So there’s this 34-year old Ph.D in African American Studies, Casey Goonan—a white guy, if that matters. He was just arrested for firebombing a U.C. Berkeley police car and then igniting three arson fires on the Cal campus. He said he did it to support Palestinians in the Gaza War.

You know a political campaign is in trouble when it announces a major shakeup midway through election season. That’s what Price’s “Protect the Win” team just did, hiring not just one, not just two, but three new “team members”: a campaign manager, a new spokesperson, and a new volunteer coordinator. This is evidence that Price knows the recall campaign is likely to win.

We’ve heard in the past week a lot about Oakland’s new “Downtown Oakland Specific Plan” (DOSP), which is stuffed with irrational “racial equity” provisions.

One of the reasons I love writing this blog is because I get to call out the shit some people say. The latest example is a letter to the editor in the Chronicle from yesterday. I won’t identify the writer, but let’s just say he’s an anti-police type that’s all too common in the Bay Area.

First, the Oklahoma Supreme Court showed the reparations people the door, shoved them out of it, and slammed it shut behind them.