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Ringside: Why Producing More Oil In California HELPS the Environment

April 15, 2026 4:00 pmApril 15, 2026 4:01 pm

With war in the Middle East disrupting shipments of crude oil, we have another reason to question policies that are driving our in-state oil industry into terminal decline. To briefly recap, Californians consumed 484 million barrels of oil in 2025, with...

AG Bonta Brags about Fraud Ring ‘Take Down’ as if He’s the Real Nick Shirley

April 9, 2026 4:13 pmApril 9, 2026 4:15 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who currently has more than 55 lawsuits against President Donald Trump, announced today he’s the real Nick Shirley: “We’ve taken down a hospice fraud ring responsible for $267 Million in fraud against the Medi-Cal system....

Another California Fraud Slush Fund: New Solar Fee Will Raise Electric Bills

April 6, 2026 3:00 amApril 7, 2026 1:08 pm

With so much fraud uncovered in California, it’s hard to imagine there could be more. But we know there is more to uncover – more hospice Medi-Cal fraud, more homeless spending fraud, more Palisades fire victims fraud, more LAUSD fraud,...

Chevron Will Shut Down Remaining 2 Refineries if CARB Amendments Pass

March 8, 2026 6:00 amMarch 8, 2026 6:01 am

Wednesday the Globe reported on Chevron’s letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board warning them of deep concerns and strong opposition to the CARB- proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly cap and trade) regulation, that...

Gavin Newsom’s Hobson’s Choice

February 19, 2026 4:00 pmFebruary 19, 2026 4:01 pm

The Climate Change hoax is unraveling… but will it ever unravel in California? The very liberal Washington Post had this to say in a recent editorial: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history....

Ringside: The Denominators of our Prosperity – Energy and Water

January 14, 2026 3:29 pmJanuary 14, 2026 3:29 pm

Abundant and affordable energy and water are prerequisites to solving every other challenge standing in the way of lowering California’s overall cost-of-living. Not only because the cost for energy and water directly impacts the cost to build homes, pay household...

Ringside: EVs and California’s Future Demand for Electricity

December 4, 2025 3:10 amDecember 4, 2025 3:11 am

When it comes to the achievement of “carbon neutrality” and the requisite energy policies to get there, few choices carry with them more consequences than the planned, nearly total electrification of our economy. And when it comes to electrification, few...