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Aspiring San Francisco Bay Area Bomber Gets 15 Years

February 28, 2019 12:43 pmFebruary 28, 2019 12:50 pm

As Courthouse News reports, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has sentenced Amer Sinan Alhaggagi, who plotted with ISIS to kill 10,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area, to 15 years in prison. Alhaggagi’s attorneys argued that their client was...

California Murder Parolee Robs Sacramento Restaurant, Patron Shot, Car-jacked

February 28, 2019 12:25 pmMarch 3, 2019 5:05 pm

Four-term Democratic California Governor Gov. Jerry Brown made reforming California’s criminal justice sentencing guidelines a priority over his 16 total years as governor. Add to that his record number of 1,736 pardons and 284 prison commutations, and violent prison inmates...

Cops ‘Need to be Killed,’ Says UC Davis professor Joshua Clover

February 27, 2019 11:38 amMarch 5, 2019 10:07 am

Back on January 10, a convicted criminal gunned down Natalie Corona, 22, a rising star in the police department of Davis, California. The community hailed Corona as a hero and police officers from across the country showed up for her...

Governor’s Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach: State Overreach vs. Local Control

February 26, 2019 2:37 pmFebruary 28, 2019 4:29 pm

California Charter Cities have a certain level of autonomy over local affairs. Zoning ordinances is one of these. While the state legally regulates the process of zoning, it is not allowed to regulate the substance. And that is at the...

Dam Sexism and Racism

February 8, 2019 3:09 pmFebruary 20, 2019 5:55 pm

Officials of the Oroville Dam, the Sacramento Bee reports, “stole equipment, cooked financial books to conceal wrongdoing, destroyed evidence and fostered a toxic culture of sexual and racial harassment that included slurs and nooses hung where a black worker would...

SF Mayor Delivers First State of the City Address

January 30, 2019 1:58 pmJanuary 30, 2019 4:32 pm

London Breed delivered her first State of the City address today before a raucous and supportive crowd at the new home for the SF Gay Men’s Chorus. Drawing strongly on her personal story and bundling it with her identity—as she...

Governor Appoints Storied Nathan Fletcher to CA Air Resources Board

January 29, 2019 1:23 amJanuary 29, 2019 7:50 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday the appointment of Nathan Fletcher, San Diego Republican-turned-Independent-turned Democrat, to the California Air Resources Board. Fletcher, a former Assemblyman, also known more recently as the other half of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan and (Democrat Assemblywoman)...