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DMV Announces 70+ Drivers Will No Longer Have To Take Written Renewal Driving Test

October 1, 2024 3:25 amOctober 1, 2024 3:26 am

The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Monday that drivers who are 70+-years-old whose licenses expire in 2024 and beyond will no longer be required to take a written knowledge test beginning on October 1st. For years, the policy for...

2026 Gubernatorial Poll: Rep. Katie Porter Currently Leads Field Despite Not Declaring A Run For Governor

September 30, 2024 4:30 pmSeptember 30, 2024 4:35 pm

According to a new University of Southern California and California State University, Long Beach poll, the current most popular candidate for Governor is one who hasn’t even declared: Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA). Gubernatorial candidates have been slowly trickling into the...

Elon Musk on California’s Flagrant Sen. Scott Wiener

September 30, 2024 2:21 pmSeptember 30, 2024 2:21 pm

Sunday evening I re-posted a photo that California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) posted on X/Twitter enjoying the annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. “One of California’s Esteemed members of the State Senate, from San Francisco. And they wonder...

Bill To End Legacy & Donor-Preferred Admissions To CA Colleges Signed Into Law By Gov. Newsom

September 30, 2024 12:59 pmSeptember 30, 2024 12:59 pm

A bill that would ban both legacy and donor preferred admissions at public and private colleges in California was signed into law by Governor Newsom on Monday, finally passing following a previous failed attempt in 2019. Assembly Bill 1780, authored...

LA Lights the Way

September 29, 2024 5:00 pmSeptember 29, 2024 5:02 pm

Tonight is the last night when “Angelenos” will be able to see their most noted structures lit up like – well, not a Christmas tree because that would be, um colonialist? From those giant LAX thingies at the airport to...

Ester Lim Lands Job with LA County District Attorney George Gascon

September 29, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 29, 2024 2:46 am

Esther Lim has a new job – she’s now a “special assistant” to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Lim is not an attorney. What she is a “social justice warrior” par excellence. And why could Lim’s name be...

Ousted California DA is Intro Speaker at Kamala Harris’s Arizona Border Event

September 28, 2024 10:38 amSeptember 28, 2024 10:42 am

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a 20-minute stop at the Arizona southern border Friday before heading to an event. And apparently a 20 minute photo op was all it took to impress the muttonheads at the Daily Beast, who ran...