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A Field Trip to One Faith Isn’t Comparative Religion

August 30, 2026 6:02 amAugust 30, 2026 6:03 am

Fifteen-year-old girls at Palo Alto High School were handed hijabs and encouraged to wear them if they wanted to fit in with the visit. Their classmates were handed Qurans to take home. A Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter director gave...

California Paid 250 State Workers More Than $600,000—One Took Home $2.3 Million

August 29, 2026 2:58 pmSeptember 1, 2026 4:07 pm

While Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration talks tax hikes and “budget gaps,” new state payroll records show California spends like Jordan Belfort with a CalPERS badge. About 250 state employees collected more than $600,000 in total compensation in 2025, according to...

Get Flock’d: Liberal Tempe, Deep-Red Cave Creek End Camera Contracts the Same Day

August 29, 2026 2:16 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:17 pm

Two Arizona municipalities with sharply different political profiles terminated their agreements with Flock Safety on Wednesday, adding Tempe and Cave Creek to a growing list of communities leaving the company’s automated license plate reader network. Tempe shut down its 33...

DOJ Sues Arizona Over Voter-Approved In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

August 29, 2026 2:08 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:08 pm

The Trump administration sued the State of Arizona and the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday, asking a federal judge to strike down the state’s voter-approved law allowing students without lawful immigration status to qualify for in-state tuition and state-funded...

Mara Elliott Should Not Be Rewarded with a Promotion to the State Senate

August 29, 2026 6:00 amAugust 29, 2026 6:01 am

The candidacy of Mara Elliott for California State Senate District 40 should raise more than an eyebrow among voters familiar with her record as San Diego City Attorney. Her tenure is better remembered for a court-found ethics violation, the squandering...

SHOCKER: SF Dem Party Rejects Billionaire Tax

August 28, 2026 2:56 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:56 pm

Wednesday night was supposed to be another ritual of progressive piety at the SF DCCC Democrat Party central committee meeting. California’s state party had already bowed. All that remained was for the SF Dems to kiss the ring on Proposition...

Ninth Circuit Sides With Nevada, Rules Kalshi Sports Contracts Are Gambling — Not Federal ‘Swaps’

August 28, 2026 2:52 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:52 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday handed Nevada’s gaming regulators a major victory over prediction-market giant Kalshi, ruling that the company’s sports event contracts are sports bets—not federally regulated “swaps”—and that...