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Recipe for Disaster: With $22.5 Billion Deficit, California Looks to Pay $640 Billion in Reparations

By: Robert Spencer — March 15th 2023 at 03:00
Recipe for Disaster: With $22.5 Billion Deficit, California Looks to Pay $640 Billion in Reparations
New in PJ Media: The Land of Fruits and Nuts had a $100 billion surplus last year, thanks to capital gains and federal relief for COVID-19. However, it also has an insane socialist government, and so all that money is gone now and the state is looking at a $22.5 billion budget deficit for this […]
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The Graves of Academe: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Queer and Trans Studies

By: Hugh Fitzgerald — March 30th 2023 at 09:00
The Graves of Academe: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Queer and Trans Studies
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics I’ve been intermittently visiting – sometimes with amusement, always with horror —  a website where academic jobs are advertised. I do this not  for myself, but to help keep tabs for a friend’s son, who has been looking for permanent employment in a university for several years. His problem is […]
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Red States Getting Redder

By: John Hinderaker — February 23rd 2024 at 19:29
(John Hinderaker)

The Great Sort is under way, as normal people move to red states and liberals move to blue states. (That last is hypothetical and hasn’t actually been observed.) When massive numbers began leaving blue states like California and New York for red states like Texas and Florida, many conservatives worried that those blue staters might bring their bad voting habits with them. Happily, that doesn’t seem to have happened.

This Wall Street Journal story is headlined: “Blue-State Residents Streamed Into South Carolina. Here’s Why It Stayed Ruby Red.” But it deals with more than one state:

A Wall Street Journal analysis of census data found that a third of [South Carolina’s] new residents between 2017 and 2021 hailed from blue states and a quarter from red ones, according to census data. …

Yet the new arrivals are disproportionately Republican. Estimates from the nonpartisan voter file vendor L2 suggest about 57% of voters who moved to South Carolina during that time are Republicans, while about 36% are Democrats and 7% are independents. That places them roughly in line with recent statewide votes in South Carolina.

It shouldn’t be surprising that when conservatives leave liberal states, they likely will move to conservative ones. The same thing is happening in states other than South Carolina:

The Palmetto State is a prime example of why a yearslong wave of migration to the South has largely failed to change its partisan tint. Many people who leave blue states are Republicans gravitating toward a more politically favorable new home.

In Florida, for instance, 48% of people who moved there between 2017 and 2021 came from blue states while 29% came from red states, Census figures show. Among those who registered to vote, 44% are Republicans, 25% are Democrats and 28% are nonpartisan, according to L2 data. Texas also has a heavier flow of newcomers from blue states but a greater share who L2 data estimates are Republican.

There is much more at the link; it is fun to see Democrats try to spin the numbers:

McDougald Scott and other South Carolina Democratic officials are working to target these new voters and persuade them to vote Democratic by focusing on issues like education…

I live in a blue state (for the time being, anyway) where the public schools are almost unbelievably bad. To be fair, though, the schools in New York and California are likely worse.

…infrastructure…

Have these people never driven on a highway in California?

and healthcare…

What about healthcare? Most people get health insurance through their jobs, and jobs are much more plentiful in red states. Blue states spend incomprehensible amounts of money on Medicaid, but that isn’t exactly a magnet for desirable new inhabitants.

…which she believes the Republicans are neglecting.

Apparently millions of Americans who are moving from blue to red states do not agree. Perhaps this is what it comes down to:

She said South Carolina’s limited access to abortion—which is banned at six weeks of pregnancy—is also something that crosses party lines.

Right. Hey, blue state economies may suck, crime may be rampant, taxes may be too high, government may be corrupt–but if the occasion arises, you can always kill your baby. This is the sales pitch my state’s liberal government is actually trying to implement: come here to get an abortion or a sex change operation, especially if you are a kid! Somehow, it doesn’t seem to be working.

The bottom line is that the Great Sort continues to benefit Red America. The question is, to what extent is the out-migration of normals locking liberalism into the blue states?

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Californiachukuo

By: Lloyd Billingsley — February 26th 2024 at 16:51
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By a unanimous vote, the San Francisco supervisors have made Kelly Wong a member of the San Francisco Elections Commission. The Chinese national is the first non- U.S. citizen to hold the post, and under U.S. law she is not allowed to vote. Wong’s priority is to ensure that voter materials are translated in a way that people can understand, work she already performs as an “immigrant rights advocate” at Chinese for Affirmative Action.

According to CAA, last year “more than 24,000 Chinese migrants have made a treacherous 60-mile trek through the Darien Gap risking death and disease to eventually cross from Mexico into the U.S.” The “numbers are unprecedented,” and the San Diego Migrant Welcome Center “asked CAA to assist with the influx of arrivals.” For many, “the number one priority was to arrange transit to U.S.-based family and friends.” While this was going on, another People’s Republic of China (PRC) development escaped notice.

In January, a team from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleaned up the site of an illegal biolab run by Chinese nationals in Reedley, California, near Fresno. The site jostled with dangerous pathogens, and viral agents, some untested by the federal Centers for Disease Control. That is no surprise since the CDC cooperates closely with the PRC, and the CDC’s vaunted Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), which failed to stop Covid from arriving stateside, includes Chinese nationals.

According to The Black Book of Communism, the PRC is the most lethal regime in history, with more than 60 million victims. If the PRC ever did anything with which the CDC disagreed, it’s hard to know what it might be. The same goes for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed away last September. Feinstein maintained a Chinese spy on her staff for 20 years. Gov. Gavin Newsom also has a soft spot for the one-party Communist regime.

San Francisco has become the world’s largest latrine, homeless camp and junkyard, but former mayor Newsom cleaned it all up when Xi Jinping came to town. That was hardly Newsom’s only service for the PRC.

In April 2020, Gov. Newsom announced a $1 billion deal for masks with the Chinese company BYD, which had no experience making protective equipment. Newsom hid the details, even from fellow Democrats and what became of the $1 billion remained something of a mystery. Other massive favors for the PRC stand in plain sight.

For the new span of the Bay Bridge, California rejected federal money and hired a Chinese company which, at the time, had no experience building bridges. The structure came in 10 years late, $5 billion over budget, and riddled with cracked bolts, corrosion and such.

All told, the Golden State is shaping up as Californiachukuo, a development and settlement zone for the PRC. Newsom is the colonial official, and a PRC national now serves on the San Francisco Election Commission, eager to ensure accurate translation of election documents.

As Commissioner Wong should know, back in 1986 a full 73 percent of California voters passed Proposition 63, the Official Language of California Amendment, designed to “preserve the role of English as the state’s common language.” According to this law, the voter guides should be only in English, with good reason. As legal immigrants know, some proficiency in English is a requirement for U.S. citizenship, in turn, a requirement for voting in U.S. elections.

By contrast, Joe Biden believes that illegals are “already American citizens” and should be able to vote. That’s why he brought in some eight million foreign nationals with no English ability, no background checks, and no health requirements. According to Chinese for Affirmative Action, “unprecedented numbers” of them are Chinese nationals, eager to link up with those already here.

All told, Californiachukuo is shaping up as the model for the nation. To paraphrase Walter Sobchak, this is what happens when a constitutional democracy collaborates with a genocidal Communist dictatorship.

