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California’s Major Role In The Birth, And Death, Of Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023 12:58 pmJune 29, 2023 12:58 pm

The Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina ruling by the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday, in which it was ruled that affirmative action programs in college admissions processes are unconstitutional, capped off a 45-year legal battle over...

Fake Meat is False Hope?

June 7, 2023 3:00 amJune 7, 2023 3:01 am

So lab-grown meat is supposed to stave off climate change because we won’t need as many flatulent animals wandering around the planet. In a development that is as surprising as Joe Biden falling down, it turns out that fake meat...

CA Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Guerrero Nominated by Gov Newsom For Chief Justice Slot

August 11, 2022 2:30 amAugust 10, 2022 10:07 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom nominated Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Guerrero as the next Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court on Wednesday, replacing current Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who announced last month that she would not be seeking another term....

Institutional Bias on College Campuses?

March 22, 2022 2:48 amMarch 31, 2022 11:36 pm

It has been well established that in academia Democrats outnumber Republicans and Liberals outnumber Conservatives. While this indisputable fact has been longstanding, there was a time when the college campus was still thought to be THE place for the free...

UC Davis In-Person Graduation: Face Masks, COVID-19 Vaccination Card, or Negative COVID Test Result Within 72 Hours

April 21, 2021 3:15 pmApril 21, 2021 3:06 pm

The University of California at Davis has announced it will hold in-person graduations in June 2021. While this appears to be a “getting back to normal” event, UC Davis has rained on that parade. The university is requiring guests of...

25-Year-Old Wins San Jose Assembly Seat, Becomes Youngest CA Legislator Since 1939

November 5, 2020 4:48 pmNovember 5, 2020 4:50 pm

On Wednesday, 25-year-old former aide for Senator Henry Stern (D-Canoga Park) and former UC Davis student body president Alex Lee was elected to an Assembly seat in California, becoming the first Generation Z lawmaker in the state. Lee ran for...

Senator Feinstein’s Husband Found To Have Given ‘Inappropriate’ Help In UC Admissions

September 25, 2020 3:22 pmSeptember 25, 2020 4:27 pm

On Thursday, the California State Auditor’s Office announced that Richard Blum, a UC Board of Regents member and husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), had helped get lower qualified students into UC schools by ‘inappropriate’ and ‘problematic’ means. Blum found...