A California lawmaker is calling for the state’s new fully online community college to be shut down after an audit found that just 12 of its 900-plus students graduated in its first year and more than 40% dropped out, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The findings about Calbright College were reported to the Legislature by…… MORE
[vemba-video id=”fbf90e5d7e846157f24a0cbaa2f53b7″] News release from the Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom 5/13/21: SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled another component of his $100 billion California Comeback Plan: making historic investments in small business relief. Governor Newsom’s Plan expands the state’s COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant program to a total of $4 billion, representing the largest…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to pay for all 4-year-olds to attend kindergarten. The plan would cost about $2.7 billion per year when it is fully implemented by the 2024-25 school year. State officials had thought California would have a budget shortfall this year because of the pandemic. Instead,…… MORE
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will effectively end its mask mandate next month when the state plans to fully reopen after more than a year of Covid-19 restrictions. In an on-camera interview with KTTV Los Angeles reporter Elex Michaelson posted on Twitter, the governor was asked, “Are we looking at masks after June 15?” “No. Only in…… MORE
Two California police officers were killed while on duty in the span of 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. Detective Luca Benedetti with the San Luis Obispo Police Department was fatally shot Monday evening by a suspect in an apartment complex while police were executing a search warrant for allegedly stolen property, the department said Tuesday.…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) posts a Notice of Suspension at a Central Fresno convenience store for selling alcohol to a teen who then caused a fatal, DUI crash. State officials say the Quick-N-Shop Liquor West Shields at West is immediately prohibited from selling alcohol until its suspension concludes on May 31,…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s new attorney general is promising an increased focus on hate crimes. Rob Bonta says there is “a state of crisis” because of increases in attacks on Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the U.S. after originating in China. On Tuesday, he announced a new Racial Justice Bureau within his California…… MORE
RELEASE: SACRAMENTO— Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled the second challenge his $100 billion California Comeback Plan will confront – homelessness. Governor Newsom’s $12 billion plan to tackle the issue of homelessness will be the largest investment of its kind in California history. This investment will provide 65,000 people with housing placements, more than 300,000…… MORE
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, facing a Republican-led recall, said Monday he wants to return the state’s enormous $75.7 budget surplus to the pockets of taxpayers via an expanded stimulus check program he says would benefit two out of every three residents. The $12 billion proposal would amount to the largest year-over-year rebate that’s ever been…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Millions of Californians would get tax rebates of up to $1,100 under a proposal unveiled by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He’s branding it as part of the state’s response to the pandemic. Individuals and households making between $30,000 and $75,000 annually would get a $600 payment under Newsom’s plan announced Monday.…… MORE
