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Little California, But Lots of Fire at GOP Debate

August 24, 2023 7:38 amAugust 24, 2023 8:15 am

First, as much as it pains me to admit, California was not directly addressed in Wednesday night’s first GOP presidential debate. Mea culpa. Indirectly, though, the hot button issues on the agenda could all be said to have had their...

J. Edgar Lysenko

August 24, 2023 2:55 amAugust 24, 2023 2:56 am

J. Edgar Hoover was the consummate bureaucratic power builder. He controlled presidents through an unchallengeable combination of secrets, money, threats, and lies. He was a media hero leading a pristine expert agency whose sole mission was to protect the public and...

New IKEA Opening In San Francisco Highlights Heightened Security Changes Stores Face

August 23, 2023 7:02 pmAugust 23, 2023 7:02 pm

A new 52,000 IKEA store opened on Market Street in San Francisco Wednesday, becoming one of only a few major stores to open in a city where many major retailers have left in recent years. Since the beginning of the...

Los Angeles City Council Considers Ban On Cashless Businesses

August 23, 2023 4:28 pmAugust 23, 2023 4:28 pm

The Los Angeles City Council continued this week to consider banning all cashless stores, those that only accept credit cards, debit cards, and other virtual payments while not accepting cash, and forcing all business to accept cash as a payment....

California’s Elected Climate Mental Patients Push ‘Climate Accountability Package’

August 23, 2023 12:15 pmAugust 23, 2023 12:37 pm

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles), and Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) will rally on the West Steps of the Capitol today (Wednesday) in support of the Climate Accountability Package” of legislation. Because climate change is what’s...

WGA says Studios’ Latest Offer To Writers Was Designed to Get Them ‘To Cave’ On Demands

August 23, 2023 12:14 pmAugust 23, 2023 12:17 pm

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents producers and studios, unveiled their latest offer to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Tuesday, less than an hour following their latest meeting in Los Angeles. The WGA...

Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Moves To Suspense File Before Big Assembly Vote

August 23, 2023 7:21 amAugust 23, 2023 7:21 am

A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was moved into the suspense file on Wednesday by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, a move which will could kill the bill or allow for one final push in the legislature by the end...