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Pompadour and Circumstance

By: Lloyd Billingsley — February 28th 2024 at 21:40
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Californians are ramping up another recall for Gov. Gavin Newsom, a good thing for America even if it fails, as in 2021. A new recall in California will divert attention from races across the country, force Democrats to spend millions. The best outcome would be a successful recall of Newsom his own self.

The coiffed Democrat is a construct of the Brown, Newsom, Pelosi and Getty families, a belch from old money San Francisco. Like Joe Biden, whose administration he admires, Newsom is a semi-literate who shows little evidence of reading books. To be fair, the San Francisco Democrat probably outdoes Biden in his affection for China’s one-party Communist dictatorship, and current PRC boss Xi Jinping. For his recent visit, Newsom even cleaned up filthy San Francisco.

Like recurring governor Jerry Brown, who appointed Newsom’s father to judgeships, Gavin Newsom has never said anything that would make a sub-moron’s mouth twitch. He walks around posing, as he intones party platitudes in a scratchy pirate voice. Gov. Newsom inflicted a draconian Covid regime but now wants the people to worship him. This was evident in 2021 but Gavin Newsom prevailed.

The current recall might prompt an independent audit to see how many votes came from false-documented illegals registered to vote when they got their driver’s license. Squads of politiqueros coerce the illegals to vote “a certain way,” code for Democrats. With promises of “free” health care, welfare benefits, protection from deportation and so forth, Newsom shapes up as the politiquero-in-chief.

The new recall provides an opportunity to expose this massive fraud, which could inspire other states to true the vote. If only legitimate citizens and legal immigrants voted, as the law requires, the result could be quite different from 2020 and 2021.

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California Is About to Get Even Worse

By: John Hinderaker — March 4th 2024 at 16:04
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You might think that the leftists who run California would be worried about the rapid decline of that state, but no: they are doing all they can to accelerate it. In the Wall Street Journal, Heather Mac Donald outlines California’s latest descent into racialist madness:

What would happen if lawmakers reinvented the criminal-justice system to target “systemic racism” instead of crime? California is about to find out. Thanks to a 2020 law called the California Racial Justice Act, every felon serving time in the state’s prisons and jails can now retroactively challenge his conviction and sentencing on the ground of systemic bias.

To prevail, the incarcerated prisoner need not show that the police officers, prosecutors, judge or jurors in his case were motivated by racism or that his proceedings were unfair. If he can demonstrate that in the past, criminal suspects of his race were arrested, prosecuted or sentenced more often or more severely than members of other racial groups, he will be entitled to a new trial or sentence.

We all know what this is about. Blacks are arrested, prosecuted and convicted more often than members of other races because they commit more crimes. Heather has some of the numbers for California:

In Los Angeles, blacks are 21 times as likely as whites to commit a violent crime, 36 times as likely to commit a robbery, and 57 times as likely to commit a homicide, according to police department data. Those data come from reports filed by victims and witnesses, who are themselves disproportionately black.

Blacks over-offend to an appalling degree in other states, too. But liberals cling to the hoary myth that “disparities” in law enforcement can only be due to racial bias in criminal jutice.

The Racial Justice Act is turning California’ criminal justice system into a farce:

When a felon in San Francisco contested his arrest and prosecution for having a loaded handgun in his car, a “race expert” testified that the arresting officer’s use of the phrase “high crime area” demonstrated “bias against people of color.” The trial judge disagreed, but an appeals court reversed and allowed the felon’s claim to proceed. (Speaking of bias, that same expert, Dante King, asserted at the University of California, San Francisco, on Feb. 8 that “whites are psychopaths” whose “behavior represents an underlying, biologically transmitted proclivity.”)
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A case from Contra Costa County last year shows the snowballing potential of the Racial Justice Act. A judge found that four black gang members who had committed murder as part of a bloody feud between two Oakland gangs had been improperly sentenced to life in prison without parole. That conclusion wasn’t based on flaws in the four defendants’ trials, but simply on an alleged historical pattern of sentencing bias toward black gang murderers. The black comparison group in the case was made up of 30 black defendants who had also committed gang murder in Contra Costa County from 2015 to 2022 and who had also received life without parole. All 30 can now sue to erase those sentences.

It is hard to understand how there can be a political movement in favor of more crime, but there you have it. In California, that movement evidently represents the majority. If, for some reason, you still live in California, you should get out while you can.

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A Hundred Billion Here . . .

By: Steven Hayward — March 14th 2024 at 12:25
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Everett Dirksen, the Republican Senate leader back in the 1960s, is famous for saying, “A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. . .”

That was in the days before multi-trillion dollar deficits. A billion dollars is hardly a rounding error in a federal program these days, and $1 billion is usually considered the entry fee for any proposed new program. A program that only costs $750 million is almost an insult at this point.

And Dirksen also never could have anticipated the utility of high speed-rail spending. If he was alive today, he’d likely modify his statement as follows: “A hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, and maybe someday you’ll have a high-speed rail line in California.”

To no one’s surprise, this is in the “news” this week:

California bullet train project needs another $100 billion to complete route from San Francisco to Los Angeles

As the state faces economic headwinds, California’s mega high-speed rail project between San Francisco to Los Angeles also faces major funding hurdles, the project’s CEO Brian Kelly told state lawmakers Tuesday.

Kelly testified in front of the State Senate’s Transportation Committee on the High-Speed Rail Authority’s updated draft business plan. In Tuesday’s hearing, Kelly told lawmakers the project has $28 billion dollars on hand, but noted it was still a few billion dollars short to complete the Central Valley segment between Merced and Bakersfield. Depending on how long the segment takes to finish, it could cost between $32 Billion to $35 Billion. Kelly said the project is hoping to fill the gap with federal funds. That segment of the project is expected to be fully operational between 2030 and 2033, Kelly said.

Project leaders estimate it will still need an additional $100 billion to finish what voters were originally pitched in 2008: a bullet train that runs between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A timeline on its completion has not been set as the authority waits for environmental clearances for those segments.

Bold emphasis added. Because everyone knows federal money is free, or grows on trees or something. But with a state deficit now likely to be over $70 billion this year, there’s little chance California can pay for the completion of the rail line itself. And there’s no timeline set because everyone with a brain understand the high speed rail line will never be fully completed. The “environmental clearances” make that certain.

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From Gaza to California

By: Lloyd Billingsley — March 22nd 2024 at 12:26
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On March 20, the Sacramento City Council passed Resolution 2024, which:

Calls for an immediate and permanent bilateral ceasefire to urgently end the current violence; a true and effective bilateral ceasefire must include four key simultaneous elements. (1) Hamas must cease all military operations directed against Israel, (2) the immediate unconditional release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, (3) Israel must stop the bombing and military action inside the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and (4) the elimination of all offensive weapons by Israel and Hamas directed at one another.

The Muslim and Arab-American communities are experiencing the terrible rise in Islamophobia and anti-Arab rhetoric, the acceptance of hate speech on college campuses and elsewhere against Muslims and Arabs, and the refusal of some to condemn Islamophobia and anti-Arab prejudice without qualifications as a shocking reminder of historic reality. Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate are centuries old prejudices that never go away. An independent Palestinian state remains the hope that Palestinians can live safely and freely and never again face threats to their very existence;

And so on, all backed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). True to form, “Islamophobia” appears four times and anti-Semitism three times. Resolution 2024 was the project of Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg. As Sir Bedevire (Terry Jones) might say, who is this who is so wise in the ways of diplomacy?

