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Uber Begins to Allow Drivers to Set Their Own Fares in Newest AB 5 Changes

January 21, 2020 5:09 pmJanuary 22, 2020 8:31 am

Uber began testing driver-set fares in three California cities on Tuesday in the latest change the rideshare company has made in the wake of AB 5. Tests in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs Rideshare passengers using Uber in the...

U-Haul Names Top Growth States of 2019… and Inadvertently Identifies States People are Fleeing

January 21, 2020 5:04 pmJanuary 22, 2020 7:16 pm

DIY movers showed again in the 2019 U-Haul state migration index that the top inbound migrations states Americans are moving to are once again in the Southeast quadrant of the country. Florida, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington and Alabama...

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer Announces Plan for Ballot Measure to Combat Homelessness

January 21, 2020 8:49 amJanuary 22, 2020 12:42 pm

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced last week his goal of taking a ballot initiative to combat homelessness in California, directly to the voters. Faulconer is the only big-city California Mayor who has successfully reduced homelessness in his city using...

From Ruby Ridge to San Francisco

January 21, 2020 6:42 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:53 am

On Sunday night, Fox News ran the second part of their “Scandalous” documentary series on the Ruby Ridge standoff in 1992. The siege, which claimed two innocent lives, took place in northern Idaho, but a California senator played a role...

Former Rep. Katie Hill’s Younger Brother, A Veteran, Found Dead Saturday In His Home

January 21, 2020 2:16 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:23 am

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department sent out a new release that the man who was found unresponsive at his home Saturday in Santa Clarita was Daniel Brett Bennett. Bennett was in the Navy and the younger brother of former Congresswoman...

Manhattan Beach Firefighter Pay Averages Over $300,000 Per Year

January 21, 2020 2:07 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:52 am

There is now a $300,000 club for California’s firefighters. In the City of Manhattan Beach during 2018, the average pay and benefits for a full time firefighter were $300,242. While the Manhattan Beach firefighters, at least through 2018, belong to...

Sinaloa Cartel Drug Lord Extradited to California

January 20, 2020 5:10 pmJanuary 21, 2020 8:49 am

Sinaloa cartel drug tunneler and trafficker Jose Sanchez-Villalobos has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face trial. Sanchez-Villalobos had built two major drug tunnels from Tijuana to the Otay Mesa Industrial Park in San Diego County and...