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Teachers React to Parents Called ‘White Supremacists’ for Demanding In-Person Learning

April 1, 2021 6:51 pmApril 1, 2021 6:51 pm

The Globe received several interesting responses from teachers to our article about the group of parents who were called “White Supremacists” by a Sacramento teacher and union representative, for speaking out at a school board meeting in support of returning...

Sacramento’s Cannabis Cronyism

March 30, 2021 4:39 pmMarch 30, 2021 3:28 pm

Last week we reported California’s legal recreational and medicinal cannabis industry is not only “the biggest government-sanctioned market in the nation,” but also the “biggest legal marijuana market in the world,” according to a new report issued by the Government Accountability Institute. However, the reach...

Gavin Newsom Owes California an Apology

March 30, 2021 2:08 amMarch 29, 2021 5:23 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom owes the citizens of California an apology. Telling someone they’re not essential, is appalling. Every person and the work they do is essential. Just because a bureaucrat may deem you non-essential, doesn’t mean it’s true. Florida,...

SF School Board’s Fast-Track Resolution to Eliminate Merit-Based Admission to Lowell High School

February 10, 2021 6:17 pmFebruary 12, 2021 11:28 am

San Francisco’s controversial Board of Education voted this week to end merit-based admission to Lowell High School, a top academic high school, and the city’s No. 1 public high school. “Lowell has stood out as a beacon of academic excellence...

Spokeswoman for Sacramento Mayor Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ For Protesting Mayor’s Home Over Homeless

February 8, 2021 1:52 pmFebruary 8, 2021 2:00 pm

Apparently, the only activists and protesters who the media will label “terrorists,” “anarchists,” and “left wing” these days are those “who have been vocal critics of the city’s leadership.” Last summer, as celebrities, professional athletes, corporate America, media figures, ethnic...

Sacramento ‘Unhoused’ and ‘Unsober’ Need Treatment Before Housing

February 4, 2021 9:07 amFebruary 4, 2021 9:08 am

Last week the Sacramento City Council voted unanimously in an emergency meeting to immediately open a warming center, a local pool house as needed, and two downtown city garages with bathrooms as safe places for homeless people, AFTER Tuesday’s massive...

Judge Rules Against Union That Spied on, Read Emails of Public Sector Employees

January 28, 2021 5:52 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:21 pm

On Thursday, a California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administrative law judge ruled that a union, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3, unlawfully surveilled emails and communications of several Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District employees. The...