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Bill to Help Prevent Future Inmate Unemployment Fraud Passes Senate Committee

March 17, 2021 3:27 pm

A bill to help prevent future inmate Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud by cross checking unemployment insurance claims with state and county prison rolls passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 39, authored by Senator Shannon Grove...

Conservatives, Republican Candidates Report Censorship and Shadow Banning by Twitter, Facebook, Google

October 6, 2020 6:36 pmOctober 7, 2020 8:44 am

Conservative radio and Fox News host Mark Levin says Facebook is censoring his content. “Facebook has just sent us this message. It’s a clear effort at censorship,” Levin wrote on his Facebook page Monday morning. “Every link I post is from...

Gov. Newsom Nominates Martin Jenkins To State Supreme Court

October 5, 2020 3:16 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom nominated former U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins to the California Supreme Court. Newsom nominates Judge Martin Jenkins Jenkins, would become the first openly gay and only the third African-American to become an Associate Justice if...

Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist

August 12, 2020 6:05 pmAugust 14, 2020 5:24 am

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is proposing to allow the American Civil Liberties Union to vet and provide journalists’ credentials in the form of an ACLU-blue vest to reporters, in order to avoid assault or arrest by federal agents. This...

State of California Taking County and Homeowners Out of Paradise Fire Cleanup

February 4, 2019 1:05 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:26 am

With the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreeing to pay for 75 percent of the cleanup costs of the Paradise “Camp Fire” destruction, California officials say they want FEMA to pay even more than that. In December, FEMA reported it was...