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The Oakland Mayoral Special Election: One Week To Go

April 8, 2025 1:36 pmApril 8, 2025 1:36 pm

The 2025 Oakland Mayoral Special election is now only a week away, with former Congresswoman Barbara Lee just a few points ahead in polling of former Oakland City Councilman Loren Taylor. For the City of Oakland, they need the stability....

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Woke Pride Fate

April 8, 2025 2:55 amApril 8, 2025 6:32 am

For years, SF Pride has leaned hard into its activist identity, transforming what was once a jubilant commemoration into a sanctimonious soapbox. Its 2025 theme, “Queer Joy is Resistance,” reeks of the kind of self-righteous sloganeering that turns a party...

Gov. Newsom Appeals USDA Slashing $47 Million-A-Year Food Assistance Program

April 8, 2025 2:30 amApril 8, 2025 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Social Services appealed a United States Department of Agriculture decision to abruptly end the $47 million a year Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Program over the weekend. According to the USDA, the...

Bill to Expand Telehealth Options for California Cancer Patients Passes Senate Committee

April 7, 2025 4:34 pmApril 7, 2025 4:35 pm

A bill to expand health access for cancer patients by allowing cancer patients in California to access out of state doctors remotely, passed the Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee in a unanimous vote on Monday, giving a strong...

45 California University Student Visas Revoked By Trump Administration

April 7, 2025 1:41 pmApril 7, 2025 3:29 pm

Forty-five students and recent alumni from universities across California saw their visas be revoked by the Trump administration over the weekend, with the visa cancellations in California following the growing nationwide trend of student visa revocation. According to the affected...

LA County Supervisors Hire Trump-Hater Stanley McChrystal for ‘Listening Tour’ of LA Fire Areas

April 7, 2025 8:35 amApril 7, 2025 1:42 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hired a notorious Trump hater, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal, to do a “listening tour” of the people of the Palisades and Eaton Fires areas. Are the Supervisors incapable of doing the listening...

Rural Public Safety Enhancement Bill Moves Forward in the Legislature

April 7, 2025 2:55 amApril 7, 2025 2:56 am

A bill aimed at enhancing rural public safety by expanding the definition of “peace officer” to include deputy sheriffs in Amador and Nevada counties continued to await placement in the Assembly this week following passage in the Senate. Senate Bill...