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Homicide Rates Fall in Los Angeles; City On Pace to Have Record Low Murders Since 1968

July 9, 2025 6:07 pmJuly 9, 2025 6:07 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced on Wednesday that the city of Los Angeles is currently on pace to have the lowest number of homicides since 1968 – only 116 homicides being reported at the end of June. “Reports show...

Counties Across California Saw Massive Drops in Overdose Deaths In 2024

June 26, 2025 2:45 amJune 26, 2025 2:46 am

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that the number of overdose deaths in the County in 2024 dropped by 22% from 2023, with current numbers indicating another likely drop coming in 2025. In total, the number...

California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of Work

May 20, 2025 2:57 pmMay 22, 2025 6:37 am

The Employment Policies Institute just released new data showing AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks of lost work – up to...

Another One Bites the Dust: Jack in the Box Closing 150 – 200 Restaurants

April 25, 2025 3:10 amApril 25, 2025 3:11 am

San Diego based Jack in the Box just announced it will be closing 150-200 restaurants “to improve long-term financial performance across its restaurant system, strengthen its balance sheet and demonstrate its commitment to running an asset-light business model — all...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra: Just One More Professional Politician with a Shady Past Who Needs a Job

April 3, 2025 7:37 amApril 3, 2025 7:37 am

So, Xavier Becerra is now running for California Governor because the “California Dream” isn’t what it used to be. But Becerra, a career politician, won’t self-reflect long enough to recognize that he, his ideology and political party is a big...

With 16,000 Lost Fast Food Jobs, New Ad Blasts California’s ‘Crappiest Law’

March 31, 2025 4:27 pmMarch 31, 2025 4:33 pm

“The minimum wage law very cleverly is misnamed,” Economist Thomas Sowell said. “The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them...

Greenberg: Gavin Newsom’s Budgetary Sleight of Hand

March 25, 2025 2:55 amMarch 25, 2025 2:56 am

Is Gavin Newsom eyeing the White House in 2028? California’s woke poster boy has turned the Golden State into a dystopian mess, and conservatives, independents, and anyone with a shred of common sense would and should torch his candidacy faster...