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Two Former San Francisco Assistant DA’s Join Recall Effort Against DA Chesa Boudin

October 26, 2021 2:20 amOctober 25, 2021 9:06 pm

Two former prosecutors for the San Francisco District Attorney’s office joined the growing effort to recall San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Monday, noting their concern over Boudin’s lack of criminal prosecutions and putting the public safety of people in...

San Diego School District Sued Over Not Having a Religious COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Exemption

October 25, 2021 4:05 pmOctober 28, 2021 10:36 am

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was sued over the weekend by a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete and her family for religious discrimination over the district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Last month, the SDUSD approved COVID-19 vaccination mandates...

Another Union Ouster: Los Angeles XPO Logistics Employees Free of Unwanted Teamsters Union

October 25, 2021 12:09 pm

It’s Deja vu all over again, as the great Yogi Bera once famously said. In California, we have a near repeat of the ousted labor union case in Ventura that the Globe covered last month, where the employees submitted a...

Senator Dave Cortese Proposes Bill To Ban Real Guns, Live Ammunition From Movie Sets

October 25, 2021 11:38 amOctober 26, 2021 4:20 pm

A bill to ban real guns and live ammunition from all film and theater sets was proposed over the weekend in response to the fatal accidental shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin at a movie set in New...

Recall Effort Against SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Turns In 83,487 Signatures, Likely Enough To Trigger Recall Election

October 23, 2021 2:30 amOctober 25, 2021 11:38 am

A recall election of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was made all but certain on Friday after it was announced that 83,487 signatures, more than 30,000 more than needed, had been submitted to San Francisco election officials. Elected in...

Dock Workers Warned Officials of Potential Port Backlog Crisis; Maintain It’s Not Their Fault

October 22, 2021 3:42 pmOctober 22, 2021 9:56 pm

Dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), said on Friday that the port crisis is not their fault and that heightened measures, such as the National Guard being deployed to some ports, will not help alleviate the...

New IRS Complaint Against Non-Profit Davis Vanguard News Service

October 22, 2021 3:35 pmOctober 25, 2021 11:39 am

A complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service by Sacramento Attorney Michael Vinding on behalf of a group of clients, accuses the People’s Vanguard of Davis, Inc., and David Greenwald, founder, editor and executive director of the non-profit the Davis...