The Senate is in a showdown Tuesday over key pieces of legislation to support struggling Americans and the nation’s defense. The clock is ticking as Congress itches to go on recess and the current session nears its end — newly elected representatives will be sworn in Sunday, less the two

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order for Southern California was scheduled to expire today (Monday), but with regional intensive care unit capacity officially considered to be ‘zero’, he announced the order will almost assuredly be extended. California recently topped 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Christmas Eve, and the worst

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been tapped to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by now Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Padilla will be the first Latino to represent the Golden State at the Senate level. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment Tuesday in a statement issued by

By JC Carlston With the Warriors set to open the season tonight against the Kevin Durant led Brooklyn Nets on the TNT opening night slate, the uphill battle of returning to championship form begins for Curry and the boys. As the Bay Area and the basketball world all know by

American history is fraught with issues surrounding voting rights, and now Native Americans across the country are facing retaliation for expressing their First Amendment rights. Some readers may have come across a meme of this tweet:   The tweet does go far to show just how important Native voters are,

Karen Pence, the wife of soon to be ex-vice president Mike Pence, is a painter.  Back in 2016 she told the Indy Star, that she studied art at Butler, where she majored in teaching and minored in art. “I thought, gosh, ‘I’d like to learn more about art.’ I pulled it out

By Sunny Dell Senate Majority Leader (and resident grim reaper) Mitch McConnell doesn’t deserve praise for finally acknowledging that Joe Biden is the president-elect. Stating the obvious after the Electoral College voted Monday, well over a month past the election, isn’t an act worthy of some brownie button. What he

Silicon Valley companies are shipping jobs to places like Texas in droves.  That isn’t new news, places like the ‘Silicon Hills’ of Austin Texas (God save them), and the ‘Silicon Mountain’ in Denver, have been opening new offices for Bay Area tech for years now.  But there is a stark