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Travelers Insurance Announces Home Insurance Rates Going Up 15% In June

May 7, 2024 2:45 amMay 7, 2024 2:46 am

According to a new Department of Insurance filing released on Monday, Travelers Insurance is to increase most policies in the state of California by 15.3% starting in June. For over a year, insurance companies have been slowly limiting policies, ending...

Bill to add Strict Regulations On Self-Check Out In Stores Sees Support and Strong Opposition

May 6, 2024 4:39 pmMay 6, 2024 4:39 pm

A bill that would add heavy regulations on self-checkout stations in large grocery and drug stores, received both support and opposition in the past week. Senate Bill 1446, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), would specifically prohibit grocery and...

Former Los Angeles DA Lacey Endorses Nathan Hochman

May 6, 2024 3:45 pmMay 6, 2024 3:46 pm

Former Los Angeles County District Attorney and lifelong Democrat Jackie Lacey Monday endorsed Nathan Hochman in his campaign to unseat current DA George Gascon. “We must have leadership at the District Attorney’s Office that understands its mission is to seek...

Gaza Protests: USC, UCLA Clear Encampments Again, Reopen Following Days Of Campus Closures

May 6, 2024 2:26 pmMay 6, 2024 4:24 pm

The Gaza Protests continued to have huge effects on Los Angeles universities on Sunday and Monday, with USC once again closing their campus to remove an encampment and protesters, while UCLA reopened following hundreds of arrests and a major campus...

Hating Jews in Elementary School: Berkeley Public Schools Tolerating Antisemitism

May 6, 2024 11:50 amMay 7, 2024 9:29 am

The focus of much of the recent explosion of antisemitism across the nation has seemed to be the college campus. But in Berkeley, it appears to start in elementary school with Palestinian flags in second grade classrooms and kids –...

Campus Cops Say UCLA Admin at Fault

May 5, 2024 6:00 amMay 5, 2024 6:01 am

UCLA administrators must be held accountable for what happened on campus over the past two weeks, the school police officer association says. The entire UC system has set guidelines for dealing with protests and disturbances, guidelines that the officers say...

The 2024 California U.S. Senate Race Schiff v. Garvey: Where It Currently Stands

May 5, 2024 2:45 amMay 5, 2024 2:46 am

Since the last update in April, California’s U.S. Senate race has faced a growing number of speed bumps. New polls and campus protests have kept both Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and former pro baseball star Steve Garvey (R) from being...