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VP Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Newsom Top Preferred Candidates Poll if Biden Doesn’t Run in ’24

July 29, 2022 5:08 pm

California’s Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom, come in 1st and 3rd in a the NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll of preferred Democratic candidates to run for President in 2024, released on Thursday. Sen. Bernie Sanders placed 2nd. The results...

BART Board Brings Back Masking Mandates 10 Days After Last Mandate Ended

July 29, 2022 12:56 pm

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors voted on Thursday to reinstate the masking mandate for all passengers and employees on Thursday, only 10 days after the last mandate had ended on the Bay Area’s rapid transit rail...

Our Lives Depend On Water

July 29, 2022 10:40 amJuly 29, 2022 10:58 am

On May 12, 2022, the California Coastal Commission, including Governor Newsom’s appointees, unanimously voted down the plan for construction of a desalination plant at Huntington Beach that would convert Pacific Ocean water into 50 million gallons of freshwater per day,...

LA County Businesses Cheer, Remain Apprehensive of New Mask Mandate Plans Being Dropped

July 29, 2022 2:30 amJuly 28, 2022 9:11 pm

Following the surprise dropping of the planned Los Angeles County mask mandate by the LA County Department of Public Health on Thursday, many local businesses cheered the decision, with many now not having to go through extreme cost cutting plans...

LA Public Health Agency Drops Threat of New Mask Mandate… For Now

July 28, 2022 4:58 pmJuly 30, 2022 7:46 am

Mid-afternoon Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced it is “pausing” the latest mask mandate – not cancelling, but “pausing.” As the Globe reported Wednesday, “A new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on behalf of a group of...

OC Board of Supervisors Reaches Near $1 Million Settlement with Energy Company Over 2021 Oil Spill

July 28, 2022 4:23 pmJuly 28, 2022 4:25 pm

The Orange County Board of Supervisors and a Houston-based energy company which owns the oil platform and pipeline subsidiaries responsible for the 2021 Orange County oil spill, agreed to a $956,352 settlement this week over the associated costs of cleaning...

After Killing Delta Tunnels in 2019, Gov. Newsom Resurrects the Behemoth Jobs Project

July 28, 2022 3:15 pmJuly 30, 2022 7:46 am

In 2019, shortly after taking office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he did not support former Gov. Jerry Brown’s $19 billion plan to build two massive tunnels under the San Joaquin River Delta. He said he was a one-tunnel guy....