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New ‘Porn-in-Schools Toolkit’ Website Now Live

July 24, 2023 12:30 pmJuly 24, 2023 12:37 pm

The Globe recently reported on the new BookCheck toolkit website for parents by the Capitol Resource Institute, to assist parents through the process of removing obscene, sexually graphic and pornographic materials from their public schools. That new website is now live...

Dear Parents Across America: Keep Your Children Away From San Francisco

July 22, 2023 2:55 amJuly 22, 2023 7:53 am

Dear Parents Across America: Keep your child away from San Francisco. Parents, does your child seek refuge from criticism over their drug use, suffer from a mental disability or do they simply want to live “off the grid,” free from...

Studios Play Hardball While SAG-AFTRA Refuses to Negotiate

July 22, 2023 2:27 amJuly 22, 2023 2:28 am

The realities of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) began to settle in for strikers on Friday, as the the one week SAG-AFTRA strike mark hit with more actors...

California Power Grid Emergency Sparks Renewed Debate Over Unreliable Renewable Energy

July 21, 2023 1:43 pmJuly 23, 2023 10:02 am

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) announced Friday that they would not be asking for power conservation from residents a day after emergency alerts had declared an emergency alert due to not enough solar power being generated to meet demand,...

Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley

July 21, 2023 11:25 amJuly 21, 2023 11:45 am

The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley is a non-profit organization formed in 2019 with the goal of bringing together all the interests impacted by surface and groundwater supplies available to the San Joaquin Valley. It’s a coalition of...

Bill Aimed At Easing Community College to UC Transfers Meets More Academic Opposition

July 21, 2023 11:20 amJuly 21, 2023 11:20 am

Opposition continued to grow against a bill this week that would make it easier to transfer from community colleges to one of the 23 campuses of the University of California (UC), with the UC continuing to lead the charge against...

CA State Schools Superintendent Escorted Out of School Board Meeting By Security

July 21, 2023 10:50 amJuly 21, 2023 10:54 am

A large audience of parents and concerned community members cajoled California State Superintendent of Schools, Tony Thurmond, as he was ejected from a Chino Valley Unified School District meeting yesterday evening. Thurmond was present at the Chino Valley school board...