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Steve Garvey Moves Ahead of Adam Schiff in California’s U.S. Senate Primary

March 14, 2024 5:25 pmMarch 14, 2024 5:25 pm

California voters and Republicans have a rare opportunity to vote for a U.S. Senator from their own party – something that hasn’t happened since Republican Pete Wilson was elected to the U.S. Senate from California in 1983, and reelected in...

U.S. House 16th District Race Goes Down To The Wire – 60 Votes Between 2nd Place Candidates

March 14, 2024 12:25 pmMarch 14, 2024 12:25 pm

A large Secretary of State voting count update late on Wednesday pushed the U.S. House 16th District primary race to be the closest in the state, with Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) and Santa Clara County Supervisor and former state Senator...

Su Ignores Subpoena, Congress Irked

March 13, 2024 8:41 pmMarch 13, 2024 8:41 pm

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su has ignored a Congressional subpoena issued last November and the electeds that issued the subpoena really want to know why. For more than a year, the House Education and the Workforce Committee has been trying...

High School Personal Finance Course Ballot Measure Submits Nearly 900,000 Signatures

March 13, 2024 5:36 pmMarch 13, 2024 5:37 pm

A ballot measure proposal to make personal finance a required course for graduation from High School in California handed in nearly 900,000 signatures to country registrars on Tuesday, strongly poising the measure to be on the 2024 November ballot. Since...

Power Plays

March 13, 2024 5:23 pmMarch 13, 2024 5:23 pm

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair On Feb. 6, Pacific Gas and Electric dropped a bomb on residents of California’s North Coast: the company...

Rep. David Valadao to Face Former Asm. Rudy Salas Again After Close Primary

March 13, 2024 12:45 pmMarch 13, 2024 12:45 pm

Former Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D) clinched second place in the primary voting for the 22nd U.S. House District on Wednesday, setting up a rematch against incumbent Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) Since 2013, the former 21st District/current 22nd District covering the...

Who is Behind the Removal of the Four Klamath Dams?

March 13, 2024 12:27 pmMarch 13, 2024 12:29 pm

In November 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the removal of four dams on the Lower Klamath River. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) is already removing the dams, as the Globe has reported here, and here, and here,...