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LA Mayor Karen Bass Pushes Governor To Select Rep. Barbara Lee As Senate Pick Should Feinstein Retire

June 19, 2023 6:11 pmJune 19, 2023 6:11 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday pressed Governor Gavin Newsom to select Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) as an interim Senator if Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) chooses to retire, despite heavy opposition against such an appointment, from fellow Democrats and Republicans...

Gov. DeSantis Releases New Ad Bashing Newsom Before Sacramento Fundraising Visit

June 19, 2023 12:38 pmJune 20, 2023 6:01 pm

Florida Governor and 2024 Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis released a new ad critical of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Governorship ahead of a visit to Northern California on Monday, pushing back at his rival while also drawing attention away from a...

LA Supes Leave Gascon Alone After Facilitating the Ouster of Elected Sheriff

June 19, 2023 2:36 amJune 19, 2023 2:37 am

Last summer, by a 4 to 1 vote the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors put a county charter amendment on the ballot that would allow them to fire the sheriff despite his being separately elected to run the independent...

Exclusive: Location of Ron DeSantis Sacramento Breakfast Fundraiser Revealed

June 17, 2023 9:12 pmJune 19, 2023 12:45 pm

California Republicans have been wondering where presidential candidate Ron DeSantis would host his fundraiser ever since the visit was announced late last month. Now we know—and it’s a bit of an eyebrow raiser. The California Globe is exclusively reporting that...

Senator Wiener Admits Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill May Not Pass

June 17, 2023 2:45 amJune 17, 2023 2:46 am

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) admitted at a virtual event this week that his bill to decriminalize some psychedelic drugs would have a hard time passing the Assembly in the coming months. His bill needs to pass two tough Committees...

New San Francisco Grand Jury Report Finds That 1 in 4 Teachers In City Are Uncredentialed

June 17, 2023 2:30 amJune 17, 2023 7:22 am

According to a new report from the City and County of San Francisco Grand Jury, one in four teachers in San Francisco are currently uncredentialed and not qualified to teach. Before the report came out on Thursday, the San Francisco...

AT&T Announces Closure Of San Francisco Union Square Flagship Store

June 16, 2023 12:51 pmJune 16, 2023 12:51 pm

AT&T announced late on Thursday that their flagship store in Downtown San Francisco, the largest such store for the telecommunications company on the West Coast, is to close on August 1st, becoming the latest business closure to occur in the...