Steinberg served as an attorney for the California State Employees Association, which gained a faithful friend in the state Senate. In 2004, the Sacramento Democrat sponsored Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act, which backers claimed would get the homeless off  the street and keep people out of prison.

Promises Still to Keep: A Decade of the Mental Health Services Act, from California’s Little Hoover Commission, was unable to determine whether the money fulfilled any of the Act’s proclaimed intentions. The Sacramento Bee wondered if the money had been “shoved down a rat hole” with questionable uses “such as yoga, horseback riding, gardening, the purchase of iPads,” and so forth. On the other hand, the measure did give $7.5 million to the UC Davis Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, where Steinberg became director of policy and advocacy.

In 2012, voters faced four measures on taxes and spending. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee held hearings but Steinberg blocked citizens’ access by killing the live broadcast on the California Channel. When this came to light, Steinberg proclaimed, “I pride myself on being open and transparent.”  Steinberg now backs Resolution 2024 which claims, “Sacramento is such a special place to live for many reasons.” That is true, but not the way Steinberg spins it.

Twenty years after Proposition 63, the homeless problem is worse than ever. As in San Francisco, dogs run the risk of stepping in human waste. Sacramento has been dubbed “Excremento,” and Steinberg’s Resolution 2024 piles it higher and deeper. As Katy Grimes of the California Globe explains, “it was likely a move to cover and distract from his $66 million budget deficit – and would serve to elevate his political image as Steinberg has his hopes set on a move up to the California Attorney General’s office.”

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California man arrested for impersonating a police officer, deputies say

By: Landon Mion — April 17th 2024 at 03:20
A California man was arrested on accusations of impersonating a police officer after he was pulled over for an expired registration in Santa Clara County.

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Crisis in California: Migrant chaos on San Diego area beaches 'pretty scary,' local officials say

By: Hannah Ray Lambert — April 17th 2024 at 04:30
San Diego area leaders called on the federal government to beef up border enforcement after another suspected migrant boat landing was caught on camera in Carlsbad.

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California aquarium pairs stranded sea otter pups with surrogate moms

— April 17th 2024 at 05:42
Two California aquariums are addressing the issue of stranded sea otter pups found along the state's coast each year by pairing them with surrogate mothers.

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Parents sue California for 'misleading' branding of parental notification policy on November ballot: report

By: Joshua Nelson — April 17th 2024 at 12:47
California is being sued over its "branding" of an initiative that seeks to put a parental notification policy on the November ballot, with a hearing scheduled for April 19.

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Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam threatens water supply of Colorado River system

— April 17th 2024 at 07:54
Plumbing issues at Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are causing concerns about future water delivery to southwestern states.

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California woman's mouth wired shut after random attack in ritzy waterfront LA neighborhood

By: Audrey Conklin — April 17th 2024 at 10:43
Mary Klein, one of two women who were brutally attacked in the Venice Canals neighborhood of Los Angeles on April 6, is speaking out about the horrific attack.

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Jerry Seinfeld's upcoming Netflix movie about Pop-Tarts to be featured in California's IndyCar race

— April 17th 2024 at 10:51
Jerry Seinfeld's upcoming Netflix comedy, "Unfrosted," is being promoted during this weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach. The film will be released on May 3.

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California Democrats 'mutilate' anti-trafficking bill targeting adults who pay for sex with minors

By: Jamie Joseph — April 17th 2024 at 17:01
California Democrats "mutilated" part of a bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill this week that makes it a felony for people to purchase sex with minors.

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California Christians Fight Back Against City Removing Cross

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 17th 2024 at 20:17

A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."

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California establishes nation's first drinking water limit in response to 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant

— April 18th 2024 at 06:17
California regulators have adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich."

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More than half the renters in LA worried about not being able to live there soon: report

By: Gabriel Hays — April 18th 2024 at 08:58
The Los Angeles Times reported this week on a study showing that most renters in L.A. are pessimistic about their economic futures in the city.

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California’s High-Speed Rail Project Far From Finished, but It Is Putting Money in Unions’ Coffers

By: Will Kessler — April 18th 2024 at 11:25

Democratic officials are throwing billions at California high-speed rail projects that have yet to be built, funding thousands of jobs specifically for union members.

Despite funding initially being approved by a referendum in 2008, the California High-Speed Rail project currently has less than a quarter of its expected length under construction and was initially supposed to have connected Los Angeles and San Francisco by 2020, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents 48 local unions and more than 150,000 members in California, boasted of the creation of 13,000 unionized construction jobs due to continued funding of California’s high-speed rail project.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority, in its community benefits agreement regarding the construction of the rail, lays out that it will exclusively bargain with union representatives for craft labor and that no employee will be required to join a union, but workers who are at the site for more than eight total days will be required to pay union dues.

The agreement outlines that union members will be the primary source of labor and that the local unions will be given the opportunity to refer employees for the job.

“The project has been a windfall for the union workers who’ve been on the job,” Kerry Jackson, William Clement fellow in California Reform at the Pacific Research Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “By some counts, as many as 13,000 have been hired. The California High-Speed Rail Authority itself even brags about the ‘steady union jobs that provide union wages and benefits’ they get. That’s not to mention the benefits the union bosses everywhere always enjoy when they have more dues-paying members supporting their salaries and perks.”

The Biden administration announced $3 billion in federal funds for the project in December to push along the first phase of the project connecting Merced, Fresno, and Bakersfield, adding to the $9 billion already appropriated by the state and the approximately $3.5 billion in grants given by the Obama administration.

The project has been estimated to need between $88 billion and $128 billion to be fully completed, and the rail authority told the Daily Caller News Foundation that it is aiming to be operational from Bakersfield to Merced between 2030 and 2033.

“Of course, project costs are affected by higher, nonmarket wages,” Jackson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “When you have so many workers making these wages over the years, it adds up. The unions are a force behind the rail and one of the reasons, if not the main one, that this project has not been halted even though it’s far behind schedule, way over initial cost projections, and looks like a failed enterprise.

“The community benefits agreement that serves as the Project Labor Agreement requires unions to be the primary source of all craft labor.”

The California High-Speed Rail Authority told the Daily Caller News Foundation that, so far, 22.5 miles in the Central Valley have reached substantial completion, but that efforts are underway to design stations and track systems, complete environmental reviews and procure trains.

“The project is very much happening and continuing to make progress with our commitment unwavering as we remain active and aggressive in moving the project forward while actively pursuing federal funding,” the authority told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Big News: Today, President Biden announced funding to build the first high-speed rail projects in our nation’s history.

These investments will get people and goods where they need to go more quickly, reduce emissions, increase passenger safety, and create good-paying union jobs. pic.twitter.com/zxR6SQawIw

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 9, 2023

“Even if we didn’t have the Project Labor Agreement, there would be prevailing wage and benefits on this project, both because of state requirements and federal funding requirements,” Anne-Marie Otey, communications and editorial director at the LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “So, they’d be there no matter what, so we might as well make the best of it. I think it is better for the workers when there’s also a union agreement on the project.”

Otey pointed to the Davis-Bacon Act, which is a federal law that requires the government to pay at least the local rate to workers when constructing public projects, as the reason why using union workers on the project would not raise labor costs.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that if the Davis-Bacon Act were repealed in 2020, it would have reduced government spending outlays by $10.7 billion by 2030.

