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Robbery by the Bay: 80 robbers strike S.F. area department store
A weekend of looting in the Bay Area was capped with an intense, 80-person burglary of a Nordstrom store on Sunday.
November 21, 2021
Saving Diablo Canyon was once a non-starter. Study says plant is key to reaching Calif. climate goals.
Saving Diablo Canyon was once a taboo subject for California. With bold climate orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom, the nuclear plant's closure looks ill-timed and problematic.
November 16, 2021
Newsom’s wife heaps intrigue to curious absence from Scotland climate conference
In a now-deleted Sunday night tweet, Jennifer Siebel Newsom offered example reasons why her husband would skip a much-vaunted climate conference, telling detractors to "get a life."
November 8, 2021
Newsom joins prison guards in appealing vaccine mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking a federal appeals court to pause an order requiring correctional staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
November 4, 2021
PG&E agrees to $125mil settlement for 2019 Kincade fire damage
The agreement was reached after the regulators found fault with the maintenance and condition of a high-voltage PG&E transmission tower supporting a long inactive power plant.
November 4, 2021
Judge orders some Calif. prison guards to get vaxxed
A judge in California ruled Friday that state prison guards who work in and around facilities' health care settings must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
October 24, 2021
Valley – and California’s – family-owned businesses can’t take another tax
The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act will force Valley families to pay a huge tax bill on property or assets they didn’t own decades earlier, writes BizFed Central Valley chair William Bourdeau.
October 21, 2021
Closure with Fries: S.F. closes In-N-Out over joint’s refusal to demand vax proof
The California-based iconic fast food chain has steadfastly refused to comply with San Francisco requirements to demand proof of vaccination to enter its restaurant.
October 19, 2021
Newsom appeals ruling to resist court-ordered vax mandate for prison guards
Despite issuing a wide-ranging set of vaccine mandates for Californians, Newsom avoided ordering prison guards, owners of a powerful union, from getting vaccinated. Now, he's appealing a court-ordered mandate governing them.
October 13, 2021
Should Calif.’s bullet train be high-speed? That’s the $4bil question for Newsom, lawmakers.
The rail system, anchored in the Central Valley, has become a target of derision among Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento. Now, the core promise of high-speed rail is in jeopardy.
October 13, 2021