SAN FRANCISCO—Over 300 people paraded from San Francisco’s Ferry Building to Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square on July 16 to mark the 23rd year of persecution against Falun Gong in China. Sandy Wang has practiced Falun Gong (a Chinese meditation practice also known as Falun Dafa) since 1994. She was among the hundreds of thousands of Falun…
Bay Area Falun Dafa Practitioners Commemorate Victims of 23-Year Persecution
CSU and UC students Will Soon Have Access to Abortion Pills
A California law requires all schools within the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems to offer abortion pills beginning Jan 1, 2023. Senate Bill 320, also known as College Student Right to Access Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019. The bill requires all student health centers…
San Francisco’s New DA Goes on Firing Spree After Voters Recall Predecessor
July 17, 2022
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The new district attorney in San Francisco fired at least 15 employees from the prosecutor’s office after her left-wing predecessor Chesa Boudin was recalled last month. “Today, I made difficult, but important changes to my management team and staff that will help advance my vision to restore a sense of safety in San Francisco by holding…
San Francisco International Airport Resumes Operations Following Bomb Threat
San Francisco International Airport said it resumed normal operations after evacuating the international terminal late on Friday following a bomb threat. “Police have cleared the Int’l Terminal. SFO resumes normal operations,” the airport said in a tweet on Saturday. The airport terminal was evacuated after San Francisco police said officers had received a bomb threat…
California Spent $500 Million on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, Report Reveals
July 15, 2022
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California has spent up to $500 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in its local government, K-12 school districts, and higher education in the years between 2020 and 2022, according to a report from a nonprofit watchdog group. The Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE) researches activist groups to report on their “funding,…
California State Budget Includes a Move to Close Another Prison
Buried in the recently passed California state budget bill is a provision to close a state prison in the small northern city of Susanville by exempting state correctional facilities from environmental reviews. Assembly Bill (AB) 200 designates state public safety spending for the 2022–2023 fiscal year and sets a closure date of June 30, 2023,…
Praise and Criticism Hits California Union Dues Tax Credit
California’s union members could soon get a special union-dues break on state taxes under a new law. Senate Bill 189, signed into law on June 30, includes a plan to “[i]mplement a tax credit under the Personal Income Tax Law to offset a portion of costs associated with union membership.” However, the tax credit still…
Finding Peace and Life Lessons in the Japanese Tea Ceremony
July 14, 2022
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SARATOGA, Calif.—Neat and clean tatami mats line the floor of a small room. A scroll with calligraphy hangs on a wall, and below it are a carefully arranged flower basket and a 700-year-old wooden incense container. The setting, though simple, creates a pleasant environment to have tea. Ryosuke Ueda is a tea ceremony student at…
San Francisco Reaches $58 Million Opioid Settlement With Teva, Allergan
July 14, 2022
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco just before completion of a trial over claims that they fueled an opioid epidemic in the city. Under the deal announced by City Attorney David Chiu, Israel-based Teva will pay $25 million in cash and…
Newsom Receives Education Award for California’s Faltering Schools
July 14, 2022
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Commentary I’ve been reporting on California schools for 35 years, watching them go from bad to much worse. So I’m shaking my head over the video of Gov. Gavin Newsom today receiving the 2022 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation. It was given by the Education Commission of the States, a compact among the 50…
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