A Cloverdale man, 64-year-old Vincent Charles Belfiore, has been charged with violating another person's civil rights in connection with an October 14 incident involving a gay bowling league in Rohnert Park. Belfiore, who is also charged with misdemeanor battery, allegedly confronted members of the Sonoma County Pride Bowling League with homophobic slurs, one of whom is a lieutenant with the Santa Rosa Police Department. [Press Democrat] Governor Gavin Newsom gave a wide-ranging interview on a basketball podcast, and some comments he made suggesting he grew up poor have gone viral. He said something about eating "Wonder bread and macaroni and cheese" after his parents divorced and his mother had little money, but his father was a lawyer and judge with close ties to the Gettys. [Chronicle]

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