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New Law Expanding Scope of Illegal Street Racing Starts January 1st

December 29, 2022 9:17 am

A new law to expand the illegality of street races, burnouts, speeding, and other sideshow activities involving vehicles will come into effect on January 1st, with many operators in soon-to-be-illegal areas adding further security measures in anticipation. Assembly Bill 2000,...

LA City Council Lurches Even Further Left With Democratic Socialists of America Members

December 29, 2022 9:12 amDecember 29, 2022 2:52 pm

With the swearing-in of Hugo Soto-Martinez and Eunisses Hernandez just a couple of weeks ago, the Los Angeles City Council officially became 20 percent socialist. Soto-Martinez and Hernandez join fellow Democratic Socialists of America member Nithya Raman to now give...

Historical Sacramento Statue of Local Cattle Rancher Decapitated

December 29, 2022 9:07 amDecember 29, 2022 2:56 pm

The statue of George Swanston, a 19th-century northern California cattleman, and meat-packing businessman, was decapitated Monday in the Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park. Vandals removed the head from the historic memorial statue to Charles Swanston, residents first reported Monday on...

San Diego State University Journalism School Promoting Online Internship for Minorities Only

December 29, 2022 7:19 amDecember 29, 2022 9:33 pm

Whites need not apply at San Diego State University. The San Diego State University journalism school is promoting online an internship for minorities only in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a legal expert tells the California Globe. SDSU”S...

California District Attorneys Protest Bill to Decriminalize Dangerous Hallucinogenic Drugs

December 29, 2022 2:30 amDecember 28, 2022 3:20 pm

The California District Attorneys Association has issued a formal objection to State Senator Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 58, which seeks the wholesale decriminalization of many dangerous hallucinogenic drugs. While observing that mental health and addiction crises have worsened, Sen. Wiener...

California Law Enforcement Agencies Prepare For Legal Jaywalking

December 28, 2022 3:23 pmDecember 28, 2022 3:25 pm

A new law that decriminalizes jaywalking and prevents law enforcement officers from giving jaywalking tickets for most jaywalking situations is to come into law on January 1st, with many departments across the state preparing for the law change this week....

U.S. Border Patrol Drops 1,071 Asylum Seekers in San Diego Days Before Christmas

December 28, 2022 9:53 amDecember 28, 2022 11:14 am

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond is sounding the alarm as 1,071 asylum seekers were dropped off by the U.S. Border Patrol at transit centers throughout the city just days before Christmas. They were not provided money or bus tickets,...