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Reparations Task Force Votes To Approve Cost Recommendations of $800 Billion

May 8, 2023 12:35 pmMay 8, 2023 12:35 pm

The Reparations Task Force formally approved new recommendations on reparations during the weekend in Oakland, okaying an apology, financial compensation, and several state program changes. According to the approved recommendations, an apology is to be issued by the state that...

Cannabis Cartel: Weeding out Local Farmers

May 8, 2023 8:46 amMay 8, 2023 8:48 am

As of December 2022, Santa Rosa-based Sonoma Lab Works has officially closed their doors. Just before Christmas, employees were laid off with virtually no notice. According to Green Market Report, “the lab’s owner, businessman Darius Anderson, could not immediately be...

New Report Shows San Francisco Has Worst Downtown Recovery Rate Of Any Major US, Canadian City

May 6, 2023 2:30 amMay 6, 2023 2:31 am

A new report released on Friday found that San Francisco currently has the worst downtown recovery rate of large cities in the US and Canada, coming in with only 32% recovery of activity before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the...

Emergency Hospital Loan Bill Designed To Halt Closures Passed In Assembly, Senate

May 5, 2023 2:06 pmMay 5, 2023 2:06 pm

The California Assembly and Senate passed an emergency bill on Thursday to give $150 million loans to struggling hospitals in the state, amid recent reports that as many as 20% of California’s hospitals are at risk of closure and bankruptcy....

Democrats Remain Mostly Silent About Senator Min’s DUI Despite More Evidence Of Guilt

May 5, 2023 2:39 amMay 5, 2023 7:11 am

Prominent California Democrats continued to not weigh in on the DUI of Senator Dave Min (D-Orange County) on Thursday, despite more details coming out proving his guilt in the matter. While the released California Highway Patrol report, his arrest, booking...

May is National Masturbation Month!

May 4, 2023 10:31 pmMay 4, 2023 10:35 pm

Put That Thing Down and Read This Story! Well, it’s not quite Californication, but it’s close. May is National Masturbation Month, and, of course, it started right here in the Golden State, at the San Francisco sex co-op Good Vibrations,...

Protestors, SF Supervisors Push DA Jenkins to Reverse Ruling On Walgreens Shooting

May 4, 2023 6:53 pmMay 4, 2023 9:54 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins continues to receive pressure from the SF Board of Supervisors and activists to reconsider her decision to not charge a Walgreens security guard over a shooting death of a criminal that occurred last week....