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Three More Major Retail Locations Announce San Francisco Closures

March 7, 2024 5:49 pmMarch 7, 2024 5:49 pm

Several stores San Francisco announced on Wednesday that they would be closing this month, including cosmetics companies L’Occitane and Sephora at San Francisco Centre and outdoor equipment company The North Face at Union Square, becoming the latest casualties in the...

Newsom Donor Greg Flynn Agrees to Pay $20 Minimum Wage Amid ‘PaneraGate’ Scandal

March 7, 2024 1:48 pmMarch 7, 2024 1:50 pm

Panera Bread franchisee and Newsom donor Greg Flynn announced on Wednesday that he would be complying with the AB 1228 $20 per hour wage law for fast food companies when it begins next month following over a week of backlash...

FTC, Calif. AG Lawsuits to Block Kroger-Albertson’s Supermarket Merger

March 7, 2024 2:45 amMarch 7, 2024 7:01 am

The Federal Trade Commission announced in late February it had filed a lawsuit to block the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history—Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., alleging that the deal is anticompetitive. The “Largest...

Gov. Newsom’s Proposition 1 Remains At 50%-50% Split

March 7, 2024 2:30 amMarch 7, 2024 2:31 am

A number of new votes tallied on Wednesday by the California Secretary of State revealed that Proposition 1 remained largely a tie, with 1,958,171 for the proposition and 1,936,817 against it. Proposition 1, if passed, would expand the state’s mental...

San Francisco Voters Pass Two Major Public Safety Propositions

March 6, 2024 5:51 pmMarch 6, 2024 5:51 pm

Residents of San Francisco voted to pass Proposition E, which greatly expands the power of law enforcement in the city, and Proposition F, which will require welfare recipients in San Francisco County to undergo drug screening and receive treatment if...

Opposition to Su Federal Freelance Rule Grows: Kiley, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Stop

March 6, 2024 3:30 pmMarch 6, 2024 3:30 pm

In January, the Department of Labor, headed by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of California pandemic fraud/AB 5 infamy, proposed a federal rule that would gut freelance and gig workers right to remain freelancers and gig workers. The rule,...

California Globe 2024 Primary Election Night Results

March 5, 2024 6:24 pmMarch 6, 2024 7:02 am

The Globe will keep an updated tally of races across the state through the night. Some races are not expected to be called tonight because of how close many are and because of the high number of mail-in ballots that...