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California’s $125 Billion Death Spiral

March 8, 2026 5:00 amMarch 9, 2026 3:02 pm

Newsom is betting his last budget on AI stocks his own analysts call overheated. Four straight deficit years. A $35 billion structural gap incoming. And a pension system that makes all of it worse. We’ve seen this movie. It ended...

LADWP CEO Resigns Following Court Ruling That Could Cost Utility Billions Over Palisades Fire Debacle

March 5, 2026 2:46 pmMarch 7, 2026 11:27 am

In a stunning turn of events that underscores the ongoing fallout from the devastating Palisades Fire, Janisse Quiñones, the CEO and General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), has resigned. The announcement came mere hours...

Chevron Warns of Irreversible Harm to California’s Economy and Energy Security in Letter to Newsom

March 4, 2026 8:47 amMarch 5, 2026 11:54 am

Chevron just sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board warning them of deep concerns and strong opposition to the CARB- proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly cap and trade) regulation, that the state’s...

Democrats No Longer Work for The American People

March 2, 2026 4:00 amMarch 9, 2026 7:09 am

At Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Donald Trump celebrated America’s restored greatness. He played out policy after policy, including a fully secure border, lowest inflation in years, falling gas prices, falling crime rates, homicide rate the lowest in 124...

Energy Company Warns CARB on ‘The Stark Reality’ Driving In-State Refining Capacity to Zero of CA’s Remaining 7 Refineries

February 28, 2026 9:05 amMarch 2, 2026 6:14 am

An energy company you may or not have heard of, which has a huge impact on fuels in California, just sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board Friday, according to a Globe source. Why? “To provide comments on...

Gov. Newsom Facing Calls to Resign Over Release of ‘Monster’ Convicted Serial Child Abuser

February 24, 2026 7:29 amFebruary 25, 2026 8:33 am

Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “elderly parole program” Monday, which is allowing David Funston, a serial child rapist to be released from prison. Funston terrorized Sacramento neighborhoods by luring very young children with candy. He kidnapped,...

While Newsom Fiddles, California’s Gas & Oil Crisis Ramps Up with Tensions Between the US and Iran

February 22, 2026 9:51 amFebruary 23, 2026 12:12 pm

While California Governor Gavin Newsom gallivants around the world pretending he’s an international political figure, and has now just embarked on a book tour rather than playing at being Governor, California suffers under some very serious government-created crises, starting with...