“It’s benefiting workers,” Otey told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “And these workers are represented by unions, but no, we didn’t look at it as ‘What can we do for unions?’ We said, ‘What can we do for workers in the state?’ Especially again, in areas like the Central Valley, where they can’t just drive to San Francisco, Sacramento or L.A. for jobs, they live in the great heartland of our state.

“So, we wanted to figure out a way to keep them employed and keep them working at least somewhat near where they live. So, we think it’s a positive.”

Around $3 billion in federal funding was also announced in December for a high-speed railway between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Rancho Cucamonga, California, with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., claiming that 35,000 union jobs would be created as a result. The funding for the project comes from the $1.2 trillion in new spending that was approved by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021.

“We disagree that the California high-speed rail project has yet to make substantial progress,” a spokesperson for the California State Transportation Agency told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Quite the contrary. There are 119 miles currently under construction, with one construction package already substantially complete, and preconstruction work is underway to complete the initial 171-mile operating segment between Merced and Bakersfield. The nation’s first high-speed trains will be tested by the end of the decade, and we expect service to begin between 2030 and 2033.”

California is one of the more unionized states in the U.S., ranking sixth in terms of the share of workers in unions, exceeded only by five other blue states (Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Washington), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The share of California workers who were members of unions declined from 16.1% in 2022 to 15.4% in 2023.

The Biden administration’s push for high-speed rail funding in California is part of a larger national push for increased passenger rail access for Americans. President Joe Biden announced in November that $16.4 billion would be given to Amtrak, the national passenger railroad of the U.S., to fund 25 passenger rail projects along the East Coast.

“Although in California, public works projects are always union labor, so I think their biggest reason they like high-speed rail is that it’s just such a long-term project,” Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy at the California Policy Center, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The unions get behind these projects because they’re big. The other reason, though, that they get behind these projects is because these are projects that the environmentalist community won’t vehemently oppose. They ought to be building things that are more practical; they ought to be upgrading freeways. But the environmentalists want us on a road diet.”

Biden has also boasted of new train sets for the California rail project being all-electric, resulting in zero emissions and powered through renewable energy, according to a White House fact sheet.

The president claims that all of his proposed rail projects will create “tens of thousands” of union jobs. As of September, the state of California had spent more than $600 million on environmental reviews for the rail project, not including a 78-mile stretch out of 500 miles that had not yet been evaluated.

“The environmentalists are so powerful that the unions go, ‘Well, if we’re going to get our guys working, we’re going to have to play ball with the environmentalists,’” Ring told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “And so, the environmentalists will buy off on projects that really have no practical value. High-speed rail has no practical value in California. You could also argue that it has no environmental value, and I think you could argue that very convincingly.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request to comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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Driver stuck on Golden Gate Bridge during anti-Israel protest says he lost wages needed for brother's funeral

By: Gabriel Hays · Megan Myers — April 18th 2024 at 12:26
A Bay Area commuter trapped on the Golden Gate Bridge by pro-Palestinian protesters described being on the bridge for hours, calling it "such an inconvenience."

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California woman dies in fall down 140-foot cliff while hiking with husband, toddler in Arizona

By: Stephen Sorace — April 18th 2024 at 13:14
Zaynab Joseph, 40, died after falling 140 feet off a cliff while hiking Bear Mountain in Sedona, Arizona, with her husband and toddler, authorities said.

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Disneyland Performers File Petition to Form Labor Union

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — April 18th 2024 at 12:40

Performers who help bring Disney's beloved characters to life at its Southern California theme parks filed a petition Wednesday to form a labor union.

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Homicide suspect fatally shot by police outside San Francisco

— April 18th 2024 at 17:58
A man suspected in a Sacramento, California, homicide has been killed by police in Oakland after reportedly emerging from a home with a firearm.

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Skeletal remains of Marine captain found in 'unexpected' place

By: Andrea Vacchiano — April 18th 2024 at 18:13
A jawbone belonging to Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager, who died in 1951, was recently positively identified after a boy turned over his rock collection to authorities.

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California lawmakers advance bill creating genealogy office to determine reparations eligibility

By: Kristine Parks — April 18th 2024 at 20:00
California lawmakers advanced a bill that would create a genealogy office to determine who is eligible for the state's reparations benefits for African Americans.

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SI model leaving CA for TN due to homelessness, 'dirty' streets, taxes and more

By: Gabriele Regalbuto — April 19th 2024 at 05:30
Kristen Louelle Gaffney is uprooting her family from California to the South. One of the reasons is the state of the homeless crisis in California.

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California bill aims to ban no-pet policies, animal fees at rental housing properties

— April 19th 2024 at 05:55
A proposed California bill aims to ease the struggle of pet owners in finding rental housing by prohibiting no-pet policies and additional fees for pets.

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San Francisco Zoo to welcome pair of pandas from China, mayor says

— April 19th 2024 at 05:56
San Francisco is set to receive a pair of pandas from China, continuing the tradition of "panda diplomacy." Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan on Friday.

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3 Northern California officers charged with involuntary manslaughter of suspect pinned face-down on ground

— April 19th 2024 at 15:35
Three police officers from Northern California have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death Mario Gonzalez, who had been pinned face-down on the ground.

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Study: Democrat-Run California's Fast Food Prices Jumped Seven Percent Prior to $20 Minimum Wage

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — April 19th 2024 at 12:06

Fast food prices in California jumped during the six-month period before the Democrat-run state mandated a $20 minimum wage for the industry.

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California assemblywoman condemns 'temper tantrum' of anti-Israel protesters who shut down Golden Gate Bridge

By: Gabriel Hays · Megan Myers — April 19th 2024 at 19:00
California Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez called for the protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday to be punished to the "fullest extent of the law."

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USC removes outside commencement speakers after cancelling valedictorian's speech

By: Haley Chi-Sing — April 20th 2024 at 07:06
USC announced on Friday it would be canceling outside speakers during this year's commencement ceremony, just days after barring its valedictorian from speaking due to anti-Israel social media posts.

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National Park Week: 15 surprising facts about America's parks you may not know

By: Angelica Stabile — April 20th 2024 at 07:11
It's National Park Week, starting on Saturday, April 20. Check out these lesser-known, surprising and fun facts about America's amazing national parks.

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A battle over 100 words

By: William La Jeunesse — April 20th 2024 at 09:49
A California bill would require schools to notify parents if the child is changing genders and requires transgender athletes to use facilities marked with their birth gender.

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A battle over 100 words: Judge tentatively siding with California AG over students' gender identification

By: William La Jeunesse — April 20th 2024 at 10:39
A California bill would require schools to notify parents if the child is changing genders and requires transgender athletes to use facilities marked with their birth gender.

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Model Kristen Gaffney Leaving California After L.A. Mayor Asks Rich to Pay for Homeless Housing

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — April 20th 2024 at 06:40

Model Kristen Gaffney says she is leaving California for Tennessee after Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asked the wealthy to pay for housing for the homeless in the city.

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Sports Illustrated Model Kristen Gaffney Flees California for Nashville — 'Does Not Feel Safe Anymore'

By: Jeff Poor · Jeff Poor — April 20th 2024 at 08:33

Sports Illustrated model Kristen Louelle Gaffney said she no longer feels safe in California and is leaving for Nashville, TN, during an appearance on Friday's broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime."

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Olivia Dunne's LSU gymnastics team wins NCAA title: 'Best day ever'

By: Ryan Morik — April 20th 2024 at 20:21
Olivia Dunne and the LSU women's gymnastics team won their first NCAA national championship Saturday in Texas with some clutch performances.

