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Louisiana Officials Arrest 8 People Connected To Over $1 Million Defrauded from EDD

July 22, 2021 2:23 amJuly 21, 2021 6:59 pm

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) announced on Wednesday that 8 Louisianans have been arrested for defrauding the California Employment Development Department (EDD) out of $1 million last year. In total, the sweep covered...

Gov. Newsom Signs SB 144 to Enhance Film and TV Tax Credits

July 21, 2021 3:52 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:15 am

On July 21, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 144 by State Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) to enhance California’s film and television tax credits. SB 144 is Chapter 114. The bill amends Sections 38.9, 17053.98, 19393, and 23698 and adds Section...

Involuntary Manslaughter for Couple Who Sparked El Dorado Fire With Gender Reveal Party Pyrotechnics

July 21, 2021 3:09 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:10 am

A Southern California couple who accidentally sparked a wildfire last year by using pyrotechnics during a gender reveal party at a park in Yucaipa was charged with 30 counts, including involuntary manslaughter, in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Tuesday....

Democratic Socialist candidate Shahid Buttar is running against Pelosi again. (photo by Chris

Congressional Candidate, Pelosi Rival Shahid Buttar Files Defamation Lawsuit Against SF Chronicle

July 21, 2021 1:11 pm

Two-time Congressional candidate and Electronic Frontier Foundation civil rights lawyer Shahid Buttar filed a defamation lawsuit against the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday over an article that had falsely accused Buttar of sexual harassment. Buttar has been House Speaker Nancy...

Biden White House, Big Tech Stifle Free Speech, Elevating GETTR’s Appeal

July 21, 2021 7:36 amMarch 23, 2022 11:51 am

In February of 2021, a certain Big Tech social media platform announced an expansion of its content moderation to include blocking “false” and “debunked” claims surrounding COVID-19, including the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China....

CAGOP Should Not Burn Up the Recall Jungle

July 21, 2021 2:20 amJuly 20, 2021 8:05 pm

The latest hot rumor, circulating among the disaffected rebels, the insiders, and the wanna-be insiders (guilty), is that the California State GOP is going to endorse Kevin Faulconer as the official Republican candidate in the upcoming Newsom recall election. Officials...

Former Chief Federal Prosecutor McGregor Scott Joins California Unemployment Fraud Investigation

July 20, 2021 5:46 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:00 am

Six months after the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency first announced that up to $31 billion had been stolen by unemployment fraudsters in 2020, state officials announced Tuesday that a former federal prosecutor had been selected so serve as...