Author: Lloyd Billingsley

Lloyd Billingsley is the author of Sexual Terrorist, about the Golden State Killer, and A Shut and Open Case, about a California murder trial prolonged by Proposition 57 and recent legislation. Lloyd is a fellow with the Independent Institute and his work has appeared in the Daily Caller, City Journal, Orange County Register, Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Bill of Writes: Dispatches from the Political Correctness Battlefield is a collection of his journalism.

California Author Peter Collier Passes Away at 80

November 4, 2019 12:08 pmNovember 4, 2019 1:07 pm

California author Peter Collier, the former New Left radical who became one of the premier biographers of the Kennedys, Rockefellers and other prominent families, has passed away at the age of 80. Even those familiar with Collier’s best-selling works may...

CA Gov. Newsom Names his Cabinet Secretary ‘Energy Czar?’

November 2, 2019 7:13 amNovember 2, 2019 9:22 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed his cabinet secretary, Ana Matosantos, to serve as his “energy czar,” the Sacramento Bee reports, announcing Friday that “the entire system needs to be reimagined,” and “we cannot afford the kind of public safety...

San Francisco Power Broker Willie Brown Jilts Kamala Harris for Hillary Clinton

October 31, 2019 6:11 amOctober 31, 2019 6:12 am

As the powerful Speaker of the California Assembly from 1980 to 1995, Willie Brown gave a BMW to his girlfriend Kamala Harris, 30 years his junior, and appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Medical Assistance Commission....

California’s Baghdadi Backlash

October 28, 2019 6:40 amOctober 28, 2019 11:54 am

U.S. special forces took down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a daring raid, President Donald Trump told the nation Sunday morning. The “whimpering and crying” terrorist blew himself up, taking three children with him. Despite heavy fire, U.S. forces...

Mexican Nationals Arrested in Killing of California Police Officer Brian Ishmael

October 25, 2019 9:07 amOctober 25, 2019 9:22 am

Call him Ishmael. On Wednesday, El Dorado County deputy Brian Ishmael, 37, responded to a call about theft in a marijuana grow near Sand Ridge Road. When Ishmael asked the alleged thieves to present themselves, at least one opened fire....

California’s ‘New Normal’

October 23, 2019 2:15 amOctober 22, 2019 7:39 pm

As hundreds of thousands of Californians struggled with power blackouts, Gov. Gavin held a recent press conference at the state’s Office of Emergency Services. “This can’t be the new normal,” the governor proclaimed. Embattled Californians might wonder what he is...

Troubled Bridge Over Water

October 2, 2019 12:55 pmOctober 2, 2019 12:56 pm

Chinese Communists have been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic, with Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo, all decked out in red, joining in on the festivities. China’s totalitarian regime, a member of the World Trade Association since 2001, had more...