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Homeless Los Angeles Man Constructs House on the Side of the Freeway

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 20th 2024 at 15:55

A homeless Los Angeles man has garnered attention for constructing a house, with a front door and electricity, on the side of the freeway.

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Former Hells Angels leader reveals why he left outlaw biker club: 'I don't miss going to prison'

By: Stephanie Nolasco — April 21st 2024 at 03:00
"Secrets of The Hells Angels" examines the history of the notorious biker club. It features new interviews with former chapter presidents, as well as law enforcement officials.

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California city OK's $1M per unit homeless housing project after audit found state wasted billions on crisis

By: Bradford Betz — April 21st 2024 at 13:20
The City of Santa Monica, California approved a multimillion-dollar apartment unit for the homeless days after an audit found the state could not account for $24B spent on homelessness.

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Mayor Bass' plan to have rich people fund homelessness program might just work: LA business leaders

By: Yael Halon — April 21st 2024 at 18:00
Business leaders are speaking out in support of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' plan to fix homeless through private donations from wealthy residents.

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Police: Suspect Arrested for Breaking into Los Angeles Mayor's Home

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 21st 2024 at 22:33

A suspect was arrested after allegedly breaking into the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass "through a window" on Sunday morning.

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Building starts on high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles area

— April 22nd 2024 at 05:26
Groundbreaking on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is scheduled to occur on Monday, officials said.

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Will California have a 'superbloom' this year? Here's what to know about the flower spectacle

— April 22nd 2024 at 06:17
Southern California and parts of Arizona are currently experiencing a stunning sight as carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers spread across the deserts.

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USC protests break out after anti-Israel valedictorian's commencement speech cancelled over safety concerns

By: Stepheny Price — April 22nd 2024 at 16:32
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the University of Southern California on Sunday in support of Class of 2024 valedictorian Asna Tabassum after her commencement speech was canceled, along with other outside commencement speakers.

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Gavin Newsom Proposes Law Allowing Arizonans to Get Abortions in California

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — April 22nd 2024 at 15:42

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be a "good neighbor" by allowing Arizonans to abort their babies in his state, he said during an appearance on MSNBC's Inside with Jen Psaki on Sunday.

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Chinese Americans turn on San Francisco Democrats over crime, education: WSJ

By: Lindsay Kornick — April 22nd 2024 at 20:21
Chinese Americans are being courted as a significant voting bloc that could turn against more progressive candidates ahead of upcoming elections in San Francisco.

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California announces first new state park in a decade, set to open this summer

— April 23rd 2024 at 05:39
California is set to open its first new state park in ten years. The park will be located near the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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California lawmakers rejects bill to restrict how utilities spend customers' money

— April 23rd 2024 at 10:07
California lawmakers rejected a bill that would have put restrictions on how utility companies can use customers' money following backlash to surging energy costs in the state.

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LA deputy shot in the back at traffic light, manhunt underway

By: Pilar Arias — April 23rd 2024 at 11:08
Investigators have little suspect information to go on as they search for the person who shot an LA motorcycle deputy who was stopped at a red light in West Covina, California.

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California May Hit Residents with Fixed Utility Rates in Push for 'Clean Energy'

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — April 23rd 2024 at 11:48

Residents of Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) California may soon be slapped with a fixed electricity charge in the state's push toward green energy.

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Fed up with traffic-blocking protests, California Dems back GOP bill to double fines

By: Gabriel Hays — April 23rd 2024 at 15:32
Several California Democrats have broken with leadership to support a GOP-authored bill that would double fines for protesters who block emergency vehicles while obstructing traffic.

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Santa Monica to Construct $1M Per Unit Apartment Building for Homeless

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 23rd 2024 at 13:37

Santa Monica approved construction for a $1M per unit apartment building for the homeless after an audit found the state lost $24 billion.

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Los Angeles authorities arrest suspect in shooting of deputy at traffic light

By: Pilar Arias · Andrea Vacchiano — April 23rd 2024 at 18:25
After a search for the person who shot an LA motorcycle deputy who was stopped at a red light in West Covina, California, authorities have arrested suspect Raymundo Duran.

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Thinking of moving? Your blue state may soon charge you an exit tax

By: Ted Jenkin — April 24th 2024 at 04:00
How does California solve its massive deficit problem and create a new tax scheme? They tax people and businesses who want to move from the state.

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Anti-Israel campus protests are spreading: California, Texas brace after activists overrun Columbia, Yale

By: Lawrence Richard — April 24th 2024 at 05:10
Activist groups inspired by anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, UC Berkeley, and Yale, are looking to lead their own resistance movements at schools in California, Texas and Maryland.

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California man falls 300 feet to death while hiking with wife along Oregon coast

By: Stephen Sorace — April 24th 2024 at 06:12
Richard Ehrhart, 69, had gotten separated from his wife when he fell hundreds of feet off a trail near Natural Bridge in Oregon and died on Sunday.

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Newsom ignoring California crises to promote himself in pro-abortion campaign, GOP lawmakers say

By: Jamie Joseph — April 24th 2024 at 08:29
California Republicans torched Gavin Newsom for his national abortion rights ad Monday while the state faces crises they say requires the Democrat governor's attention.

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LA mayor break-in suspect was 'targeting' Bass, Gascon says: 'He was looking for her'

By: Anders Hagstrom — April 24th 2024 at 09:07
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon says the man accused of breaking into the official mayoral residence did so specifically to target Mayor Karen Bass.

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LGBT couples at heightened risk from climate change, study from liberal law school claims

By: Jamie Joseph — April 24th 2024 at 13:06
Same-sex couples are more vulnerable to climate change hazards than straight couples in the U.S. are, according to a new UCLA study.

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California car dealership mistake ends with innocent driver held by police at gunpoint

By: Christina Coulter — April 24th 2024 at 13:27
Jamie Rodgers was arrested at gunpoint after a California car dealership lost his paperwork and reported his loaner vehicle stolen.

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Marine killed during 'routine military operation' at Camp Pendleton: USMC

By: Sarah Rumpf-Whitten — April 24th 2024 at 19:01
A Marine from a helicopter training squadron stationed at Camp Pendleton died Tuesday night, military officials confirmed.

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Anti-Israel agitators continue nationwide disruptions with escalations at USC, Harvard and Columbia

By: Andrea Vacchiano — April 24th 2024 at 20:56
University of Southern California, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin and Columbia University all had student riots on Wednesday, as anti-Israel hostility on college campuses grows.

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NASA re-establishes communication with Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft that went silent for months

By: Greg Wehner — April 24th 2024 at 20:50
NASA re-established communication with Voyager 1, an interstellar spacecraft that nearly five months ago began sending unreadable data back to the space agency.

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Democrat San Francisco mayor slammed for visiting China in 'pursuit of pandas' despite 'death spiral' at home

By: Stepheny Price — April 25th 2024 at 03:00
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is pushing to advance economic and cultural ties with China and bring pandas to the city's zoo, which is receiving some backlash.

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USC closes campus 'until further notice' following anti-Israel protest, 93 arrested for trespassing

By: Elizabeth Pritchett — April 25th 2024 at 05:13
The University of Southern California requested for Los Angeles police to arrest agitators in a large anti-Israel protest on campus for trespassing after they refused to leave the area.

