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The Switch Up Election Series: BlackPAC director highlights ‘essential’ role of Black voters
Adrianne Shropshire began her political work as a community organizer in California, focusing on police accountability, economic justice and youth empowerment in the South Los Angeles neighborhoods. In 2016, Shropshire founded BlackPAC, an organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing African American voters. Through that work, she has designed programs to engage hundreds of thousands of…
California wildfires pull resources from PG&E water infrastructure project
(FOX40.COM) — Completion of a crucial Pacific Gas and Electric water infrastructure project in Nevada County has been delayed as aerial assets are needed to fight fires in California and nationwide. On Friday, the Nevada Irrigation District shared that heavy-lift helicopters that were needed to continue repairs along the South Yuba Pipe were reassigned to […]
California growers threatened by tomato-killing virus caused by the beet leafhopper
A tiny bug could skyrocket tomato prices and throw California's tomato farmers into crisis. The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors earlier in July declared a state of emergency as a virus brought on by the beet leafhopper threatens to ruin the summer’s tomato harvest and wipe out millions of dollars of crops.
Meet Malcolm Harris, Author of “Palo Alto”
Last week, David Sacks addressed the crowd at the Republican National Convention 2024 in Milwaukee, an event our Talk of the Bay host Chris Krohn has been covering [LINKS COMING SOON]. I strongly recommend reading Malcolm Harris’s book “Palo Alto” to understand how exactly we arrived at this point: how did we get from exporting Californian mining engineering expertise around the globe after the Gold Rush to the venture capitalists like Joe Londsdale and David Sacks impacting national politics?
Border Agents In California Find Shipment Of Cocaine, Meth Hidden In Tractor Trailer Frame
Smugglers get busted so often trying to hide their illegal drugs and money inside parts of cars and trucks it make one wonder if they are ever actually successful at pulling it off. Last week, it was someone trying to smuggle three-quarters of a million dollars into the United States...
Creekside Inn developer revises housing project
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A developer looking to build housing at the site of the Creekside Inn hotel has revised and refined its controversial plan to build two apartment complexes and a new hotel in Barron Park, according to an application submitted this week. The builder, Oxford Capital...
Michigan continues to build with transfer Robbie Hamchuk from San Jose State
After a few weeks of silence from Michigan coach Tracy Smith, he added his fifth transfer with outfielder Robbie Hamchuk from San Jose State. Hamchuk announced his commitment on X Thursday to join the Wolverines after spending his first four years with the Spartans. Hamchuk enters the Michigan dugout with one year left of eligibility looking to provide depth both at the plate and in the outfield.
Kamala Harris Charged with Covering up Corruption by Residents of Radioactive Treasure Island
California Senator Kamala Harris who is now running for President of the United States was accused on 3/14/19 with obstruction of justice and involved in a corruption cover-up at the contaminated radioactive SF Treasure Island site by two former residents Felita Sample and Andre Patterson. Both Sample and Patterson were...
KamalaCare: Harris backed ‘Medicare for All’ and abolishing private insurance
Vice President Kamala Harris’s past support for “Medicare for All” places her well to the left of President Joe Biden and is likely to prove a liability for her as she seeks to win the 2024 presidential race. As senator from California, Harris supported Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) Medicare for All plan, which would have […]
Target offers to launch probe after shopper begs for self-checkout change – lines even stretched back to produce section
TARGET has said it will look into claims of clogging queues caused by a lack of available checkout kiosks at one of its stores. A shopper at the big box retailer fumed that lines were stretching back to the back of the shop - and demanded immediate action. "Target, please...
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