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Task Force Meets in San Diego, Debates Eligibility for California Slavery and Racism Reparations
The task force is charged with making recommendations to the legislature by June on reparations for the effects of slavery and systemic racism for Black people in the state A state task force charged with studying and making recommendations for reparations to Black residents of California who have suffered harm from the effects of slavery […]
State bar Acts on O.C. lawyer
Attorney who advised Trump on overturning election is charged with ethics violations. The State Bar of California filed disciplinary charges Thursday against Orange County attorney John Eastman, accusing him of multiple ethics violations stemming from his actions while advising then-President Trump on how to overturn the 2020 election. The charges could be the first step […]
Manchin Pushes to Delay Tax Credits for EVs
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key feature of President Biden’s landmark climate law. Manchin said guidelines issued by the Treasury Department allow manufacturers in Europe and other countries to bypass requirements that significant portions of EV batteries be produced in North America. The climate law, officially […]
McCarthy kicks 2 Democrats off key committee
As promised, House speaker has blocked California Reps. Schiff and Swalwell from the intelligence panel. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday blocked fellow California Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from continuing to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The denial follows through on a pledge by McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) to […]
California’s First Lady Produces ‘Gender Justice’ Films, Sells to State Public Schools
Just a little conflict of interest? California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife, “First Partner” Jennifer Siebel Newsom, have quite a money-making scheme going on: “He runs the state and she’s a nonprofit founder, entrepreneur, and filmmaker,” Open the Books reports. “While her husband attends to state business, Siebel Newsom engages in her passion: advancing ‘gender […]
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Life on the American River
…the colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces, of people going by,I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do, they’re really saying, I love you…– What a Wonderful World, sang by Louis Armstrong in 1967 The American River runs through the heart of Sacramento, from the bedroom […]
‘Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue’ – The president’s power over foreign policy
From the book “Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue” by Bruce Herschensohn MOST OFTEN REPORTED AND TAUGHT: “IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO KEEP NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS FROM THE CONGRESS” THE TRUTH: THE SUPREME COURT WROTE DIFFERENTLY The most pertinent excerpts follow from the decision of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation in […]
Why Libertarians Are Unwitting Enablers of Socialism
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves […]
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Explore OC: Newport’s Back Bay is a paradise for birds, plants and people
A wake of turkey vultures sit in a dead tree, the prickly pear cactus are blooming on the bluffs above and herons pick through the marsh grass feeding on small fish and critters. Not too far away, cyclists, hikers and runners circle them all on the 10.5 miles of trail that is part of one […]
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More Than a Million Undocumented Immigrants Gained Driver’s Licenses in California
On a recent night, by the Miramar Reservoir in San Diego County, a man named Erwin sat at a picnic table scrolling through dozens of texts from his wife. He read aloud her warnings about police patrolling a road near their home. “‘There’s a lot of cops out tonight,’” he read. “Cops everywhere.’ ‘Be careful; […]
California Air Board Official Received Nearly $500K Payout Last Year When He left Agency
The former executive officer of the California Air Resources Board received almost $500,000 in added pay last year — the vast majority for unused leave — when he left the agency. That additional money helped Richard Corey more than triple his total compensation from the previous year, according to data The Sacramento Bee acquired from […]
Irvine Won’t Investigate Attempted Bribery of Councilmembers, Waits on FBI
Irvine leaders narrowly voted against conducting a review of their city’s inner workings amid allegations of attempted bribery of two council members in 2018, opting to wait and see whether an investigation from the FBI sheds any light on the issue. Melahat Rafiei, a high-profile Democratic leader and consultant, admitted to attempting to bribe those […]
Who will be GOP’s national leader?
California attorney Harmeet Dhillon is in the running for the post of RNC chair. Mounting frustration over GOP electoral losses has incited a contentious leadership battle that pits a prominent California Republican against the party’s national leader. The effort by San Francisco attorney Harmeet Dhillon, whose clients include former President Trump, to oust Republican National Committee […]
Suspect in Shootings at Northern Calif. Farms Was Employee
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shooting sprees at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California and the massacre is believed to be a “workplace violence incident,” officials said Tuesday as the state mourned its third mass killing in eight days. Officers arrested a […]
