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CA GOP Candidate Josh Hoover Defeats Assemblyman Ken Cooley in Assembly 7th District Election
Cooley concedes after slow 3 week vote counting Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) conceded the Assembly District 7 election to Republican candidate Josh Hoover on Tuesday, ending one of the closest Assembly elections three weeks after election day. Cooley, who previously was the Mayor and a City Councilman of Rancho Cordova in the 2000’s and […]
LA City Councilman Says ‘Kids are Afraid to Walk to School’ Due to Needles, Human Waste, Psychotic Behavior
A Los Angeles city council member told Dr. Phil on Friday that kids have to “step over needles, human waste,” and deal with people exhibiting “psychotic behavior” on their way to school due to the homeless crisis in California. Dr. Phil explained how a recent piece of local legislation to address the dangerous homeless tent cities has caused outrage among activists. “At […]
Why Is The State Giving Your Health Data to Political Consultants?
In May 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a “Vax for the Win” sweepstakes that would give away $116.5 million, with big cash prizes awarded in random drawings to dozens of lucky winners. Everyone who received a COVID vaccine was automatically entered. “We have your information in our system,” Newsom said. The Mercury News reported […]
Four Statewide Offices Should Be Permanently Axed
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office just released a report on how the $100 billion state budget surplus just went poof! There could be a $25 billion deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Time to clean out some waste in government by eliminating four unneeded statewide offices. Any functions they have can be transferred to the […]
Court Rules School Districts in California Can’t Mandate Vaccines
A California appeals court ruled on Tuesday that only the state, and not individual school districts, can issue vaccine mandates for students. [Napa Valley Register] The ruling comes following a legal challenge to the San Diego Unified School District’s attempt to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students ages 16 and older. It marks the first ruling […]
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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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LAPD Serves Search Warrants in City Hall Racism Investigation, Report Says
The Los Angeles Police Department has served search warrants in its investigation into the leaked conversation that led to the City Hall racism scandal to determine if the conversation was recorded illegally, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday, Nov 29. The Times, citing sources who spoke anonymously, reported that the warrants were for several […]
Is Newsom’s Presidential Boomlet a Bust?
So is the Gavin Newsom boomlet for president — or whatever it was — really over? Over the weekend, Politico columnist Jonathan Martin reported that on election night, he overheard Newsom personally telling President Joe Biden — who had called to congratulate the governor on his re-election — that he wouldn’t run for president even if Biden […]
California Police: Virginia Man Killed Family, Took Teenager
The suspect in a Southern California triple homicide who died in a shootout with police was a Virginia law enforcement officer who investigators believe drove across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to the family’s home in Riverside, California, […]
Will California Meet the Moment on Homelessness?
It translates roughly into willingness to handle pressing issues and, of course, he uses it mostly to describe his own resolve. So, one might ask, are Newsom, the Legislature, and city and county officials truly willing to confront California’s worst-in-the-nation epidemic of homelessness that gives its cities a third world ambience? Whether or not Newsom […]
Some Loudmouth Politicians Are Finally Wearing Out Their Welcome
Voters gave a cold shoulder to candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and Los Angeles County voters gave the heave-ho to Sheriff Alex Villanueva. In one typically funny Monty Python sketch, author Oscar Wilde walks into a drawing room and says something pithy to the Prince of Wales: “Your Highness, there is only one thing […]