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San Jose mayor's security guard assaulted during on-camera interview

By: Alexander Hall — April 25th 2024 at 05:30
During an interview during daylight in early Tuesday evening, a pedestrial appeared to instigate an altercation with the staff protecting San Jose's Mayor Matt Mahan.

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US senators demand answers on closure plan for California women's prison where inmates were sexually abused

— April 25th 2024 at 06:14
U.S. senators are demanding accountability for the rapid closure plan of a troubled women's prison in California where sexual abuse by guards was rampant.

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Teenage Daughter of Billionaire Slack Co-Founder Reported Missing in California

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — April 25th 2024 at 12:14

The daughter of billionaire Slack co-founder Steward Butterfield was reported missing on Monday in California.

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Top adviser to left-wing California DA charged with nearly a dozen felonies

By: Adam Shaw · Bill Melugin — April 25th 2024 at 14:00
California's attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a senior official in the LA County district attorney's office for allegedly accessing police officer files.

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Scott Peterson prosecutor asks judge to slam door on key to killer's latest appeal

By: Michael Ruiz — April 25th 2024 at 15:44
Scott Peterson's new appeal could be short lived if the judge agrees to prosecutors' request to deny new DNA testing for the convicted murderer.

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Apes spotted on horseback at San Francisco beach for 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' promotional shoot

By: Ashlyn Messier — April 25th 2024 at 15:53
The newest "Planet of the Apes" movie is on its way. Promotion for the film included three actors dressed as apes, riding horseback along a San Francisco beach.

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Judge rules feds didn't properly implement plan to restore Pacific sardine population

— April 25th 2024 at 17:31
Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi ruled Monday that a federal plan to rebuild the Pacific's sardine population was not properly implemented.

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USC sparks backlash for canceling main stage commencement ceremony: 'Caving to campus terrorists'

By: Joseph Wulfsohn — April 25th 2024 at 20:00
USC announced Thursday it is scrapping its main stage commencement ceremony for its 2024 graduates after its campus was shut down when anti-Israel protests erupted.

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WATCH: Massive fire breaks out on historic Southern California pier

By: Brie Stimson — April 25th 2024 at 20:44
A fire was raging at the end of the historic Oceanside Pier in San Diego's North County Thursday afternoon with flames visible for miles.

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Los Angeles suspect who 'targeted' mayor's house had troubled past, dad says

By: Audrey Conklin — April 26th 2024 at 03:00
Ephraim Hunter, the suspect charged with breaking into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' home on Sunday, had a heroin addiction and was living on "the streets," his father said.

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Rep. Schiff reportedly robbed in San Francisco, forced to attend ritzy campaign dinner with no suit to wear

By: Lawrence Richard — April 26th 2024 at 11:47
Senate candidate Rep. Adam Schiff was the victim of an apparent theft just hours before a ritzy campaign dinner in San Francisco, California.

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Teen rails against California's woke education system: A 'failure' for students and parents

By: Amy Nelson — April 26th 2024 at 08:30
California high school student Jordan Brace argued on "Fox News @ Night" that students' education should take priority over diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

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Adam Schiff's Luggage, Clothes Stolen in San Francisco

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — April 26th 2024 at 07:43

U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had his luggage stolen in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, leaving him without a suit as he addressed an audience that evening.

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Gavin Newsom Admits: California Still Faces Blackouts

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — April 26th 2024 at 07:49

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) admitted Thursday that the state still faces the risk of blackouts in heat waves despite investing in battery capacity to store electricity for use in times of peak demand.

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PHOTO — Police: California Driver Busted for Using 'Next Level' Mannequin in Carpool Lane

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — April 26th 2024 at 10:22

A driver in California was busted recently for employing a sneaky tactic to use the carpool lane, something others have tried before.

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Utah cat accidentally shipped in an Amazon return box, found 650 miles from home by warehouse worker

By: Brittany Kasko — April 26th 2024 at 15:28
A Utah cat hopped into an Amazon package and was accidentally shipped back to a warehouse in California. Six days later, Galena was found alive and well 650 miles from home.

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Ex-MLB star running for Senate goes to bat for plan to cut federal cash for schools allowing unrest

By: Jamie Joseph — April 26th 2024 at 16:01
Ex-MLB star and GOP Senate candidate Steve Garvey vows to hold Ivy League schools accountable for failing to protect Jewish students, threatening cuts to federal funding if elected.

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Iran Cheers on Antisemitic Protests on U.S. Campuses

By: John Hayward · John Hayward — April 26th 2024 at 14:57

Iranian officials and media express support for the vicious and violent antisemitic protests breaking out on American college campuses.

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California Teacher Pleads 'No Contest' to Sex with Middle Schooler in Locked Classroom

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 26th 2024 at 21:33

A California former middle school teacher has pleaded no contest to sexual abuse charges after being arrested last year for having sex with a 14-year-old boy in a locked classroom.

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Seaside city resisting state Dems' attempt to force it into 'submission' over voter ID law

By: Jamie Joseph — April 27th 2024 at 03:00
California officials are suing Huntington Beach for its voter ID law in what the city's conservative mayor says is "government overreach" by Sacramento.

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Orange County Register Mocks Failure of Gavin Newsom's Gun Control Amendment for U.S. Constitution

By: AWR Hawkins · AWR Hawkins — April 27th 2024 at 11:03

The Orange County Register's editorial board mocked Gavin Newsom's failed push for a gun control amendment to the Constitution. 

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'Remember This When You Vote': Los Angeles Boutique Publicly Shames Shoplifters, Blames Dems for Crime

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 27th 2024 at 17:40

A trendy Los Angeles boutique has garnered positive attention for the very public way it has decided to shame shoplifters.

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California crime reform gets 'unheard of' support from DAs, small businesses, progressive mayors

By: Brianna Herlihy — April 28th 2024 at 03:00
A "common sense" ballot initiative to reform California's Prop 47 has earned 900,000 signatures to make the November ballot, far surpassing the roughly 500,000 required signatures.

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Los Angeles County deputy dies following medical emergency at station, sheriff's department says

By: Landon Mion — April 28th 2024 at 04:41
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy was pronounced dead after he was unresponsive at a station Saturday afternoon, according to the sheriff's department.

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Hidden dangers lurking beneath Silicon Valley's tech revolution reveal insidious national security threat

By: Taylor Penley — April 28th 2024 at 06:00
Fox News' Bret Baier takes Fox Nation viewers into "The Unauthorized History of Silicon Valley" in a new five-part documentary that explores innovation and corruption in Big Tech.

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Will Supreme Court recognize right for homeless to camp in public?

By: Betsy McCaughey — April 28th 2024 at 09:00
In a Supreme Court showdown Monday over whether the homeless have a "right" to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea.

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California doctor was suffering delusions when he drove Tesla off cliff with family inside: psychologist

By: Stephen Sorace — April 28th 2024 at 09:54
Dharmesh Patel allegedly tried to kill his wife and two children by driving his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff in California in January 2023.

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7 stories of children who were kidnapped, survived their abductions and were reunited with their families

By: Ashlyn Messier — April 28th 2024 at 10:43
The stories of Elizabeth Smart, Jaycee Dugard, Alicia Kozakiewicz and more children who were kidnapped but survived and reunited with their loved ones.

