On Tuesday, residents of San Francisco headed to the polls to cast their ballots on two major ballot measures that sound as though conservatives could have written them. Proposition F and E would mandate drug screening for individuals who receive…
A ruling by the Government Accountability Office allows Joe Biden to keep Julie Su in charge of the Labor Department without confirmation by the Senate. Before Biden tapped her for the post, Su headed California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA),…
In-N-Out Burger is closing its first and only location in Oakland, California, due to a drastic increase in crime. “Our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies,” said Denny Warnick, In-N-Out’s chief…
SACRAMENTO — After Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1228, raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers and creating a council to regulate working conditions, the bill’s author issued a typical highfalutin statement. “We did not just raise the minimum…
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom is publicly engaged in mourning the passing of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, privately, he’s likely celebrating. Her passing gave him the opportunity of a lifetime: Newsom has now hand-picked both of California’s senators. The…
This was California Gov. Gavin Newsom discussing the pandemic in a taped interview for NBC’s Meet the Press on Sept. 9: “I think we would’ve done everything differently. I think all of us in terms of our collective wisdom, we’ve…
SACRAMENTO — Are California lawmakers serious about dealing with its housing and homelessness crises? We’ll soon see once we gauge their reactions to a proposed new city in Solano County — a rural and exurban area nestled between Oakland and the…
SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, I was shopping in a Santa Ana big-box store when a nondescript young man asked the clerk to show him a video game system — probably a $200-to-$300 item — that was kept in a…
SACRAMENTO — After a shocking city hall scandal led to the resignation of Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu last year, the city commissioned an investigative report detailing what went wrong. The results — a remarkably thorough page-turner — were released this week….
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a defender of democracy as he prepares himself for a possible run for the presidency. In March, he launched a “Campaign for Democracy” and toured some Southern “red” states, where he vowed…