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Sens. Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Young Kim Demand Investigation into California’s Involvement with Beijing China

August 20, 2026 6:00 amAugust 21, 2026 7:13 am

This is huge: U.S. Senators Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Marsha Blackburn, and U.S. Representative Young Kim sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling for an investigation into the state of California’s...

Nonprobate Transfers

August 20, 2026 2:30 amAugust 20, 2026 2:31 am

Division 5, Part 1 of the Probate Code deals with nonprobate transfers and provisions relating to the effect of death. Section 5000 provides that a provision for a nonprobate transfer on death in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond,...

Judicial Overreach: Judge Forces Huntington Beach into Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment

August 19, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 19, 2026 5:07 pm

Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Griffin has single-handedly upended the entire City Council election system of Huntington Beach. With one ruling, he has ordered the city to abandon its long standing at-large elections, impose ranked-choice voting, and consolidate...

Teachers Union-Backed Effort To Restrict Arizona School Choice Falls Short After Supreme Court Ruling

August 19, 2026 3:51 pmAugust 19, 2026 3:51 pm

A multimillion-dollar campaign backed by state and national teachers unions to restrict Arizona’s universal school-choice program has effectively failed to qualify for the November ballot after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the method used to count disputed petition signatures. The...

El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells Accuses AG Bonta of Protecting Child Traffickers, Ties Crisis to Becerra’s HHS Failures

August 19, 2026 3:02 pmAugust 19, 2026 3:09 pm

In a viral video posted Wednesday, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells detailed how California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office instructed local police not to conduct welfare checks on approximately 50 children in his city flagged as possible sex trafficking victims—because...

Ringside: Iron Air Batteries – Niche, or Next Big Thing?

August 19, 2026 2:52 pmAugust 19, 2026 2:52 pm

Iron air batteries appear poised to play, at the least, an important niche role in the emerging electric age. A very recent example of this is the $750 million equity financing that Form Energy secured this week, raising the total investment in...

Judicial Proceedings on Powers of Attorney

August 19, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 19, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 4.5, Part 4 of the Probate Code deals with judicial proceedings concerning powers of attorney. Section 4500 provides a power of attorney is exercisable free of judicial intervention, subject to this part. Section 4501 states that the remedies provided...