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6,400 Wreathes Delivered to Riverside National Cemetery to Honor Veterans

December 21, 2022 6:13 amDecember 21, 2022 6:30 am

This time of year is known for giving (and re-giving if the sweater doesn’t fit,) spending time with family, enjoying the frantic moments knowing the peaceful moments are just around the corner, and wistfully remembering those close to you who...

LA Motel Owners Fight Back Against Mayor Bass’ Homeless Housing Plans

December 20, 2022 2:39 pmDecember 20, 2022 2:39 pm

A new initiative by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to move the homeless into hotels and motels across the city while affordable housing units are built received stiff resistance from hotel and motel owners this week. They say they will...

State Penal Revision Panel Recommends New State-Funded Crime Victim Restitution Fund

December 20, 2022 11:44 am

A California penal revision panel recommended a new crime victim restitution fund paid by the state on Monday, hoping to bring immediate restitution to crime victims rather than awaiting a court judgement which could take a long time. According to...

Biden Isn’t Fighting to Preserve Title 42, He’s Fighting to Preserve the Power of the CDC

December 20, 2022 10:21 amDecember 20, 2022 10:40 am

In March of 2020, President Donald Trump announced the implementation of Title 42, the rarely used clause of the 1944 Public Health Services Law, which gave Customs and Border Protection the authority to rapidly expel illegal aliens attempting to invade...

Bill To Require Opioid Medicine Availability In Numerous Businesses Introduced in Assembly

December 20, 2022 2:22 amDecember 19, 2022 7:22 pm

A bill to require Narcan, the opioid reversal medicine, to be available in bars, gas stations, public libraries, and single-room occupancy hotels, was introduced on Monday in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 24, authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) would...

Doctors Without Ethical Borders

December 19, 2022 2:54 pmDecember 19, 2022 3:04 pm

Since the time of Hippocrates, medicine has had one common thread – first, do no harm. Often, the harm done is only clear in retrospect – bloodletting, various treatments involving toads, the “humours” system of diagnostics all seem just plain...

Senator Weiner Reintroduces Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization bill

December 19, 2022 2:15 pm

A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was reintroduced on Monday in a much-watered down version that previous iterations have taken. According to Senate Bill 58, by Senator Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco), plant-based and other natural hallucinogens such as psilocybin...