Category: Northern California

Northern California Statue of Meat-Packing Magnate Beheaded

December 30, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The statue of a 19th-century Northern California rancher and meat-packing magnate was decapitated earlier this week, leaving investigators in the state’s capital city scratching their heads to find a motive behind the vandalism. Tipsters could receive a $1,000 reward for information about what befell the nearly century-old granite statue of Charles Swanston in Sacramento’s…

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9 Controversial California Laws Taking Effect on Jan. 1

December 29, 2022
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As Californians get ready to turn the page on 2022, hundreds of new laws will go into effect starting Jan. 1. From increasing the minimum wage to legalizing jaywalking to shielding criminal records, the new laws will impact employment, health care, housing, public safety, and consumer protection. Here’s a look at what to expect in…

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Biden Signs Cyber Awareness Act for Small Businesses

December 29, 2022
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) can expect more help fighting future cyberattacks after President Joe Biden signed the SBA Cyber Awareness Act last week. The bipartisan legislation by Reps. Young Kim (R-Calif.) and Jason Crow (D-Colo.) is expected to strengthen the SBA’s ability to handle and report cyber threats that impact small businesses. “Our small…

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How Does China’s Regime Portray California?

December 29, 2022
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Commentary The People’s Republic of China wields a vast propaganda apparatus of global scope. One of its main organs is the Global Times. The English version’s online site can give us a window into what the ruling Chinese Communist Party thinks of states like California. According to Wikipedia, it’s “a daily tabloid newspaper under the…

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US Pacific Coast Hit With ‘Atmospheric River’ Winter Storms

December 28, 2022
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The U.S. Pacific Coast has been battered by a series of winter storms caused by an “atmospheric river” condition, leading to massive damage throughout the region. This comes as winter storms pummeled much of the country’s northwest, especially upstate New York, which killed dozens of Americans. The week’s first atmospheric river-induced storm affecting the West…

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One Storm Departs California as Another Lines up to Enter

December 28, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Dense fog plagued California’s Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up to enter. The new storm was expected to move through Northern California late Wednesday and overnight, followed by multiple rounds of precipitation through the rest of the week and into next week, the National Weather…

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UC Berkeley Under Investigation After Student Group Bans Zionist Speakers

December 28, 2022
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Two lawyers filed a complaint on Nov. 18 with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of California, Berkeley over what they consider antisemitic student group policies. In August, the UC Berkeley student group Law Students for Justice in Palestine adopted a bylaw stating that the group will not…

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University of California Academic Workers Ratify Contract, Ending Strike

December 27, 2022
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Academic workers ratified their contract with the University of California (UC) just before the holidays, ending a six-week-long strike. United Auto Workers—the union representing UC academic workers—announced Dec. 23 its members voted to ratify UC’s contract for academic student employees and graduate student researchers. On Nov. 14, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10…

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Newsom Appoints New Labor Secretary

December 27, 2022
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed a new labor secretary following the sudden departure of Secretary Natalie Palugyai earlier this month. Acting Secretary Stewart Knox is expected to be the next secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the governor’s office announced Dec. 23. Knox became acting secretary after Palugyai’s departure. “It is an…

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Will ‘The California Promise’ Become a Movement?

December 27, 2022
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Commentary According to Joe Garofoli, senior political writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, “The California Promise,” announced by Assembly Republicans on Oct. 5, is “short on Trumpisms, but also on innovative policy ideas.” There’s a lot to unpack in that remark. Very few Republican politicians in California will openly say what most Republican voters in California…

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