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Taxpayer ROI: How Many California Cities are Running Huge Budget Deficits

April 6, 2026 5:00 amApril 6, 2026 10:39 am

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett announced the March jobs report – the U.S. saw 178,000 jobs added and a 4.3% unemployment rate. But not in California. According to the California Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment rate came in at...

Video Resurfaces: Jennifer Siebel Newsom Takes Kids to Southern Red States to Witness Racism, Misogyny, Bullying, and Sexism

April 1, 2026 5:03 pmApril 2, 2026 3:17 pm

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of Governor Gavin Newsom and California’s self-described “First Partner,” did a 2023 interview on MSNBC with former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, discussing her family’s trip to Alabama and other red states. The family...

LADWP CEO Resigns Following Court Ruling That Could Cost Utility Billions Over Palisades Fire Debacle

March 5, 2026 2:46 pmMarch 7, 2026 11:27 am

In a stunning turn of events that underscores the ongoing fallout from the devastating Palisades Fire, Janisse Quiñones, the CEO and General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), has resigned. The announcement came mere hours...

Karen Bass Faces Calls to Resign as She Slams Olympic Board Leader

February 24, 2026 9:00 amFebruary 24, 2026 9:01 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has once again inserted herself into a high-profile scandal, this time calling for Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Organizing Committee, to step down over speculative ties to Jeffrey Epstein’s associate...

An America First Year of Results for California

February 22, 2026 3:00 amFebruary 22, 2026 3:01 am

As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver the 2026 State of the Union address on February 24, Americans will look to this annual moment for a clear accounting of the nation’s progress, its remaining challenges, and the path forward. For...

Trump Overrides California’s Inept Leadership, Puts EPA’s Zeldin in Charge of Palisades Fire Rebuilding Permits

January 28, 2026 3:39 pmJanuary 28, 2026 3:42 pm

In a decisive move to cut through the bureaucratic red tape strangling wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts in Southern California, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is placing EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in charge of expediting permits for rebuilding...

Gov. Newsom Let Palisades Burn; Democrats Blocked $1 billion for Wildfire Prevention After Fires

January 7, 2026 8:25 amJanuary 7, 2026 2:33 pm

One year ago a series of catastrophic wildfires burned Pacific Palisades, Altadena and much of Malibu to the ground. 12 months later, most of the area still looks the way it did after the fires, and most residents are still...