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CALIFORNIA—A ballot measure restoring the right to vote for felons on parole was passed by California voters on Tuesday, November 3. With more than 11.5 million votes, Proposition 17 will change the state Constitution and give an estimated 50,000 people the ability to choose their representatives and shape the policies that affect their daily lives. The measure won support from vice...

CALIFORNIA — On Wednesday, November 5, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the postponement of crab season in the state from Sunday, November 15 to Tuesday, December 1. Reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the delay came after biologists discovered numerous endangered whales in fishing zones.  Twenty-five whales were found in the Monterey Bay Area while 50 were...

CALIFORNIA — More than 11 million voters in California voted yesterday, November 3 to pass Proposition 22, which excludes ride and delivery services from being identified as state employees. The proposition won by 58 percent.  Both Uber and Lyft threatened to leave California if Proposition 22 failed to pass.  Collectively, they have spent more than $200 million dollars in what...

CALIFORNIA—On November 2, Superior Court Judge Sarah H. Heckman issued a preliminary order for Governor Gavin Newsom to stop making executive orders that could contradict state laws and ruled one of his Executive Orders as an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power. According to court documents, the Governor has issued three executive orders during the current State of Emergency regarding the...

CALIFORNIA — Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday, October 29, granting senior residents aged 70 and older the option of renewing their non-commercial drivers licenses by mail until California's state of emergency ends. Under Governor Newsom's executive order, seniors 70 and older have this option due to the coronavirus pandemic.  According to the governor's website, it will further...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Farmer’s Wife, a restaurant in the Bay Area, and Antonia's Restaurant in North Carolina filed a lawsuit against Grubhub for listing the names of their restaurants without their permission. Kendra Kolling, of the Farmer's Wife, could not be reached for comment. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, she said, “It’s led to very bad exchanges with customers who...

CALIFORNIA—Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has restored electricity to most residents in St. Helena. According to the PG&E power outage map on their website, electricity is touch and go at times.  Originally, the utility officials thought they could turn the power on by Friday. In all, almost 400,000 customers have been affected by the latest power outages. But by Wednesday,...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) annually organizes a local tradition of bells chiming on cable cars on Saturday, October 24 in San Francisco. The tradition of chiming the bells started in 1873, when operators of the cars wanted a safer, quicker way for pedestrians to travel over the San Francisco hills, like the famous Russian Hill. The SFMTA tweeted on...

SAN FRANCISCO —The Stanislaus County District Attorney's office announced its intent to retry convicted murderer Scott Peterson Friday, October 23 during a 15 minute hearing. The original death sentence was overturned on August 24 of this year by the California Supreme Court.  Peterson was convicted in 2004 for the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and second-degree murder...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, October 22, a man who stole a U-Haul died after he jumped off the San Francisco Bay Bridge. About 12:20 a.m., a man and a woman stole a U-Haul and rammed it into a California Highway Patrol car. A determination for the crash is unknown, but it occurred near Pennsylvania Ave & 25th Street. After the crash,...