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The New California: Police Arrest Shop Owners and Surfer While Releasing Hundreds of Inmates

April 4, 2020 11:42 amApril 6, 2020 6:51 am

This leaves many to believe the complete shutdown of American society over questionable health concerns is having the desired effect – tanking the U.S. economy before the 2020 Presidential Election. This week Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked snitches...

Coronavirus Spread in High-Density Cities Halting Proposed More Density Housing Measures

April 4, 2020 2:17 amApril 4, 2020 6:16 pm

Many California lawmaker plans to increase the number of high-density building to alleviate the housing crisis have lost much support in the last month due to the effects of COVID-19 coronavirus in populated areas. “California dodged a huge bullet” “We’ve...

Governor Newsom and FEMA Announce Program to House 15,000 Homeless in Hotel Rooms

April 3, 2020 5:22 pmApril 6, 2020 3:24 pm

On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California and FEMA have created a new program to house homeless Californians at risk of contracting COVID-19 coronavirus in hotel rooms. Under the plan, known as “Project Room Key”, 15,000 hotel rooms across...

California Holds Up Major Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Deal

April 3, 2020 2:56 pm

The merger between phone companies Sprint and T-Mobile continued to be held up in California this week despite growing pressure and U.S. approval being finalized on Wednesday. One final hurdle for the merger in California The proposed merger was supposed...

California Moves to Set Water Pumping Limits Without Federal Input

April 3, 2020 2:18 amApril 3, 2020 5:23 pm

Last year federal investigations found that water could be diverted to farmland On Tuesday, California broke with policy and issued a new operating permit for its water project in the Central Valley without federal input. A break from federal...

California Pandemic Preparedness Defunding in 2011 Costing Lives a Decade Later

April 2, 2020 5:25 pm

Earlier this week, investigations into California’s COVID-19 coronavirus preparedness found that a $200 million emergency pandemic response program passed and signed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 had been completely defunded only 5 years later. A 2000’s need, a 2010’s...

Man Who Derailed Train to Crash Into USNS Mercy Charged In Federal Court

April 2, 2020 2:10 pm

On Wednesday, train engineer Eduardo Moreno was charged with train wrecking at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles over a Tuesday incident in which he tried to crash his freight train into the USNS Mercy. Moreno now faces up...