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Gov. Newsom Signs Student Athlete Compensation Law to Move Up Start Date

September 1, 2021 10:59 am

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would effectively start to give NCAA student athletes compensation if their name, image, or likeness is used. Senate Bill 26, authored by Senators Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Steven Bradford...

California Reaches 80% One Dose Rate of COVID Vaccination

September 1, 2021 6:17 amSeptember 1, 2021 6:30 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that California has now surpassed the 80% mark of eligible Californians aged 12 and up receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking at a vaccination clinic in Oakland, Newsom contributed the...

LA County Public Health Officer Orders Weekly Covid Testing to Participate in Youth Sports

August 30, 2021 10:19 amAugust 30, 2021 10:37 am

An order issued last week by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis, could result in hundreds of thousands of children in Los Angeles County losing out on youth sports for the remainder of 2021....

An Agenda to Fix California

August 30, 2021 2:45 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:41 am

As a recall election looms and embattled Governor Newsom fights for his political life, the political ads, as usual, are expensive pablum. That’s what we’ve come to expect, of course, but this election is nonetheless more than a referendum on...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Infrastructure

August 30, 2021 2:31 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:41 am

There is a saying in California politics (popularized by Willie Brown) that, when it comes to big projects, one should just “start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to...

WSJ Support in Lacy v. Newsom Lawsuit to Repeal Death Penalty Protocols

August 29, 2021 2:15 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:42 am

The Wall Street Journal has published an opinion piece by editorial writer James Freeman that is supportive of the lawsuit filed against California Governor Gavin Newsom for exceeding his legal authority in repealing California’s lethal injection death penalty regulations and ordering the dismantlement of...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Recommended For Parole By California Board of Parole

August 28, 2021 5:15 amAugust 28, 2021 7:33 am

On Friday, the California Board of Parole approved the parole of 77-year-old Sirhan Sirhan, who has served time in prison for 53 years for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy. On June 5 1968, Sirhan, then a...