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CALIFORNIA—Governor Gavin Newsom is reportedly worried about recall efforts against him and as of Thursday, December 10, the "Recall Gavin Newsom" campaign announced that it has more than half the required number of signatures. Politico, in a December 8 article, reported that Governor Newsom is concerned about recall efforts. The governor, who was elected in 2018, has been criticized by...

HALF MOON BAY—Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla filed a new complaint against the California Coastal Commission and State Lands Commission on Friday, January 24. The decade-long feud concerns public access to a scenic stretch of coastline near Half Moon Bay and Martins Beach. Khosla claims that San Mateo County Sheriff, Carlos Bolanos and other top officials have made a “concerted effort”...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Tuesday July 21, the San Francisco law firm, Dhillon Law Group Inc., filed for an injunctive relief against Governor Gavin Newsom's announcement of school closures. Newsom first proclaimed a State of Emergency as a result of the of COVID-19 threat on March 4. Various steps have been taken to direct California residents to follow statewide public health directives. In...

CALIFORNIA—After nearly three months, wineries in Sonoma are now open to the public. Various wineries have had different experiences throughout the time that they have been operating during COVID-19. While wholesale purchases have been up during quarantine, smaller wineries have lost up to 43% of sales since the pandemic began. This is due to events being cancelled, fewer visitors,...

CALIFORNIA—As of 9 a.m., September 13, at least 33 people had been killed in West Coast wildfires in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. At least 10 people were killed in the past week throughout Oregon. Officials said due to the number of people missing, the number of fatalities is likely to rise.  In California, fires that blazed across...

SAN FRANCISCO—An immigration judge ordered a Northern California prostitute convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Google executive to be deported back to Canada. In a short statement, James Schwab, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Public Affairs Officer in San Francisco indicated that Alix Tichelman, 30, had been ordered to be deported by a judge on Thursday, April...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, August 10, it was reported that the DMV revoked the license of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi following his failure to report a car accident involving a city-owned car that occurred in October 2014. The suspension occurred back in February, but the specifics regarding the suspension only became public this week. The San Francisco Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Kenya Briggs...

SAN DIEGO—Reports began surfacing on Friday, October 6 that Hepatitis A has plagued the San Diego area, impacting members of the homeless population and illegal drug users. The outbreak, which was first discovered about a year ago, is the worst in decades. Public health officials have shared that the heavily contagious virus is transported through fecal, oral, or sexual contact....

SAN FRANCISCO—Former state senator Leland Yee admitted to charges of racketeering and accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors on Wednesday, July 1 at a federal courthouse in San Francisco. Yee was set to go to trial next month on charges of political corruption, money laundering and gun running. The San Francisco based politician, who previously served on the San Francisco Board of...

CALIFORNIA—A Northern California man was arrested for claiming to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in order to handcuff and rob construction workers. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office indicated in a press release that Patrick Mullany, 56, of El Dorado Hills was arrested on Monday, April 22 and taken to county jail for robbery, false imprisonment, and...