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California plans to close 2 prisons and early release 20,000 prisoners around the election, prolly right after the elections. An old friend, known him for 40 years+ works as a doctor for the California Department of Corrections and they were told last week there will be closings very soon and some of the physicians will be losing their jobs. I trust this source ENTIRELY. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/17/gavin-newsom-california-governor-eyes-prison-closu/

It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight. He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace.

SAN JOSE — A grand jury has indicted four people, including a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s captain and campaign committee leader, in an alleged pay-to-play political favoritism with concealed-gun permits issued by the Sheriff’s Office, marking the first major announcement in an investigation that has been going on for more than a year.

The mother of the man who was beaten to the ground by an NYPD cop during a social distancing tussle in the East Village said Monday that her son suffered “physical damage” as a result of the “horrific” encounter.

Over 3,200 people in Santa Clara County were tested for COVID-19 antibodies on Friday and Saturday in an effort to determine the proportion of the population that either has or has recovered from coronavirus. The study, led by researchers at Stanford Medicine, is the first of its kind in the nation. The results, expected to be released within a week, could be used to guide future public health policy in the county, according to associate professor of medicine and study co-lead Eran Bendavid.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders will be in San Jose on Sunday for a rally ahead of Super Tuesday. ... The rally starts at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon at the San Jose Convention Center.

OC Health Care Agency Confirms First Case of Novel Coronavirus in Orange County, California (Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Communicable Disease Control Division received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this evening that an Orange County, California case has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The case, a traveler from Wuhan, China, has been in contact with the HCA and was provided guidance in order to reduce exposure to the public while awaiting laboratory confirmation from the CDC. The individual has now been transported to a local hospital and is in...

What if there was an organic movement to boycott China products this Christmas? It Could be a tsunami wave, really. Just buy from another vendor.

An Arizona police officer has resigned from his department after an internal investigation found he used excessive force when taking an unarmed man into custody.

Michael Avenatti, who became famous for representing Stormy Daniels in her battle with President Trump, has been arrested for felony domestic violence ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Our law enforcement sources say Avenatti was arrested Wednesday after his estranged wife filed a felony DV report. We're told her face was "swollen and bruised."

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1DXxyXggQenJM Go to the link. 'Spaceman' will be the gold standard of brand promotion.

Amid the current media frenzy surrounding President Donald Trump’s yearly physical and cognitive exam, a group of cocky reporters agreed to undergo the same mental test which the president aced. They undoubtedly expected to find that they could pass the text with ease, thereby proving that it was far too easy an exam to be giving the President of the United States. However, the smug reporters were no longer laughing when the results of their own tests came in.

James gave Maxim the exclusive first look at his Trump gun, seen above in all its appropriately gilded glory. He also talked about his company, Jesse James Firearms Unlimited (that’s JJFU for short), designing firearms for the military, guns versus motorcycles, and, somewhat unexpectedly, his affection for the 1971 cult movie Harold and Maude.

I read last month the Inspector Generals report on the FBI & DOJ was due out today after being delayed in December.

James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board, arguing that women may not be equally represented in tech because they are biologically less capable of engineering, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California.

UPDATE – IU Health released a statement saying Taiyesha Baker, who was a nurse in their system, is no longer an employee after an internal investigation into her social media posts while employed. A spokesmen for IU Health released the following statement on Sunday afternoon. “A recently hired IU Health employee tied to troubling posts on social media this weekend is no longer an employee of IU Health.”

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The Golden Gate Bridge is in need of some love and its corrosion in causing concerns. While the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge regularly gets a paint job to prevent rust, the Golden Gate Bridge doesn’t receive the same attention. The Caltrans bridge painters hunkered down on a wooden platform, suspended mid-air are painting and re-painting the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Let the games begin!!!

I just saw mt first televison ad for Trump. It was during the Stanford football game. If Trump is spending money in California the election is over. Life is good!!!