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A Bumper Crop of Farmers Protest Water Plan at Capitol

August 20, 2018 4:08 pmAugust 22, 2018 7:54 am

Anyone who’s seen Chinatown knows there’s really only one issue that matters in California politics. Water. That sentiment was on display by farmers and others who showed up in force to express their opposition before tomorrow’s hearing on a proposal...

Exclusive: Ocasio-Cortez San Fran Fundraiser Held at Illegal All-Women Club

August 2, 2018 3:38 pmAugust 14, 2018 8:16 pm

Democratic mega-star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez barnstormed San Francisco Tuesday, appearing at two fundraisers, including one that, owing to her immense popularity, sold out twice, as event organizers scrambled for a larger venue. But most interestingly, and unnoticed by the mainstream media,...

New Mayor London Breed Vows to Clean Up Filthy SF Streets

July 15, 2018 11:30 amJuly 21, 2018 3:15 pm

The day after her July 11 upbeat inauguration speech, San Francisco Mayor London Breed vowed to get “aggressive” about fixing up the city’s streets, which are awash with homeless encampments and drug addicts’ used needles. Breed, San Francisco’s first black...

LA Times Names Norman Pearlstine New Editor

June 21, 2018 11:00 amJune 28, 2018 11:52 am

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, has selected industry stalwart Norman Pearlstine as his executive editor, hoping to invigorate the flagship California publication that has been beset in recent years by repeated leadership changes and staff...

SF Voters Approve Flavored Tobacco Ban

June 6, 2018 3:41 pmJune 28, 2018 10:18 am

Despite spending millions of dollars and offering a host of racially-charged arguments, opponents failed to sink the San Francisco ballot referendum banning flavored tobacco products. Proposition E, which prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored liquid used for vaping,...

From ‘Armpit of the Desert’ to Potville USA

June 4, 2018 9:12 amJune 4, 2018 12:08 pm

Little Adelanto had problems. The biggest problem was location, location, location. Adelanto is as middle of nowhere, a few miles northwest of Victorville, in the ass end of San Bernardino county. “People stay because it’s cheap to live here,” pawn...

Angela Alioto channels her inner Donald Trump

May 31, 2018 2:00 pmJune 4, 2018 12:06 pm

Two of the top contenders in the San Francisco mayoral race are breaking ranks with liberals on homelessness issues. The stances of Board of Supervisors president London Breed and former president Angela Alioto are putting them at odds with the...