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UC Berkeley 2021 Conference on ‘Male Supremacism and Right-Wing Studies’

May 4, 2021 1:27 pm

It’s not often that the general public gets a peek inside modern-day academia. The Globe got that peek this week thanks to a friend who forwarded an email from the University of California, Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies, which is...

Los Angeles Lawmakers Propose $20 Billion, Multi-Year Homeless Crisis Plan

May 4, 2021 2:45 amMay 3, 2021 9:31 pm

Several Los Angeles lawmakers joined the growing movement to enact a $20 billion plan to give California cities funds to combat against the homeless crisis on Monday. Speaking at the Skid Row Housing Trust, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), Councilman...

Department of Interior Approves Massive $550 million Riverside County Solar Power Project

May 3, 2021 2:47 pm

The Department of the Interior announced on Monday that a massive solar project was approved for the Southern California desert. According to the Interior Department, the Bureau of Land Management gave final approval for the Crimson Solar Project, a $550...

Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Creating Enormous Problems for California’s Rural Communities

May 3, 2021 12:10 pmMay 3, 2021 12:11 pm

The recent discovery of a 40-acre illegal grow in Death Valley is part of a burgeoning problem in California. That was only one of the hundreds of illegal operations found throughout Death Valley in the past decade. It’s a problem...

Lawsuit To Continue, Expand Veterinary Telemedicine Filed in Federal Court

May 3, 2021 11:45 am

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against the state by the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and several veterinarians and pet owners over keeping in place and expanding on veterinarian telemedicine. During the COVID-19...

Domestic Violence Charges Dropped Against Governor Newsom’s Brother-in-Law

April 30, 2021 2:10 pmApril 30, 2021 2:13 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom’s brother-in-law, Joshua Irwin Schiller, had domestic violence charges dropped against him earlier this week, more than three months since he was arrested. In January, police in Ross, a small Marin County town of 2,400 people, arrived at...

State Lottery Bill To Maximize Public School Funds Passes Senate Unanimously

April 30, 2021 10:17 amApril 30, 2021 10:19 am

A bill that would have the state lottery give the maximum amount possible to California public schools was passed unanimously in the Senate on Thursday 36-0. Senate Bill 818, authored by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa), would require the Director of...