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Feds Arrest 10 in Sophisticated Identity Theft Ring That Stole $17M From Elderly Homeowners

March 19, 2026 2:07 pmMarch 20, 2026 11:05 am

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli delivered another powerful blow against the wave of fraud plaguing California, announcing today the arrests of 10 defendants — eight in Los Angeles County and two foreign nationals — charged in a 15-count federal...

Sacramento’s Idea of a Transition

March 19, 2026 1:12 pmMarch 19, 2026 1:16 pm

In 1991, California had more than forty refineries. By the end of 2026, it will have fewer than eleven. Of those, only five are large enough to matter. Phillips 66 shuttered its 147,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in December. Valero’s Benicia...

Ringside: The Many Benefits of Dredging the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

March 19, 2026 12:00 pmMarch 19, 2026 12:01 pm

The salmon decline in the delta has been attributed to the impact of water withdrawals into the California Aqueduct and the Delta Mendota Canal. But something else happened at the same time as the pumps were began operating; dredging in...

Repeat Offender Released by Las Vegas Judge Now Faces 27 New Felony Charges in 36th Arrest

March 19, 2026 9:38 amMarch 19, 2026 9:38 am

Just days after Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill drew national acclaim and attention for defying a judge’s order to protect the public from a dangerous career criminal with 35 prior arrests, that same offender is back behind bars—this time on...

Nevada Democrats Vote Against Bill To Deport Illegal Aliens Convicted of Welfare Fraud

March 18, 2026 4:54 pmMarch 18, 2026 4:58 pm

In a rare display of common-sense governance amid a border crisis engineered by the Biden-Harris administration, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act, by a vote of 231-186 on Wednesday. The bill amends the Immigration...

Don’t Sleep on the CA Lieutenant Governor’s Race

March 18, 2026 4:53 pmMarch 18, 2026 4:53 pm

California Republicans know the score: one-party Democratic rule has turned the Golden State into a cautionary tale. Crushing taxes driving businesses and families to flee. Homeless encampments swallowing neighborhoods. Soft-on-crime policies that reward repeat offenders while victims suffer. Failing schools...

CA Senate Enviro Committee Democrats Kill Gas Tax Relief Bill

March 18, 2026 3:31 pmMarch 18, 2026 3:40 pm

Wednesday in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee, Democrats killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach), which would have provided immediate relief for California drivers at the gas pump by lowering the price of a gallon of...