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Sorry, Dave Jones, Californians Can’t Afford Your Climate Crusade

July 15, 2025 9:46 amJuly 15, 2025 9:46 am

Apparently, former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones missed the memo: Californians are broke, burned out, and done footing the bill for elite climate fantasies that only make life more expensive. In his latest appearance in the New York Times and...

New Lawsuit Alleges ‘Insidious, Malicious Discrimination’ at Stanford Against Israeli Researcher

July 15, 2025 7:25 amJuly 15, 2025 7:25 am

Israeli chemist Shay Laps is suing Stanford University for forcing him out of his lab job after he was targeted by workers in a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment that even included his supervisor fabricating sexual harassment charges against him. The...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Allow Greater Virtual Representation of Individuals in Trusts

July 15, 2025 6:59 amJuly 15, 2025 6:59 am

As part of his first major block of bill signings this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law to permit virtual representation of trust beneficiaries who are Minors, Incapacitated, Unborn, or Unknown (MIUUs) to better facilitate their needs....

Lawsuit Schmawsuit: School Districts Spending Like Drunken Sailors with California’s $3 Billion ‘Play Budget’

July 14, 2025 5:03 pmJuly 14, 2025 5:03 pm

The headline does not imply anything against drunken sailors. I once drank with US sailors at a bar called Scotties in Hong Kong, thanking them for their service in Desert Storm. From what I can remember, money was spent irresponsibly....

Misleading: Gov. Newsom Claims CA is 67% Clean Energy Despite State Agencies Reporting Otherwise

July 14, 2025 4:11 pmJuly 14, 2025 4:11 pm

According to new data released on Monday by the California Energy Commission (CEC), 67% of the state’s total energy now comes from clean sources, with hydro and nuclear energy both playing a larger than anticipated role in keeping that figure...

New Economic Study Finds California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Caused 18,000 Job Losses

July 14, 2025 7:24 amJuly 14, 2025 7:27 am

“New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law,” the...

What California Could Be if Our Politicians Loved the State and its People

July 14, 2025 2:55 amJuly 15, 2025 6:52 pm

Just imagine if the California Governor and California Legislature loved California as much as the people do. Imagine if they also loved the state’s abundant natural resources, rather than imposing harsh restrictions and locking them away. California is rich in...