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Can Gavin Newsom Save California from ‘1984’?

April 12, 2022 2:11 pmApril 12, 2022 10:14 am

In his podcast the other day Joe Rogan was interviewing the writer David Mamet, who had just flown into Austin to appear on Rogan’s show. “I’m happy to be in back in the United States,” joked the Pulitzer Prize-winning author...

PG&E Avoids Criminal Charges, Will Pay $55 Million in Settlement with Six Counties

April 12, 2022 12:14 pmApril 13, 2022 11:00 am

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) agreed to pay a $55 million settlement and submit to five years of independent oversight with 6 counties in California on Monday, ending the criminal investigations tied to the 2019 Kincade Fire and the 2021...

CA’s Ethnic Studies Law Based on ‘Shoddy Works,’ Distorted Data, ‘Research Quicksand’

April 12, 2022 9:30 am

Last fall, California Gov. Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 101, a mandatory K-12 Ethnic Studies requirement authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside). The governor vetoed Medina’s controversial previous version, Assembly Bill 331, saying it was “insufficiently balanced and inclusive” and would...

Disney’s Problems are Not Going Away

April 12, 2022 8:00 amApril 13, 2022 1:16 pm

The problems surrounding The Walt Disney Company over the last two months is a cultural battle that is not dying down. While news cycles are typified these days by day-long rage bait articles that titillate the ears of both extremes...

Postal Service Suspends Service in Santa Monica Neighborhood Over Attacks on Postal Carriers

April 12, 2022 2:45 amApril 11, 2022 9:06 pm

The United States Postal Service announced on Monday they would be suspending services in part of Santa Monica due to a number of attacks on mail carriers. Until further notice, mail delivery and other services in and around the 1300...

Suspended UCLA Professor Files Lawsuit, Now Headed For Trial

April 12, 2022 2:25 amApril 11, 2022 9:06 pm

UCLA business professor Gordon Klein was suspended from teaching in 2020 after a woke mob objected to how he testily rebuffed a student’s request to grant leniency to black students because of the killing of George Floyd. The University of...

New Study Shows California Gets ‘F’ in Handling COVID-19 Pandemic

April 11, 2022 3:52 pm

According to a new COVID-19 state response study by the supply-side economic non-profit group Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CUP) released on Monday, California came in as the fifth worst performing state or district and was one of only 6 states...