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California Parents Sue to Block ‘Creeping, Social Justice Warrior’ Instruction in Schools

March 6, 2019 3:07 pmMarch 7, 2019 9:38 am

Los Angeles attorney Eric Early, working with a group of Santa Barbara parents and teachers over ‘Unconscious Bias’ curriculum, filed a federal lawsuit in December in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of Fair...

California Mass Murderer Juan Corona Dies at 85

March 5, 2019 7:50 pmMarch 5, 2019 7:46 pm

“California State Prison-Corcoran inmate Juan Vallejo Corona, 85, died of natural causes at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, March 4,” the California Department of Corrections reports. Readers learned that Corona was “serving 25 concurrent life sentences for 25 counts of first-degree...

Former Police Union Leader Slams Late San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi

March 5, 2019 2:15 amMarch 5, 2019 12:46 pm

The former leader of San Francisco’s police union has criticized public reaction to the death of former San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, suggesting the late attorney was not deserving of the warm public accolades and media attention he received...

Aspiring San Francisco Bay Area Bomber Gets 15 Years

February 28, 2019 12:43 pmFebruary 28, 2019 12:50 pm

As Courthouse News reports, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has sentenced Amer Sinan Alhaggagi, who plotted with ISIS to kill 10,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area, to 15 years in prison. Alhaggagi’s attorneys argued that their client was...

California Murder Parolee Robs Sacramento Restaurant, Patron Shot, Car-jacked

February 28, 2019 12:25 pmMarch 3, 2019 5:05 pm

Four-term Democratic California Governor Gov. Jerry Brown made reforming California’s criminal justice sentencing guidelines a priority over his 16 total years as governor. Add to that his record number of 1,736 pardons and 284 prison commutations, and violent prison inmates...

Cops ‘Need to be Killed,’ Says UC Davis professor Joshua Clover

February 27, 2019 11:38 amMarch 5, 2019 10:07 am

Back on January 10, a convicted criminal gunned down Natalie Corona, 22, a rising star in the police department of Davis, California. The community hailed Corona as a hero and police officers from across the country showed up for her...

Governor’s Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach: State Overreach vs. Local Control

February 26, 2019 2:37 pmFebruary 28, 2019 4:29 pm

California Charter Cities have a certain level of autonomy over local affairs. Zoning ordinances is one of these. While the state legally regulates the process of zoning, it is not allowed to regulate the substance. And that is at the...