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Is California’s ‘Lowest Monthly Unemployment Rate since 1970’s’ Legitimate?

August 22, 2022 12:28 pm

Employment statistics for July of 2022 were released over the weekend by the EDD, showing new statewide record unemployment lows while also noting several worrying trends. According to the new statistics, California’s unemployment rate went from 4.2% in June to...

BART Police Announce That They Will No Longer Use ‘Racist’ Suspect Determination

August 20, 2022 2:30 amAugust 19, 2022 8:32 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police announced on Thursday that it will no longer use the term “excited delirium” due to it being linked to past deaths of minorities during police incidents. The decision dates to earlier this year when...

Bill To Seal Felony Convictions Of Most Ex-Felons After 4 Years Passes Senate

August 19, 2022 2:30 amAugust 18, 2022 8:05 pm

A bill to create a new way to seal felony convictions and arrest records of formerly incarcerated Californians was passed by the Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 731, jointly authored by Senators Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) and Steven Bradford...

Los Angeles Strip Club Dancers File To Join Union

August 18, 2022 2:29 pm

Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles filed to join the Actor’s Equity union through petitioning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday, becoming the first group of such dancers...

San Diego School District Ends Mandatory School Masking Plans

August 18, 2022 1:08 pm

The San Diego Unified School District announced earlier this week that mask mandates for the fall semester would be officially removed, becoming one of the last major school districts in the country to not enforce mask mandates against COVID-19. For...

California High-Speed Rail Board Approves Construction of Lines into Bakersfield, Merced

August 18, 2022 2:30 amAugust 17, 2022 9:02 pm

The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors announced on Wednesday that they approved the continued construction of the network into both Merced and Bakersfield. Originally estimated to cost $33 billion in 2008, costs of the high speed rail system...

Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapper Paroled By CDCR Panel

August 17, 2022 2:39 pm

Frederick Newhall Woods, one of the three men responsible for the 1976 Chowchilla school bus hijacking where a bus driver an 26 children were kidnapped and buried alive in a scheme to collect a ransom demand, was given parole by...