Category: Northern California

Mothers Oppose Alleged Open Drug Use in San Francisco’s New Linkage Center

February 10, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—A small group of women stood together in front of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Linkage Center near the United Nations Plaza at Civic Center on Feb. 5 to express their opposition to the alleged open-air drug use taking place at the center. Holding a chain and posters with photos of young adults, the group, Mothers…

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Meta, Chime File Lawsuit Against Alleged Phishing Scam on Facebook, Instagram

February 10, 2022
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Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in phishing attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial accounts. The lawsuit, which is the first joint complaint between Meta and a financial services company, alleged that…

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California Students Continue Mask Mandate Protests, NorCal Protests Shut Down by District

February 9, 2022
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Hundreds of students across the state are showing up to school this week without masks in protest of California’s ongoing school mask mandate. Students up and down the state—including Chino Hills High School in Southern California and Bella Vista High School and the Oakdale Joint Unified School District in Northern California—are protesting the fact that…

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Federal Officials Banned from Trading Stocks Under New Bill

February 9, 2022
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A bicameral congressional bill was introduced on Feb. 9 to ban elected officials from trading individual stocks and strengthen disclosure rules to prevent insider trading. Called the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act 2.0, the bill was brought forward by California Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat,…

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California’s Electric Car Tax-Boost Initiative Unlikely to Pass

February 9, 2022
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Commentary Proponents of a ballot initiative to spend from $3 billion to $4.5 billion annually advancing electric cars are making a big political mistake going for a tax increase to pay for it. With California spouting annual surpluses of $45 billion-plus, they should have gone for a piece of that action. Instead, they’re floating two initiative…

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Tesla Says California Plans to Sue Over Alleged Discrimination, Harassment

February 9, 2022
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Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit appears to be focused on alleged misconduct at its factory in Fremont, California, between 2015 and 2019, Tesla said in a statement. The electric-car maker said…

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Los Angeles Welcomes Super Bowl Visitors With N95 Masks

February 8, 2022
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Commentary Los Angeles hosts its first Super Bowl since 1993 on Sunday. Those were different times. The governor of California was a Republican, and L.A. elected a Republican mayor that year. Today, California has had a Democrat governor for the past eleven years and a Democrat mayor for the past 20 years. The city is…

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Why California Never Will Have Single-Payer Health Insurance

February 8, 2022
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Commentary The latest attempt to impose a single-payer, socialist health system on California predictably failed. As Politico headlined, “California liberals seethe after Democratic Legislature kills single-payer.” Why? The reason is because almost all California politicians think they’re special. And the most liberal elements in the Legislature believe they are leading not just the state, but…

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How Hard Would Dot-Com Bust 2.0 Hit California?

February 7, 2022
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Commentary Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook, crashed at least $195 billion in value on Thursday. Does this harbor a major tech market correction on the level of the massive selloff in 2000-01, called the Dot-Com Bust? All markets have booms and busts. It’s part of the capitalist system. Socialists like to criticize the boom-bust…

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California to Extend COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave, No Tax Credits for Employers

February 7, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—In a deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, California is expected to pass another mandatory COVID-19 paid sick leave package for businesses with more than 26 employees, retroactive to Jan. 1. 2022. Assembly Bill 84 passed the state legislature on Monday and will soon head to the state Senate as Senate Bill…

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