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Bill to Make Suppliers Responsible For Collection, Recycling Of EV Batteries Proceeds in Senate

March 22, 2025 3:24 pmMarch 24, 2025 12:44 pm

A bill that would require EV battery suppliers to fund the collection and recycling system for batteries in electric vehicles gained traction in the Senate this week, with the first committee meeting set for April 2nd. Senate Bill 615, authored...

RFK Jr. Running Mate Nicole Shanahan Announces She Will Not Run For Governor

March 21, 2025 5:35 pmMarch 22, 2025 1:03 pm

Attorney and the running mate of Robert Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 Presidential election Nicole Shanahan announced on The Steve Hilton Show Friday that she will not be running for Governor of California in 2026, ending months of speculation. “I...

What Gov. Newsom Is Thinking With ‘This Is Gavin Newsom’ Podcast

March 21, 2025 1:44 pmMarch 22, 2025 8:37 am

By now, the majority of Californians have at least some knowledge of Gavin Newsom’s latest podcast “This is Gavin Newsom.” Polls have found that well over 50% of voters know of it, which is really saying something considering that under...

Gavin Newsom is ‘All In’ on Undermining Trump EPA

March 21, 2025 10:45 amMarch 21, 2025 10:45 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced earlier this month that the EPA will undertake 31 historic deregulation actions to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders and Power the Great American Comeback. Administrator Zeldin is taking a DOGE flame-thrower...

Dissension and Chaos: Behind the Curtain of the California School Board Land Acknowledgement Craze

March 21, 2025 7:37 amMarch 22, 2025 7:55 am

Yesterday I posted two videos that depicted various school boards around California making “Land Acknowledgement” statements at the beginning of their board meetings. Those posts—found here and here—provided very little explanation. Sorry about that… but what was your impression? Questions? ...

Appeals Court Finds California’s Large Capacity Magazine Ban Doesn’t Violate 2nd Amendment

March 21, 2025 2:55 amMarch 21, 2025 2:56 am

An en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that California’s large-capacity magazine ban, which bars firearm magazines from holding 10 rounds or more, does not violate the 2nd Amendment. According...

University of California Ends Use of Diversity Statements in Hiring Faculty

March 20, 2025 5:00 pmMarch 20, 2025 8:57 pm

The University of California announced late on Wednesday that they would be ending the requirement that diversity statements be used in hiring, becoming the latest move away from diversity-based hiring and applying measures at the UC system. According to a...