Category: Northern California

Green Bureaucrats Are Destroying California’s Ecosystems

November 18, 2022
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Commentary California’s political elite consider themselves, and the state they control, to be the most environmentally enlightened in the world. They’re not. Well intentioned but misguided policies, combined with hidden agendas from special interests using environmentalism as cover, have resulted in “environmentalism” often causing more harm than good to the environment. Some environmentalist policies that…

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More Tax Increases Hit California

November 18, 2022
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Commentary Taxifornia earned its nickname again on Nov. 8. The most taxed state in the country passed even more taxes. At least Proposition 30 lost. It would have increased taxes on the wealthy and generated up to $5 billion per year, with the top income tax rate rising to 15.05 percent from the current 13.3…

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San Francisco City College Offers Nation’s First Cantonese Certificate Program

November 18, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—Beginning in fall 2023, City College of San Francisco (CCSF) will start offering a Cantonese certificate program, the first of its kind in the United States. “After over a year-long effort of the advocacy of over 40 community organizations, we were able to make that happen,” CCSF board trustee member Alan Wong said at…

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Yosemite Drops Reservation Requirements for 2023

November 17, 2022
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Yosemite National Park is scraping its reservation system for visitors next year and welcoming the public back with improved campgrounds and roads, park officials announced Nov. 15. With reservations, the park was able to limit the number of visitors during construction projects and the pandemic. Pandemic restrictions have been lifted and road and campground projects…

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Auto Club: Record 4.5 Million SoCal Residents Will Travel for Thanksgiving

November 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A record 4.5 million Southern California residents are expected to travel over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, up 2.5 percent from last year, contributing to what the Automobile Club of Southern California projects to be the third-busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record nationally. “Despite inflation and high gas prices, consumers are continuing to prioritize valuable…

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California Faces $25 Billion Budget Deficit, Could Be Worse If Recession Hits

November 17, 2022
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California could face a $25 billion budget deficit in 2023–24, despite raking in a record-setting $98 billion budget surplus this year, according to an analysis that comes days after midterms election, in a state where the Democratic party enjoys a supermajority. “The budget problem is mainly attributable to lower revenue estimates, which are lower than…

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Crocodile Tears for UC Labor Strikers

November 17, 2022
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Commentary College and university faculty notoriously are among the most left-wing groups in the country. A 2020 study by the National Association of Scholars found the Democrat-to-Republican ratio on top campuses was 8.5 to 1. And given California is governed by liberal Democrats, supported by liberal Democratic college and university faculty, the faculty now going…

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San Francisco to Give $1,200 a Month to Low-Income Transgender Residents

November 17, 2022
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San Francisco has launched a new pilot program offering guaranteed monthly income to a number of low-income transgender residents of the city, Mayor London Breed announced on Wednesday. Known as the Guaranteed Income for Transgender People (G.I.F.T.) program, the new plan will provide “economically marginalized transgender people with unrestricted, monthly guaranteed income as a way to combat poverty…

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How the Government Union Machine Conquered California and Corrupted the Election Process

November 16, 2022
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Commentary With the Nov. 8 election already one week ago, we already are conditioned to accept that some final results will not be known until Dec. 16, five weeks later. Counting proceeds at a crawl in counties up and down the state, and those among us with housebroken political sentiments are expected to be impressed…

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35 Discarded Ballots Will Be Processed Even After Deadline, Santa Clara Registrar Official Says

November 16, 2022
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Discarded ballots found in a ravine near California’s Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains are now under review by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. Spokesperson Michael Borja told NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, in an email that the U.S. Postal Service turned in approximately 35 ballots, which are being…

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