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CA Mayors Garcetti and Steinberg Kneel to BLM

June 4, 2020 10:39 amJune 4, 2020 2:43 pm

Sacramento marchers ignore curfew for third night, Mayor Steinberg and police chief take a knee. While the City of Sacramento will be under a curfew through the end of this weekend, only the honest, law-abiding citizens are following the curfew...

GOP House Candidate Denies Inflammatory Social Media Posts; Says Democrats’ Fingerprints All Over Accusations

June 4, 2020 2:23 amJune 3, 2020 9:25 pm

Dr. Ted Howze, candidate for United States Representative in California’s 10th Congressional District, card-carrying official member of the Choctaw Indian Tribe, and a large animal veterinarian from the Central Valley, says he’s the victim of a nasty campaign smear perpetrated...

Legalized Sports Betting Bill Passes Senate Committee

June 3, 2020 2:26 pm

On Tuesday, California moved closer to legalizing sports betting with the Senate Governmental Organization Committee passing a bill 9-3 along party lines to change the state constitution to allow such betting at select locations across the state. SCA 6 and...

Curfews Continue Across California, Local Restaurants Endangered

June 3, 2020 6:18 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:32 am

On Tuesday, many Northern and Southern California Counties entered another night of curfews due to continued unrest caused by the George Floyd protests and riots. Another night of curfews across the Golden State Los Angeles County, Contra Costa County, and...

Mail-In Ballot Bill Passes Senate Committee, Moves Up to Appropriations

June 2, 2020 5:29 pmJune 3, 2020 11:49 am

On Tuesday, a bill that would authorize sending a mail-in ballot to every registered voter in California passed the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee by a vote of 4 to 1. One step forward for a second statewide ballot...

Sacramento City School District Email Claims ‘Racism is Prevalent Throughout This Country, Including in Sacramento’

June 2, 2020 4:39 pm

In an email sent out June 1st by officials in the Sacramento City Unified School District, the subject – “Advisory of Citywide Curfew” – deviated from the purpose of the message about the curfew straight into offensive shaming and pandering....

CA Assemblyman Goes Off on CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols’ Stupid Insensitive Tweet

June 2, 2020 7:44 amJune 2, 2020 7:46 am

‘@MaryNicholsCA How dare you take this moment of pain and anguish our nation is facing to discus your crooked Enviro policies.’ California Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) went off on California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols Monday night after...