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LAPD Police Chief Position To Open Up Following Michel Moore Retirement Announcement

January 15, 2024 12:51 pmJanuary 15, 2024 12:51 pm

Over the weekend, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore announced that he will be retiring in February, opening up a rare slot for the chief of police that has led many groups across the city to demand for...

Sacramento DA Files Brief as SCOTUS Justices Take up Homeless Camping Ban Case

January 14, 2024 12:44 pmJanuary 14, 2024 12:44 pm

The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday they’ve accepted a case to decide whether Grants Pass, a city in Oregon, can enforce its ban on homeless public camping. Sacramento’s District Attorney Thien Ho has been a pioneer on homeless...

More Fast Food Workers Transition Out Of Industry As AB 1228 Start Date Grows Closer

January 13, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 13, 2024 2:31 am

With the AB 1228 fast food minimum wage bill now only a month-and-a-half away from being enacted and moving up pay to $20 an hour for employees in the industry, many are now preemptively looking at other lines of similar...

Bill To Restrict Usage Of Police K-9s Returns To Assembly For Vote

January 12, 2024 4:55 pmJanuary 12, 2024 4:55 pm

A bill to end the use of police K-9 units in many criminal policing situations is set to return to the Assembly this month, with many hoping it will pass the Assembly by the end of January, despite a large...

Schiff Stays In The Lead In Latest IGS Poll

January 12, 2024 12:10 pmJanuary 12, 2024 12:10 pm

A new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll was released on Friday, showing that Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) continues to lead the U.S. Senate race in California, with Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) and former baseball star Steve Garvey...

Google, Twitch, Discord Announce Massive Layoffs As Bay Area Mass Layoffs Continue

January 12, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:31 am

Multiple San Francisco tech firms such as Google and Discord instituted mass layoffs on Wednesday and Thursday, increasing the number of unemployed tech workers in the Bay Area in a year where the region had been projected to begin to...

Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty To Nine Counts At An LA Federal Court

January 11, 2024 5:56 pmJanuary 12, 2024 7:11 am

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, pled not guilty to nine counts of federal tax charges on Thursday in a Los Angeles courtroom, with federal Judge Mark Scarsi setting the trial date for the case to begin on...