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Measure To Give Up To $14,000 in School Vouchers Could Be On 2022 Ballot

November 1, 2021 11:59 am

With the 2022 General Election now only a year away, many serious races are now looking deeper into signature collection and the June primaries. But for many parents looking at alternative schools and homeschooling due to new vaccine mandates for...

Sleepy Cow Town Sacramento Is Now A ‘Dangerous Hellhole’

October 30, 2021 9:25 amApril 3, 2022 8:09 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Friday night in the once sleepy cow town of Sacramento, California, there were multiple shootings, stabbings, and a transient attacked someone with a machete. This is just...

LA County Sheriff’s Department Sees Massive Loss of Employees, Applicants Due To Vaccine Mandate

October 30, 2021 2:15 amNovember 1, 2021 11:18 am

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a statement on Friday that 30% of the Department’s 18,000, or roughly 5,400 employees, are no longer available to work due to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors vaccination mandate for...

Proposed San Francisco Legislation That Would Make Violent Offender Data More Open to Public Passes Committee

October 29, 2021 4:03 pmOctober 30, 2021 9:08 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 2-0 on Thursday to approve legislation that would force the District Attorney and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to release more information on violent offender arrest...

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Rejects Federal Water Deal For Second Time

October 29, 2021 2:18 amOctober 28, 2021 9:51 pm

A federal deal that would have given agricultural water contractor Westlands Water District access to Bureau of Reclamation water resources to help reinvigorate farms in the Central Valley was rejected by the Fresno County Superior Court on Wednesday, possibly paving...

Revolution Prep Co-Founder Ramit Varma Enters LA Mayoral Race

October 28, 2021 5:04 pm

Encino Businessman and co-founder of the test preparation company Revolution Prep, Ramit Varma, announced his candidacy for the Mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday at a special event at Banc of California Stadium. Varma enters the race with no prior...

U.S. Small Business Administration Declares Orange County Oil Spill a Disaster, To Give Federal Disaster Assistance

October 28, 2021 2:16 pmOctober 28, 2021 2:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced late Wednesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved federal disaster assistance for those businesses hurt during the recent Orange County Oil Spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. The spill, first detected on...