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Newsom gets hilarious reality check after turning to public for new state coin design

By: Greg Wehner — April 28th 2024 at 19:58
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked his constituents for help in designing a $1 coin depicting innovation, but instead he received ideas showing problems under his leadership.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Proclaims April as Arab American Heritage Month

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 28th 2024 at 18:42

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued a proclamation on Saturday declaring April as Arab American Heritage Month.

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VIDEO: California Baby Bald Eagle Rescued After Falling Out of Nest

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 28th 2024 at 18:52

Multiple California agencies and wildlife experts convened for a noble cause on Saturday — rescuing a baby bald eagle who had fallen from its nest.

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California Lawmaker Introduces Bill Banning Excessive Homework: 'Homework Is Exhausting'

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 28th 2024 at 20:39

A lawmaker in California introduced a bill that would ban teachers from being able to assign students an excessive amount of homework.

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San Diego Zoo to welcome pair of giant pandas from China under conservation partnership

— April 29th 2024 at 06:25
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has announced that a pair of giant pandas will soon be transferred from China to the U.S. as part of a conservation partnership.

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California university reveals 'true cost' of anti-Israel mob that took over academic buildings

By: Lawrence Richard — April 29th 2024 at 11:39
Cal Poly Humboldt released a statement after days of unrest on the campus resulted in anti-Israel agitators taking over two academic buildings.

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High-profile Dems victimized by string of crimes still deny blue state in crisis

By: Jamie Joseph — April 29th 2024 at 14:25
Democrats remain divided on solutions to deter crime as a string of high-profile thefts and robbery attempts occurred in the last week of April.

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'Woke' California prosecutor 'ironically in charge of ethics' charged with felonies

By: Michael Ruiz — April 30th 2024 at 03:00
The No. 3 aide to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon faces 11 felony charges for allegedly spying on L.A. sheriff's deputies and misusing information.

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California's population has grown for the first time since 2019, according to governor's report

— April 30th 2024 at 11:35
The populous state of California has seen a major decline in population since 2019, but it is finally seeing the growth in the state's residential numbers according to a report.

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Video shows anti-Israel protesters block Jewish student from getting to class; UCLA responds

By: Greg Wehner — April 30th 2024 at 18:02
A Jewish student at UCLA was blocked by a group of anti-Israel students while he tried to walk toward the entrance of a building where his class was located.

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Immigration Turns California Population Loss Around

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 30th 2024 at 17:19

California reported seeing the largest increase in its population since 2020 due to immigration, after years of experiencing a decline.

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California college grad the 14th person to fall off 'serial killer' cliffs; family says death 'preventable'

By: Audrey Conklin — May 1st 2024 at 03:00
University of California Santa Barbara graduate Jacob Parker became the 14th person to fall to his death from cliffs along Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista April 20.

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Newsom, state officials silent on anti-Israel protests at UCLA

By: Landon Mion — May 1st 2024 at 04:06
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials have avoided commenting on the anti-Israel protests at universities in the state amid unrest at UCLA and Cal Berkeley.

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55 injured in Los Angeles after Metro train collides with bus

By: Greg Norman — May 1st 2024 at 06:27
A Los Angeles Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided in downtown Los Angeles, injuring dozens of people.

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UCLA falls to anarchy after students confront anti-Israeli encampment: 'Horrific acts of violence'

By: Lawrence Richard — May 1st 2024 at 07:41
The University of California, Los Angeles fell to anarchy overnight as protesters met with countrerprotesters in a massive brawl that included pepper spray.

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Cal Poly Humboldt forced to change commencement in wake of anti-Israel protests, unrest on campus

By: Lawrence Richard — May 1st 2024 at 17:29
Cal Poly Humboldt announced a change to its commencement later this month in the wake of anti-Israel demonstrations that resulted in the agitators occupying buildings.

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UCLA falls to anarchy after counterprotesters confront anti-Israeli encampment: 'Horrific acts of violence'

By: Lawrence Richard — May 1st 2024 at 10:30
The University of California, Los Angeles fell to anarchy overnight as protesters met with countrerprotesters in a massive brawl that included pepper spray.

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UCLA cancels class after riot police break up fight between anti-Israel protesters, opposition

By: Greg Norman — May 1st 2024 at 12:59
UCLA says law enforcement is stationed throughout campus to ‘help promote safety’

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California state officials condemn violent anti-Israel protests at UCLA

By: Landon Mion · Stepheny Price — May 1st 2024 at 15:41
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issues statement condemning anti-Israel unrest, violence at UCLA and other universities.

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Fire severely damages LA County fire station

— May 1st 2024 at 17:26
Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 164 in Huntington Park, California, has reportedly sustained severe damage from a Wednesday morning fire.

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California Democrat Wants to Restrict Expedited Airport Screening

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 1st 2024 at 12:40

California State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) is pushing a bill that would restrict expedited airport screening by for-profit companies such as Clear, which charges $189 per year to move passengers to the front of the TSA security line.

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Magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattles California's Inland Empire

— May 1st 2024 at 17:38
A small earthquake was felt across a wide swath of Southern California on Wednesday, centered between Riverside and Orange counties just outside Corona.

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Thousands of mysterious jellyfish-like creatures wash up on California shores

By: Andrea Vacchiano — May 1st 2024 at 19:27
Thousands and thousands of Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, have washed up on California beaches in recent weeks. Despite resembling jellyfish, velellas are a different species.

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Stanford University submits photo of encampment protester wearing Hamas headband to FBI

By: Louis Casiano — May 1st 2024 at 19:53
Stanford University officials gave a photo of someone wearing a Hamas headband on campus to the FBI, the school said this week.

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Gavin Newsom Condemns UCLA Encampment Violence -- Finally

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 1st 2024 at 16:16

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) condemned the recent violence at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on Wednesday -- six days after pro-Palestinian activists set up an illegal encampment, using force to keep others out.

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Police at UCLA arrest over 130 anti-Israel agitators, dismantle left-wing encampment

By: Danielle Wallace — May 2nd 2024 at 12:16
Police at UCLA faced off against anti-Israel agitators who constructed a fortified encampment on campus and hurled objects at officers.

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UCLA forced to move to remote learning amid antisemitic protests, encampment on campus

By: Lawrence Richard — May 2nd 2024 at 06:41
Administrators at University of California, Los Angeles, informed students that all classes would be held remotely amid an anti-Israel encampment on the campus.

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Italy has right to seize Greek bronze from Getty Museum, European court affirms

— May 2nd 2024 at 08:19
The ECHR rejected an appeal of its ruling that Italy has the right to reclaim a prized bronze statue, nicknamed the “Getty Bronze," by the Getty Museum in California.

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USC Protesters Use Barricades from Canceled Graduation for Encampment

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 2nd 2024 at 07:21

Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California (USC) took steel barricades destined for the university's main graduation ceremony and used them for their encampment.

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Biden condemns violent anti-Israel protests, won't call up National Guard

By: Greg Norman — May 2nd 2024 at 16:31
Biden has broken his silence Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation.

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What's the penalty for anti-Israel protesters? UCLA's warning includes 1 crucial word

By: Lawrence Richard — May 2nd 2024 at 11:47
What will happen to the anti-Israel agitators who were arrested Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles? UCLA's own warning includes a key detail.

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Biden expands 2 California national monuments in Pasadena and Sacramento

— May 2nd 2024 at 12:55
President Biden expanded two national monuments in California that are significant to Native Americans in the area. Critics say it unnecessarily conserves valuable resources.

