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Reed Hastings: Bankrolling California’s Progressives… and Now, He’s Eyeing Newsom’s White House Run

May 13, 2026 3:13 pmMay 13, 2026 3:13 pm

Reed Hastings, the billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, and his wife, philanthropist Patricia “Patty” Quillin, have emerged as two of California’s most generous – and ideologically consistent – political donors. Hastings built a fortune transforming a humble DVD-by-mail...

CDCR To Close California Rehabilitation Center In Riverside County Next Year

August 6, 2025 2:45 amAugust 6, 2025 2:46 am

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Monday that the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco is set to close by the fall of 2026 because of a declining number of prisoners and the latest state budget demanding at...

Soros PAC Has Spent Zero on Gascon

July 7, 2024 2:30 amJuly 7, 2024 2:31 am

That fluidy sound you hear in Los Angeles politics is not a tap being turned off – it’s a toilet being flushed. The George Soros-funded California Justice and Public Safety political action committee has spent exactly zero dollars so far...

Yolo County DA Exposes Challenger’s Convicted Child Molester Donors

April 11, 2022 2:20 amApril 11, 2022 3:06 pm

Why would a candidate for Yolo County District Attorney take campaign contributions from convicted child molesters and their families, as well as organizations seeking to defund and destroy law enforcement, and the rule of law? That question is on the...