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Justice Delayed for Slain Police Officer Ronil Singh

December 18, 2019 3:08 pmDecember 18, 2019 3:09 pm

As the Modesto Bee reports, Stanislaus County Judge Ricardo Córdova has postponed a preliminary hearing for accused cop killer Paulo Virgen Mendoza until March 10, 2020. The hearing was originally slated for December 10, just short of one year since...

California ‘Disarmament’ Campaign Targets Law Abiding Gun Owners

December 13, 2019 8:40 amDecember 13, 2019 8:41 am

New California law is preventing law-abiding gun owners from buying ammo much more than people who are actually prohibited. “California ammo background checks hinder legal buyers,” headlines a December 11 Action News story by Spencer Joseph in Shasta County,...

Illegal Alien “Murdered My Deputy”

November 8, 2019 10:22 amNovember 8, 2019 10:24 am

Gov. Newson a no-show at funeral of El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael Nearly two weeks after the murder of El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael, and after his funeral, it emerged that the officer’s accused killer, Juan Carlos...

Mexican Nationals Arrested in Killing of California Police Officer Brian Ishmael

October 25, 2019 9:07 amOctober 25, 2019 9:22 am

Call him Ishmael. On Wednesday, El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael, 37, responded to a call about theft in a marijuana grow near Sand Ridge Road. When Ishmael asked the alleged thieves to present themselves, at least one opened fire....

Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration After EPA Revokes The State’s Vehicle Emissions Standards

September 25, 2019 6:40 amSeptember 25, 2019 10:19 pm

Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit opposing President Donald Trump and his administration for revoking California’s ability to set their own car emissions standards. Becerra is joined by Governor Gavin Newsom, the California Air Resources Board, 24 Attorneys...

AG Becerra Turns Up Travel Ban to Eleven States

September 14, 2019 4:35 pmSeptember 14, 2019 4:50 pm

California’s ban on taxpayer-funded trips by state employees had included ten U.S. states, including Texas, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Last week Attorney General Xavier Becerra made the ban more inclusive by extending it to Iowa, because it passed a law...

Derailed: Trump Admin Pulls $1B in Funding for California High-Speed Rail Project

May 16, 2019 9:52 pmMay 17, 2019 6:25 am

The Trump Administration’s Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday it will not be providing California the nearly $1 billion promised for the High Speed Rail project. California “repeatedly failed to comply with the terms” of its grant, “failed to make reasonable...