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Insurance Commish Ricardo Lara Took Money Before Favorable Actions in Applied Underwriters’ Cases

July 17, 2019 11:06 amJuly 18, 2019 7:30 am

Last week we learned that soon after being elected to State Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, a former Democrat State Senator and Assemblyman, organized a reelection committee that began accepting tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions from people with...

California’s ‘Sanctuary’ History and Back Story

July 17, 2019 5:07 amJuly 16, 2019 7:08 pm

On May 4, previously deported Mexican national Ismael Huazo-Jardinez crashed a truck into a Knight’s Landing residence, claiming the lives of Jose Pacheco, 38, Anna Pacheco, 34, and their 10-year-old son Angel. Sutter County judge David Ashby, a 2016 appointee...

Gov. Newsom Names ‘Leaders & Statewide Experts’ to Advise on Homeless Crisis

July 17, 2019 2:13 amJuly 17, 2019 7:27 pm

Rather than consult with successful non-profit organizations and church groups in the business of helping to change the lives of people on the street, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday regional leaders and “statewide experts” who will advise his administration on...

Catalytic Converter Theft on the Rise in California

July 16, 2019 10:57 amJuly 16, 2019 11:12 am

As Lauren Keene of the Davis Enterprise reports, the Davis police department has received “45 reports of catalytic converter thefts in recent months, nine in the past week alone.” Of those thefts, 38 were from Toyota Priuses. The converter of...

Governor Newsom Issues His First Vetoes

July 16, 2019 7:36 amJuly 16, 2019 7:36 am

Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 116 bills, and issued his first vetoes. AB 603 by Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), would allow retired peace officers of California State University to carry a concealed weapon, just as peace officers of...

Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures

July 16, 2019 2:04 amSeptember 23, 2019 5:56 am

Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while Texas always ranks as one of the best....

‘Homeless’ Crisis: Rising Crime and Violence in Sacramento Ignored by Mayor, City Council

July 15, 2019 2:08 amSeptember 25, 2022 12:48 pm

The downtown Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park is under siege by drug addled homeless who live on the streets and in the park. They break into homes, cars, garages, sheds, defecate, urinate and vomit on the streets, shoot up in...