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Ringside: Maximizing Home Protection Against Wildfires

March 22, 2025 8:23 amMarch 22, 2025 8:23 am

Nobody knew how the fire started. It took hold in the dry chaparral and grasslands and quickly spread up the sides of the canyon. Propelled by winds gusting over 40 miles per hour and extremely dry air, the fire spread...

Greenberg: SF’s Speed Fines are a Wealth Grab

March 22, 2025 2:48 amMarch 22, 2025 2:49 am

The City of San Francisco has just brought thirty three speed cameras online, monitoring and ticketing drivers in identified problem areas around town who flaunt posted speed limits. The problem is, as the rollout of the enforcement was announced, the...

Quiz on California Constitution and Statutes

March 22, 2025 2:30 amMarch 22, 2025 2:31 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s Constitution and statutes. The answers follow the questions below. The current California Constitution is the only one that has been adopted by voters. The current state Constitution dates to the 1800s....

Gavin Newsom is ‘All In’ on Undermining Trump EPA

March 21, 2025 10:45 amMarch 21, 2025 10:45 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced earlier this month that the EPA will undertake 31 historic deregulation actions to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders and Power the Great American Comeback. Administrator Zeldin is taking a DOGE flame-thrower...

Dissension and Chaos: Behind the Curtain of the California School Board Land Acknowledgement Craze

March 21, 2025 7:37 amMarch 22, 2025 7:55 am

Yesterday I posted two videos that depicted various school boards around California making “Land Acknowledgement” statements at the beginning of their board meetings. Those posts—found here and here—provided very little explanation. Sorry about that… but what was your impression? Questions? ...

Quiz on California Local Governments

March 21, 2025 2:30 amMarch 21, 2025 2:31 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s local governments. Below are the questions, followed by the answers. California’s local governments consist of just counties and cities. Local governments in this state are created by statutes that have been...

Trump Justice Department Files Brief Supporting UCLA Students’ Antisemitism Case Against University

March 20, 2025 4:21 pmMarch 20, 2025 4:21 pm

Allowing mob rule on campus suddenly has repercussions now that Donald Trump is president. In its latest crack down on campus anti-Semitism, the Trump Justice Department this week filed court papers supporting the Jewish students and professor suing the school...