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USC Faces Growing $200 Million Deficit in 2025

July 15, 2025 1:15 pmJuly 15, 2025 1:15 pm

University of Southern California (USC) President Beong-Soo Kim announced on Monday that the University was operating at more than a $200 million deficit, becoming the latest California college to face a large shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year. The deficit...

Sorry, Dave Jones, Californians Can’t Afford Your Climate Crusade

July 15, 2025 9:46 amJuly 15, 2025 9:46 am

Apparently, former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones missed the memo: Californians are broke, burned out, and done footing the bill for elite climate fantasies that only make life more expensive. In his latest appearance in the New York Times and...

New Lawsuit Alleges ‘Insidious, Malicious Discrimination’ at Stanford Against Israeli Researcher

July 15, 2025 7:25 amJuly 15, 2025 7:25 am

Israeli chemist Shay Laps is suing Stanford University for forcing him out of his lab job after he was targeted by workers in a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment that even included his supervisor fabricating sexual harassment charges against him. The...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Allow Greater Virtual Representation of Individuals in Trusts

July 15, 2025 6:59 amJuly 15, 2025 6:59 am

As part of his first major block of bill signings this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law to permit virtual representation of trust beneficiaries who are Minors, Incapacitated, Unborn, or Unknown (MIUUs) to better facilitate their needs....

Lawsuit Schmawsuit: School Districts Spending Like Drunken Sailors with California’s $3 Billion ‘Play Budget’

July 14, 2025 5:03 pmJuly 14, 2025 5:03 pm

The headline does not imply anything against drunken sailors. I once drank with US sailors at a bar called Scotties in Hong Kong, thanking them for their service in Desert Storm. From what I can remember, money was spent irresponsibly....

Misleading: Gov. Newsom Claims CA is 67% Clean Energy Despite State Agencies Reporting Otherwise

July 14, 2025 4:11 pmJuly 14, 2025 4:11 pm

According to new data released on Monday by the California Energy Commission (CEC), 67% of the state’s total energy now comes from clean sources, with hydro and nuclear energy both playing a larger than anticipated role in keeping that figure...

California Losing $3 Billion a Year Over Cap and Trade Auctions

July 14, 2025 3:53 pmJuly 14, 2025 3:59 pm

California’s Cap and Trade program experienced yet another setback on Monday when a new Clean and Prosperous California report found that the state lost $3 billion in revenue over the past year – Or roughly about 1/4th of California’s current...