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SAN FRANCISCO—Over 100 organized ride-share drivers have filed wage claims against Uber and Lyft to the sum of millions of dollars. On January 5, the claims were filed at the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California Labor Commission offices.  The wage theft campaign “People’s Enforcement of AB5,” organized with the Rideshare Drivers United, a grassroots driver-group of more...

SACRAMENTO—On February 3, California State Senator Scott Wiener proposed a new bill that would transform PG&E into a public utility just days after the company formally outlined a plan for reorganization.  SB 917 would use eminent domain to force shareholders to sell their stocks to California. The Oxford dictionary describes eminent domain as, “the right of a government or its...

SAN FRANCISCO—A total of 30 Macy’s stores are in the process of closing including a San Francisco tech office with over 800 employees. The move is a part of the company’s three year plan for stabilization and growth. A total of 125 stores are expected to be close by the company. The Cincinnati and Lorain overhead offices are also closing...

LOS ANGELES—Eleven suspects were charged with recycling fraud, conspiracy, and grand theft on Monday, January 27, following a four month investigation conducted in tandem by the California Department of Justice and the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). The operator of a recycling center in Pacoima was amongst those arrested. The scheme cost the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Fund...

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”...

CORONA—Anurag Chandra, 42, from Corona is responsible for the deaths of three young teen boys who were celebrating a birthday when they decided to play a game of “ding-dong-ditch,”, a popular childhood game where one knocks on the front door of a person’s home and leaves shortly after.  According to reports, the group of six boys indicated that Chandra answered...

PALO ALTO—A Stanford University student who was found dead at the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house on Friday, January 17 at about 11:20 a.m. has been identified.  The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department indicated that the body of Eitan Wiener, 19, a sophomore at Stanford was found unresponsive by medical personnel and was pronounced deceased.The undergraduate also worked as a...

PINE GROVE—Authorities have named Sean Purdy, 20, as a suspect in the murder of his father, Lance Purdy, 52. On January 1, 2020, at around 4:30 p.m., a woman claiming to be Lance wife contacted authorities and asked for a welfare check after not hearing from her husband. According to the woman, Lance had flown to check on Sean at...

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump sent a tweet on Christmas Day warning California Governor Gavin Newsom about the state's homelessness issue. According to a press release issued on December 20 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), homelessness increased in California by 21,306 individuals (16.4 percent), accounting for more than the entire national increase. The estimated number of persons...

UNION CITY—Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Searles Elementary School on Saturday, November 23.  Calls came into the Union City Police Department with reports of gunshots around 1:26 a.m. near Sherman and Colgate Drive. Upon arriving on the scene, officers found two male victims in the school parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds....