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For Those Fighting Wildfires, It Is Simply About Saving Lives And Protected Areas

October 31, 2019 8:07 pm

While most stories about the upswing of wildfires and power outages concern local, city, and state response, a big part of the equation is often left out: the firefighters themselves. The Globe interviewed ‘Stanley’ Johnson, a wildfire firefighter for the...

Senator Jeff Stone Resigns To Take Position At The U.S. Department Of Labor

October 31, 2019 1:55 pmOctober 31, 2019 1:56 pm

Senator Jeff Stone (R-La Quinta) announced his upcoming resignation on Wednesday after being appointed by President Donald Trump to a high ranking position at the Department of Labor. Stone, who has been a state Senator since 2014, will be the...

San Francisco Power Broker Willie Brown Jilts Kamala Harris for Hillary Clinton

October 31, 2019 6:11 amOctober 31, 2019 6:12 am

As the powerful Speaker of the California Assembly from 1980 to 1995, Willie Brown gave a BMW to his girlfriend Kamala Harris, 30 years his junior, and appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Medical Assistance Commission....

Wildfire Fighting Efforts Are Ramped Up After Wealthy Areas Affected

October 28, 2019 2:09 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:43 am

After months of wildfires and power outages in rural and lower-income areas, all it took was a week of fires threatening expensive homes and luxury wineries for Gov. Gavin Newsom and local leaders to declare a state of emergency. In...

House Rejects CA Congressman’s Amendment On A Bill To Stop Foreign Interference In Elections

October 28, 2019 7:20 amOctober 28, 2019 9:17 pm

The House blocked an amendment to a bill last week that would have increased the integrity of elections across the nation. Congressman Ken Calvert from California spoke on the house floor addressing the practice called Ballot Harvesting. A few states...

San Jose Proposes Leaving PG&E And Creating Its Own Public Utility

October 25, 2019 3:33 pmOctober 28, 2019 8:52 am

The City of San Jose, Pacific Gas and Electric’s largest covered city, may soon have its own electrical system, due to frustration over numerous planned blackouts during the last several months. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo presented the plan to...

Violent, Drug-addicted Transients from Out of Town Make Up the Majority of Homeless

October 25, 2019 9:39 amOctober 28, 2019 12:44 pm

“I’ve seen them assault others, tackle innocent bystanders, hang off an armored truck half-naked and try to dismantle a school bus with their bare hands to get to the kids inside.” “Todd,” a physical rehab therapist with a major medical...