe Interviews Reedley Code Enforcement Officer in Mysterious Chinese COVID Lab Case

July 31, 2023 5:23 pmAugust 3, 2023 10:18 am

Why does California keep tripping up against China whenever there is a sketchy COVID issue? We may not have the answer yet, but at least we are peeling back the layers of the mysterious Chinese COVID lab in Reedley, CA...

Homeless Help or Hindrance?

July 31, 2023 12:27 pmJuly 31, 2023 1:10 pm

As of December, 2021, Santa Rosa City Councilmember Harrison Newton Jesse “Jack” Tibbetts, and Executive Director of St. Vincent de Paul Sonoma County, abruptly resigned from his council position. Given that he was reelected to a second term in November...

Assemblyman Philip Y. Ting who introduced AB 1215.

California Legacy & Donor Admissions Could Be Challenged This Fall

July 31, 2023 12:00 pmJuly 31, 2023 12:01 pm

Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) announced in a statement on Monday that he plans to go after legacy and donor admissions in colleges and universities once again this fall, due in large part to the recent Supreme Court decision ending...