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The More Sacramento Fails, The More Money the City Spends

March 20, 2026 9:27 amMarch 20, 2026 9:33 am

Sacramento is a city in decline. The City of Sacramento claims a $66.2 million budget deficit in February 2026. Inquiring minds believe it is much higher. The Sacramento City Unified School District now admits to a $171 million budget deficit,...

California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Continues to Bite Workers, Consumers and Owners

March 20, 2026 4:40 amMarch 20, 2026 4:41 am

California is reaching a grim two-year anniversary of the ill-advised $20 fast food minimum wage. AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks...

The Morning Routine That Just Vanished: Lunches Unpacked, Coffee Gone Cold and Kids With Nowhere to Go 

March 19, 2026 2:14 pmMarch 19, 2026 2:14 pm

Imagine waking up before dawn, packing lunches, brewing coffee, dropping your kids at school and then heading into your work day. Now you can focus on building your career and generating the income your family depends on, all because your kids are safe...

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...