Category: Northern California

Bill to Turn Election Day Into State Holiday Moving Through California Assembly

April 25, 2021
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make Election Day a state holiday in California. The new holiday would take the place of Presidents Day in even-numbered years. Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), who recently introduced the legislation at the State Assembly’s Committee on Elections, called Assembly Bill 53 (AB 53) “a bipartisan effort” designed…

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Bodycamera Footage Shows California Police Officer Shooting Man After He Pulls Knife

April 25, 2021
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Authorities in Northern California released a graphic video showing the moment an officer shot a man in what may have been a suicide-by-cop incident. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage of the officer-involved fatal shooting of 32-year-old Tyrell Wilson in Danville, located in the Bay Area. Danville Police officer Andrew Hall, in…

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California ‘Cancel Culture’ Bills Fail in State Senate

April 25, 2021
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A pair of bills designed to tackle “cancel culture” by designating political affiliation as a protected class have failed to pass the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), who introduced the bills, told The Epoch Times that partisan politics played a role in the committee’s decision, which she said threatened freedom of…

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California Lawmakers Propose Permanent Vote-By-Mail Elections

April 24, 2021
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Vote-by-mail elections that require all registered voters to receive mail-in ballots may become permanent in California following the introduction of a new proposed bill in the State Assembly. The California Assembly Committee on Elections recently voted 6-1 to refer Assembly Bill 37 (AB 37) to the Appropriations Committee, moving it forward in the legislative process….

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California to Halt Fracking Permits by January 2024, Phase out Oil Extraction by 2045

April 24, 2021
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California will stop issuing new permits for hydraulic fracking by January 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday. The Democrat governor also instructed the California Air Resources Board to research how to phase out oil extraction by 2045 in the Golden State. The move is regarded mostly as symbolic as California Department of Conservation records…

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Mismanagement Contributes to Longer Fire Seasons, Researchers Say 

April 22, 2021
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California’s wildfire season is getting longer, according to University of California–Irvine (UCI) environmental engineers, who say poor fire management practices contributed to the most wildfires. In a study published April 22, UCI researchers analyzed California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE) wildfire statistics from 2000 to 2019, comparing the data with the period of 1920 to 1999. Researchers found the annual…

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California Talk Radio Station Launches Weekly Show Critical of Chinese Communist Party

April 22, 2021
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Commentary SANTA CRUZ, Calif.—KSCO, Santa Cruz, a longtime news/talk powerhouse serving California’s Central Coast, has launched a unique and compelling weekly two-hour radio show this past September designed to keep Americans apprised of the dangers being presented to U.S. interests domestically and worldwide by China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The show is provocatively…

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California Governor Declares Drought Emergency in 2 Counties

April 21, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties on April 21 due to drought conditions. The emergency declaration marks the second year of drought conditions in the Golden State. Newsom’s emergency order directs state agencies to inform Californians about drought conditions and encourage water conservation. Newsom made the…

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California’s Newsom Declares Drought Emergency in 2 Counties

April 21, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties on April 21 because of drought conditions. The declaration marks the second year of drought conditions in the Golden State. Newsom’s emergency order directs state agencies to inform Californians about the conditions and encourage water conservation. Newsom used Lake Mendocino as…

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New US Attorney for San Francisco Bay Area Must Be Selected With Care

April 20, 2021
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Commentary Recently, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California David Anderson left office after being asked to resign. The person who will be selected to replace him should not be in or of the San Francisco Democratic Party. The yet-to-be-appointed U.S. Attorney should also not be a member of what is commonly referred to…

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