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PG&E To Submit Application For Federal Funds to Keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Operating Past 2025

July 6, 2022 3:46 pm

Utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced on Tuesday that they will be submitting an application to receive funds from a federal government program to remain open well past the current 2025 shut down date. Ever since Diablo Canyon...

LA DA Gascon Recall Supporters To Turn in Signatures to County Wednesday

July 6, 2022 12:27 pmJuly 7, 2022 1:33 pm

Recall DA George Gascon, the group behind the effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, are to turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Wednesday, with the expectation that it...

Joshua Tree Endangered Species Listing at a Stalemate

July 6, 2022 10:05 amJuly 6, 2022 10:30 am

The Joshua tree may be the tourist-attracting symbol of America’s southwest deserts but since the petition to protect the western Joshua tree under California’s Endangered Species Act hit the desk of the Fish and Game Commission, it’s also become a...

COVID-19 Fatigue: CA County Health Departments Push For More 17-Under Vaccinations with New Variant

July 6, 2022 2:30 amJuly 6, 2022 12:42 pm

COVID-19 transmission statistics from late June to early July have found that California is experiencing a similar summer surge in cases similar to what they experienced in 2020 and 2021. On July 4, 2022, the seven day average for new...

Gov. Newsom Polls Higher Than VP Harris as 2024 Dem Candidate In New Poll

July 5, 2022 4:02 pm

According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov Survey released on Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom would have a better chance at beating likely Republican candidates than Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The survey, which was conducted in...

New Law Bans Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Approved by Gov. Newsom

July 5, 2022 12:20 pm

A bill that bans arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom during the weekend, formally ending the long-standing practice to crackdown on prostitution in cities across the state. Senate Bill 357,...

America’s Best on Display July 4th, Even in California

July 5, 2022 2:10 amJuly 4, 2022 7:38 pm

Living in downtown Sacramento for more than 30 years hasn’t always been a picnic. I frequently write about encounters with homeless vagrants in downtown, as well as in the park near my house. I also chronicle the escalating crime and...