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Greenberg: Al Gores Tired Climate Claims

April 25, 2025 11:24 amApril 25, 2025 11:24 am

On Monday, April 21, 2025, former Vice President Al Gore took to the stage as keynote speaker at [San Francisco Climate Week], delivering a fiery yet questionable speech that doubled down on his tired, decades-long climate alarmism. He claimed the...

California’s ‘First Partner’ One-Ups Maryland Schools’ LGBTQ-Themed Storybooks

April 24, 2025 3:26 pmApril 24, 2025 3:26 pm

The group of parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland over its refusal to allow parents of elementary school children to opt out of classes with LGBTQ-themed storybooks, argue that the school system cannot require children...

UCLA Students Protest Lawsuit Alleging That UC Still Uses Race-Based Admission Decisions

April 24, 2025 9:00 amApril 24, 2025 9:01 am

Close to 100 students protested at UCLA over the weekend, rallying against a Students Against Racial Discrimination (SARD) lawsuit that says that the UC system still uses race-based decisions in admissions despite state and federal law already banning the practice....

California Reparations Bill Passed in Assembly Judiciary Committee

April 23, 2025 2:45 amApril 23, 2025 2:46 am

A reparations bill aimed at giving at least 10% of funds from California Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program to qualified individuals who are descendants of formerly enslaved people continued to move up in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on...

Bill to Halt Universities From Punishing Students Who Call 911 For Overdoses Awaits Vote In Assm.

April 22, 2025 6:07 pmApril 22, 2025 6:07 pm

A new bill that would stop colleges and universities from academically punishing students who call 911 for help with overdoses continued to await being heard by a committee this week following a massive rewrite last month. Assembly Bill 602, authored...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes 1,647 City Employee Layoffs Amidst Huge $1 Billion Budget Gap

April 22, 2025 2:20 pmApril 22, 2025 2:20 pm

During her state of the city address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced several cuts and rollbacks in the city budget to close the nearly $1 billion city budget deficit, including the layoffs of 1,600 employees and the...

Steve Hilton Announces Run For Governor

April 21, 2025 4:27 pmApril 21, 2025 4:29 pm

In an announcement on Monday, Steve Hilton, former Director of Strategy for then-British Prime Minister David Cameron and former Fox News host said that he would be running for Governor of California in 2026, becoming the second big-name Republican to...