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2020 General Election Preview: 8th Assembly District

October 23, 2020 6:50 amOctober 25, 2020 1:48 pm

Located completely in Sacramento County, the 8th Assembly district encompasses the eastern suburbs of Sacramento. Most of the suburbs here are on the middle to upper-middle set, meaning it attracts all sorts of people there, including an almost equal amount...

The Failure of K-12 Remote Learning Education in California

October 23, 2020 2:15 amOctober 25, 2020 1:47 pm

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Gov. Newsom Replaces Orange County Water Board Member Over Desalination Plant

October 22, 2020 4:04 pmOctober 25, 2020 1:49 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom removed a director of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board after months of criticisms and questions over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Director William von Blasingame had repeatedly challenged the Governor...

2020 General Election Preview: 1st Assembly District

October 22, 2020 6:47 am

Comprising of all or part of 9 different counties, the 1st Assembly district takes up a rough triangle in far north California, going from Lake Tahoe, to the Oregon border north of Redding, east to the California, Oregon, and Nevada...

Sacramento County Superior Court Rules Against AG Becerra Over GOP Ballot Box Order

October 21, 2020 8:28 pmOctober 25, 2020 1:50 pm

On Wednesday, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David Brown sided with the California Republican Party against the order of Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla to give the state information on the party’s ballot box drop...

CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year

October 21, 2020 3:16 pmMarch 28, 2022 4:12 pm

Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...

2020 General Election Preview: 15th Senate District

October 21, 2020 2:30 amOctober 20, 2020 9:12 pm

The 15th Senate District is located entirely within Santa Clara County. Most of San Jose and a few wealthy suburbs like Cupertino and Campbell dwell inside, as does the Apple campus and several different ethnic neighborhoods. Whites, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans...