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When Seconds Matter, California Shouldn’t Tie the Hands of Law Enforcement

August 18, 2026 9:30 amAugust 18, 2026 9:31 am

Imagine your child has been abducted, and investigators learn they’ve already been taken across state lines. Or a human trafficking ring is operating in multiple counties. Or fentanyl pouring into our communities is traced back to an interstate criminal network....

Adam Gray Is Paying to Bring Bobby Pulido to Merced – He Owes the Valley an Answer

August 17, 2026 5:00 pmAugust 17, 2026 5:01 pm

On August 29, the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre will host a free concert headlined by singer Bobby Pulido. Congressman Adam Gray is billed as the special guest. And at the bottom of the flyer, in the fine...

Los Angeles’s Homeless Crisis Deepens Under Mayor Bass

August 17, 2026 3:00 pmAugust 17, 2026 3:01 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass promised to end street homelessness. Instead, the latest numbers show her administration is delivering the opposite. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, released in late July, the...

Ninth Circuit Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Serving as Nevada’s Acting US Attorney

August 17, 2026 1:40 pmAugust 17, 2026 1:40 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that Sigal Chattah is unlawfully serving as Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney, holding that the Trump administration cannot bypass federal vacancy limits by designating her first...

Aaron Ford’s Role in Paramount Blockade Raises Netflix Influence Questions

August 17, 2026 10:13 amAugust 17, 2026 10:13 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s decision to join a 12-state coalition suing to block Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery looked, at first glance, like a routine antitrust action. Closer examination of the players, funding, and beneficiaries suggests...

Flock Off: Five Arizona Cities Drop Contracts, Pinal County Declines Renewal; Four More Restrict Use Or Investigate Misuse

August 14, 2026 1:57 pmAugust 14, 2026 1:57 pm

Arizona’s retreat from Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader network has spread to five cities and Pinal County, while four other municipal police departments have suspended the system, restricted data sharing, tightened search controls or opened investigations into alleged misuse....

REPORT: Xavier Becerra’s HHS Funneled Nearly $80 Million to CAIR and Terror-Linked Islamist Groups

August 14, 2026 1:38 pmAugust 15, 2026 9:02 am

A significant portion of nearly $80 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to organizations with documented ties to terrorism and extremism flowed to California, according to reporting from Just the News drawing on a Middle...