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Tijuana Sewage Crisis: EPA and Mexican Government Sign Agreement to End

July 28, 2025 8:00 amJuly 28, 2025 8:01 am

For many years, untreated raw sewage has flowed into Southern California from Mexico and polluted the Tijuana River Valley, causing beaches to close, rendering them unusable. Even with beaches closed, and dangerous pollution issues, the federal government never managed to...

New Report Finds 19% Of All Homes in California are Investor Owned

July 28, 2025 2:45 amJuly 28, 2025 2:46 am

According to a new report by BatchData, 19% of all homes in California are investor owned, with some counties as high as 80% of the homes bought by speculators. The report found that while California has nearly one-fifth of their...

Kamala Harris And the Young Voter Problem

July 26, 2025 9:56 amJuly 26, 2025 9:56 am

Currently, former Vice President Kamala Harris is deciding between running for Governor in 2026, running for president in 2028. Or she could just do the usual former Vice Presidential thing: being way overpaid for speaking engagements, books, and talking head...

California GOP Congressional Reps Push for Cancelled $4 Billion HSR Funds Diverted to Infrastructure Projects

July 25, 2025 12:40 pmJuly 25, 2025 12:40 pm

A group of nine Californian GOP Congressional members, led by Congressman Vince Fong (R-CA) wrote a letter earlier this week to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to reroute the $4 billion originally assigned to...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules California Cannot Conduct Background Checks for Ammo Purchases

July 25, 2025 6:42 amJuly 25, 2025 6:42 am

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision Thursday that California’s law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks when buying ammunition goes against the second amendment and is unconstitutional. In the majority opinion, Judge Sandra...

$100 Million in FireAid Relief Funds Went to Non-Profits Instead of Fire Victims

July 25, 2025 2:45 amJuly 25, 2025 2:46 am

According to several independent investigations, the $100 million raised during the FireAid benefit concerts held in January 2025 has not gone to fire victims as promised, but rather to non-profits who then get to decide where the money goes. In...

What it Costs to Buy a House in America: California’s Median Price is $790,000!

July 24, 2025 6:05 pmJuly 24, 2025 6:05 pm

Most Californians already know that California has the highest median priced houses in the country. It was $825,000 recently, but the California Legislative Analyst’s Office reports that number has dropped slightly – very slightly – to $790,000. The California Legislative...