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Parents, Students Protest For Reopening Schools in Los Angeles

August 19, 2020 9:21 pmAugust 19, 2020 9:31 pm

On Wednesday, dozens of parents, kids, and other supporters in favor of reopening schools in Southern California protested outside of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) building in Los Angeles. A rally outside of the LA teacher union headquarters Members...

California AG Promises to Sue Trump Over Postal Service Cutbacks

August 19, 2020 4:04 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:50 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is vowing to join other states in suing the Trump Administration over Postal service changes that he says are intended to interfere with the 2020 election. “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our...

Eviction Moratorium Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

August 19, 2020 3:32 pm

On Tuesday, a bill that would halt evictions until sometime next year and give renters additional protections during the rest of the COVID-19 panic passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-0. AB 1436 and the rent moratorium Assembly Bill 1436, authored...

Kamala Harris Embodies the Corrupt Marriage Between Labor and the Left

August 19, 2020 3:22 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:00 pm

In early August, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza — self-described “trained Marxist” and author of a list of political demands that includes reparations, defunding police and eliminating capitalism — issued a gentle hint to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe...

California’s Electric Grid Is Near Collapse

August 19, 2020 1:13 pmAugust 20, 2020 2:26 pm

California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers and waterways such as the San Joaquin River Delta and hydroelectric dams; the Pacific coastline; 85 million...

Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency Due To Heat, Wildfires

August 18, 2020 8:24 pmAugust 20, 2020 7:13 am

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to high temperatures and over two dozen separate wildfires currently burning across the state. Newsom’s declaration, which will give California out-of-state funding to help combat wildfires and to assist...

Latest DACA Changes To Be Challenged By California, AG Becerra In Court

August 18, 2020 5:38 pm

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that California will be filing suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States over the latest changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. New changes...