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Newsom's 'failure' to 'do anything' to stop university violence slammed by lawmakers

By: Jamie Joseph — May 2nd 2024 at 17:54
California Republicans slam Gov. Gavin Newsom's UCLA riot response and consider cutting grants to universities that are tolerating violence.

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Captain gets 4 years for negligence in California dive boat fire that killed 34

— May 2nd 2024 at 17:55
Jerry Boylan, the captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off Santa Cruz Island in California in 2019, killing 34 people, has been sentenced to four years in prison.

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California Democrats vulnerable after Schiff, LA mayor victims of crime: 'If they’re not safe, who is?'

By: Lindsay Kornick — May 2nd 2024 at 19:00
The Los Angeles Times reported that some political strategists are concerned about vulnerable positions ahead of the upcoming election over the crime issue.

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Stanford Jewish students on taking photo of man with Hamas headband on campus: 'We were just in shock'

By: Louis Casiano · Julia Bonavita — May 3rd 2024 at 04:00
Two Jewish students at Stanford University voiced concerns after a man was able to wear a Hamas headband on the northern California campus.

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Black student erupts on anti-Israel 'White libs' for blocking path on campus: 'Cosplaying as the oppressed'

By: Hannah Grossman — May 3rd 2024 at 06:06
UCLA protesters who blocked a Black student's passage on campus through an anti-Israel encampment were accused of "cosplaying as the oppressed."

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California woman who avoided prison after stabbing boyfriend 108 times while high appealing light sentence

By: Michael Ruiz — May 3rd 2024 at 09:36
The California woman who avoided prison after slaughtering her lover in his apartment while high on pot says she's going to appeal her light sentence.

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Sea lion numbers surge at popular California pier, reaching 15-year high

— May 3rd 2024 at 12:30
San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. The sea lions first started appearing at Pier 39 after an earthquake in 1989.

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AP: California Voters Growing Skeptical of Months-Long Ballot Counting Process

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — May 3rd 2024 at 06:28

Most California residents vote by mail, and the nation's most populous state has gained a reputation for tallies that can drag on for weeks — and sometimes longer.

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Two Police Officers Shot, Wounded in Gun-Controlled California

By: AWR Hawkins · AWR Hawkins — May 3rd 2024 at 12:14

Two police officers were shot and wounded Thursday in the Saint Teresa neighborhood of San Jose, California. 

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WATCH: More Than 20 Illegal Immigrants Dock at California Marina, Vanish into Neighborhood

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — May 3rd 2024 at 16:23

More than 20 suspected illegal immigrants docked at an upscale southern California marina before jumping fences and escaping.

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UC Riverside Strikes Deal with Pro-Palestinian Mob, Violates California Anti-BDS Law

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 3rd 2024 at 20:42

UC Riverside gave in to the "encampment" and will consider divesting from Israel and boycotting Sabra hummus. But the deal violates California's anti-BDS law.

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California tuberculosis outbreak kills 1, infects 14 as officials declare health emergency

By: Michael Dorgan — May 4th 2024 at 06:35
A public health emergency has been announced in Long Beach, California after a deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) resulted in one person dying and nine people being hospitalized.

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Leo Terrell flames alma mater UCLA as 'national embarrassment' in wake of anti-Israel chaos on campus

By: Charles Creitz — May 4th 2024 at 09:08
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell told 'Life, Liberty & Levin' he is disgusted with his postgraduate alma mater, the University of California-Los Angeles.

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Long Beach Declares Public Health Emergency Due to 'Surprising' Tuberculosis Outbreak

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — May 4th 2024 at 11:14

Officials declared a local public health emergency on Thursday due to a tuberculosis outbreak in Long Beach, California.

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Laws protecting children from online porn are winning in some states as activists push nationwide solution

By: Jamie Joseph — May 5th 2024 at 03:00
Seventeen states, including Alabama and Georgia, have enacted porn ID laws, with momentum growing for national adoption to protect children online.

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University of California police union blasts UCLA admin for 'lack of response' to violence at campus protests

By: Landon Mion — May 5th 2024 at 03:48
The union representing officers at University of California schools is calling out UCLA administrators for the "lack of response" to violence that broke out at protests on campus.

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MEXICAN POLICE: Three Tourists Robbed, Killed at Baja California Beach

Authorities in Mexico are looking into the murder of three tourists on a remote beach in Baja California. The current theory points to a robbery gone wrong where the victims appear to have tried to resist.

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US Air Force Secretary Kendall flies in cockpit of plane controlled by AI

By: Greg Wehner — May 5th 2024 at 15:38
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall boarded the cockpit of an F-16 controlled by artificial intelligence on Friday, before the plane entered a dogfight with a human-controlled plane.

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Alaskan Cold Front Prompts Northern California 'Winter Weather Advisory' and Highway Closures

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — May 5th 2024 at 15:23

Temperature drops, rain, and snow from a cold front originating in the Gulf of Alaska started pummeling Northern California on Friday, prompting highway closures and "winter weather advisories" in the middle of spring.

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On this day in history, May 6, 1957, the last episode of hit sitcom 'I Love Lucy' airs

By: Christine Rousselle — May 5th 2024 at 23:02
The 181st episode of "I Love Lucy," titled "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue," aired on this day in history, May 6, 1957. The now-iconic TV sitcom ran for six seasons in its original run.

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2 bodies found in 'human-dug cave' in Los Angeles: officials

By: Landon Mion — May 6th 2024 at 02:56
Two bodies were found inside a "human-dug cave" in Los Angeles, California, Sunday morning. A "white powder substance" was also found inside the excavation.

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Gang-related shooting in Long Beach, California leaves at least 7 wounded, police say

By: Stephen Sorace — May 6th 2024 at 06:29
Police in Long Beach, California, are looking for at least two male suspects who authorities believe fired at a group of people, wounding at least seven.

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California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years

— May 6th 2024 at 19:00
California reported its first increase in groundwater supplies in years after downpours flooded the state's rivers; groundwater supplies are essential to growing much of the fresh produce in the U.S.

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Two Bodies Found in 'Human-Dug Cave' in Los Angeles Homeless Encampment

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — May 6th 2024 at 16:36

Two bodies and a white powder, later determined to contain fentanyl, were discovered in a "human-dug cave" in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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This red state is becoming an ‘expat’ community for families fleeing western liberal bastions

By: Hannah Ray Lambert — May 7th 2024 at 04:00
Idaho's population is growing, thanks to a surge of California, Washington and Oregon residents moving in. Here's what new Idaho residents say drove them out of their previous homes.

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Wife of California man accused of driving family off cliff wants to salvage their relationship: report

By: Audrey Conklin — May 7th 2024 at 10:17
California man Dharmesh Patel, accused of driving his family off a cliff, wants to receive mental health treatment instead of prison time, and his wife reportedly agrees.

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UCLA finally asks for FBI help — but to investigate pro-Israel supporters

By: Michael Dorgan — May 7th 2024 at 10:24
UCLA has reached out to the FBI as part of its investigation into a group of pro-Israel counter-protesters who allegedly attacked an anti-Israel campus encampment last week.

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Los Angeles bus driver fights back after female suspect attacks her over alleged fare dispute

By: Stephen Sorace — May 7th 2024 at 10:51
Video captured a Los Angeles bus driver defending herself and fighting back after a woman attacked her on Sunday over an alleged fare dispute.

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