Politics

Gavin Newsom
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KCBS Radio Midday News
June 25, 2020 - 10:55 am

Newsom Declares State Budget Emergency

Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a budget emergency.
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KCBS Radio is answering your questions about all things coronavirus every weekday at 9:20 am
Stan Bunger
June 24, 2020 - 2:18 pm

Answering Your Questions On The National Surge In Coronavirus Cases

As we continue to navigate these unprecedented times KCBS is getting the answers to your questions about the coronavirus pandemic. Every weekday morning at 9:20 a.m. we're doing an "Ask An Expert" segment, focusing on a different aspect of the situation each day, sponsored by Sierra Pacific...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Doug Sovern
June 24, 2020 - 1:47 pm

Gov. Newsom Threatens Funding For Counties Not Following Coronavirus Protocol

Gov. Gavin Newsom is imploring Californians to wear masks, wash their hands and keep their distance. For now, the governor is not considering pressing "pause" on the state’s reopening, but he’s threatening to financially punish counties that don’t comply with the state’s public health orders.
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FILE - In this March 1, 1965 file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hops over a puddle as it rains in Selma, Ala. King led hundreds of African Americans to the court house in a voter registration drive. At front is civil rights worker Andrew Young, and at right, behind King is Rev. Ralph Abernathy. Today's protests across America against racial injustice are being watched closely by people who five decades ago faced jail cells, bloody assaults, snarling dogs and even potential assassination in the battle against institutional racism. Young, a King lieutenant, marvels at both the sizes and the spontaneity of the protests. The former Democratic congressman, Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador recalled activists spending three months to organize for a 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, campaign in which King and other protesters were jailed. (AP Photo, File)
AP News
June 24, 2020 - 6:00 am

Icons Of 1960s Civil Rights Movement Voice Cautious Optimism

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment" for racial change, potentially as transforming as the Civil War era and as the 1960s civil rights movement that he helped lead. “What we are experiencing now as a nation has only happened a couple times in our history,” said Moses,...
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Controversial Book On Trump Administration By Former National Security Advisor John Bolton Released
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Tim Ryan
June 23, 2020 - 5:53 pm

"The Room Where It Happened" Draws Crowd at San Mateo Bookstore

It’s the hot new release, and it seems that everyone has an opinion. KCBS Radio reporter Tim Ryan went to Barnes in Noble in San Mateo to check out the release of John Bolton’s new book “The Room Where it Happened.”
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FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, people gather at the site where George Floyd died in Minneapolis. Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards for police on when officers may use force and consequences imposed on cops who do so excessively. That's according to a new poll from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that finds Americans favor significant changes to the country’s criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
AP News
June 23, 2020 - 5:00 am

Nearly All Americans Support Criminal Justice Reform, According To New Poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who do so excessively, according to a new poll that finds nearly all Americans favor at least some level of change to the nation’s criminal justice system. The new...
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Doug Sovern
June 22, 2020 - 5:25 pm

The State Of California: Biden Faces Pressure To Nominate Woman Of Color For VP

The George Floyd killing and subsequent protests around the nation have renewed focus on racism, police reform and other issues that are critical to Americans of color. And there’s mounting pressure on former Vice President Joe Biden to choose a woman of color as his running mate. When Minnesota...
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President Trump says he asked staffers to slow COVID-19 testing down at a rally in Tulsa, OK
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Tim Ryan
June 22, 2020 - 9:22 am

Trump’s Testing Comments “Absurd” Says SF Frontline Doctor

Many viewers did a double take Sunday when President Trump said at his Tulsa, Oklahoma rally that he wants to slow down COVID-19 testing.
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President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP News
June 20, 2020 - 8:10 pm

Trump Comeback Rally Features Empty Seats, Staff Infections

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally Saturday by defining the upcoming election as a stark choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism. But his intended show of political force amid a pandemic featured thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus...
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State Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco introduces a proposal to increase a rebate for electric car buyers in California.
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KCBS Radio Weekend News
June 20, 2020 - 5:18 pm

Assemblyman Ting Admits Affair In Astonishing Twitter Post

Long-time San Francisco Assemblyman Phil Ting took to social media Saturday to apologize for having an extramarital affair.
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