Category: Northern California

California to Lift Mask Mandate Tuesday, March 12 for Schools

February 28, 2022
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California is lifting its mask mandate on Tuesday for unvaccinated people in most indoor settings, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. The state’s K-12 school mask mandate will be lifted on March 12. Masks will then be “strongly recommended,” rather than required, for all individuals indoors. “California continues to adjust our policies based on the latest data and…

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California to Lift Mask Mandate Tuesday for Unvaccinated, March 12 for Schools

February 28, 2022
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California is lifting its mask mandate on Tuesday for unvaccinated people in most indoor settings, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. The state’s K-12 school mask mandate will be lifted on March 12. Masks will then be “strongly recommended,” rather than required, for all individuals indoors. “California continues to adjust our policies based on the latest data and…

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What if San Francisco Does Not Recover?

February 27, 2022
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San Francisco looks worse now than I’ve ever seen it. Like any major city, San Francisco had bad areas before 2020—those rough areas you knew to avoid—but you could go anywhere else, basically unmolested. Today is something entirely different. The streets are dirty. Homeless encampments, trash, and excrement can be found all over. Car break-ins…

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Newsom Lifts Most COVID-Related Executive Orders

February 25, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Feb. 25 all but 5 percent of California’s COVID-19 related executive orders would be lifted by the end of June while keeping the state of emergency declaration in place. “As we move the state’s recovery forward, we’ll continue to focus on scaling back provisions while maintaining essential testing, vaccination and…

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California Bill Would Restrict Some With Criminal Records from Possessing a Gun

February 25, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego) Friday announced legislation intended to prevent people convicted of specified crimes from possessing a firearm in California. State law prohibits a person convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. It also prohibits people convicted of specified misdemeanors from possessing a firearm for 10 years after their conviction. Maienschein’s…

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Newsom Grants $3.6 Million to Address Costa Mesa Homeless Encampment

February 25, 2022
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COSTA MESA, Calif.—Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated $3.6 million to Orange County on Feb. 24 to tackle a homeless encampment in a Costa Mesa park. Talbert Park has an encampment with about 130 homeless individuals, according to county Supervisor Lisa Bartlett. The allocated funds aim to clear the encampments and connect the homeless population with shelters…

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California Should Take Action to Reduce Gas Prices

February 25, 2022
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Commentary Ouch. I just filled up my creaking 2010 Camry for $4.54 a gallon at an Arco in Orange. The 14.89 gallons came to $67.60. I keep track of my gas expenses on an Excel spreadsheet. Looking back to January 2021, a week before Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, I paid $2.84 a gallon…

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North Carolina Candidates Scramble for Seats After Last-Minute Redistricting

February 24, 2022
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With only three months before the 2022 election, some North Carolina politicians are struggling to choose their voters. The confusion springs from a last-minute redistricting by the state’s supreme court which has made several leaders reconsider which district they should run in. When Republicans turned in a congressional redistricting map on Feb. 17, the state…

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California Bill Introduced Prohibits Abuse of Secret No-Bid Contracts

February 24, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California State Senate Republican Minority Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) introduced a bill last week to prohibit state departments from approving so-called no-bid contracts to companies that have made substantial donations to the governor within the last 12 months after Facebook, Google, Blue Shield, and other large companies reportedly contributed more than $200 million to…

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The SFPD Is Dying and No One Seems to Care

February 24, 2022
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Commentary It’s beyond time to start asking some very hard questions and demanding some actual answers, not crafted talking points, about the San Francisco Police Department’s problems. It’s no secret that the past few years have not been kind to policing across the United States. Retention of qualified officers has been a real issue for…

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