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WGA says Studios’ Latest Offer To Writers Was Designed to Get Them ‘To Cave’ On Demands

August 23, 2023 12:14 pmAugust 23, 2023 12:17 pm

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents producers and studios, unveiled their latest offer to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Tuesday, less than an hour following their latest meeting in Los Angeles. The WGA...

Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Moves To Suspense File Before Big Assembly Vote

August 23, 2023 7:21 amAugust 23, 2023 7:21 am

A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was moved into the suspense file on Wednesday by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, a move which will could kill the bill or allow for one final push in the legislature by the end...

LA Mayor Karen Bass, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at Odds Over Busing Migrants During Hurricane Hilary

August 22, 2023 8:05 pmAugust 22, 2023 8:06 pm

In a statement on Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass denounced Texas Governor Greg Abbott for busing migrants from Brownsville, Texas to Los Angeles during the Tropical Storm. According to Bass, a bus of migrants from Latin American countries under...

Los Angeles and Oakland Get ‘F’ Grades for Charter Funding ‘Equity’

August 22, 2023 2:20 pmAugust 22, 2023 2:40 pm

The University of Arkansas study compared funding for regular public schools and charter schools in 18 cities across the country using 2019-2020 budget data. Historically, regular public schools have been funded more generously than charter schools, which are autonomous publicly...

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco Declares Bankruptcy

August 22, 2023 12:42 pmAugust 22, 2023 12:42 pm

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced late on Monday that the Archdiocese would be filing for bankruptcy, becoming the latest to do so in California because of the high number of child sexual abuse lawsuits. In the past ten years,...

GM Cruise To Slash The Number Of Robotaxis By 50% In San Francisco Following A Series Of Accidents

August 22, 2023 2:30 amAugust 22, 2023 2:23 pm

During the weekend, General Motors-backed driverless taxi company Cruise announced that they would be cutting their entire fleet in San Francisco by 50% due to a series of recent accidents involving robotaxis, including an incident last week when a robotaxi...

Assemblywoman Dawn Addis Fined For Accepting Donation From Lobbyist

August 21, 2023 8:08 pmAugust 21, 2023 8:09 pm

Assemblywoman Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) was fined for taking a donation from a lobbyist during the weekend, with the Fair political Practices Commission (FPPC) ordering her to pay a $1,000 fine. The illegal donation incident in question dates back to...