California’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Monday against the owner and developer of several state-funded homeless housing projects, including the stalled conversion of the former Quality Inn & Suites in Thousand Oaks. The lawsuit also names the city of Thousand Oaks as a defendant. Shangri-La Industries owns seven motels in California that are supposed to […]
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber is resisting pressure from within the Democratic party to remove Donald Trump from the March statewide primary ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — arguing that, unlike the former Republican president, she feels obligated to follow the law. Weber said she […]
Despite setbacks in Colorado and Maine, former President Donald Trump will appear on California’s primary ballot in his bid to reclaim the White House. The Republican frontrunner was included on the certified list of candidates released late Thursday by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber. Weber faced political pressure to reject Trump’s candidacy, including from […]
At least eight people were injured when a massive, unexpected wave crashed over a sea wall and through a crowd of people at Ventura Beach, California, on December 28, according to local authorities. The incident happened as huge swells were wreaking havoc along California’s coastline, prompting widespread warnings of dangerous surf, life-threatening rip currents, and […]
By Nathan Frandino HALF MOON BAY, California (Reuters) – At the famous Mavericks Beach surf spot, big waves thundering into the California coastline on Thursday attracted surfers and spectators alike to the legendary break 25 miles south of San Francisco. Waves were forecast to reach as high as 30 to 40-feet (9 to 12 meters) […]
A new California law will require that most food-service workers get paid at least $20 per hour starting next year. But hundreds of pizza delivery drivers in the Los Angeles area are about to discover Thomas Sowell’s famous adage that the true minimum wage is zero. Pizza Hut announced Wednesday that it would lay off […]
For the first time, this year advocates seeking reparations for the harms inflicted on Black people during centuries of slavery in America saw a movement for redress that elicits hope. Many municipalities either started or are forming commissions to address compensation to the descendants of enslaved Africans. California has made the most zealous effort. The […]
Coronavirus transmission is once again spiking in California entering the winter holiday season — and a new subvariant may be partly to blame, officials say. This latest subvariant, JN.1, is now estimated to account for roughly 44% of COVID-19 cases nationally, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]
California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis asked the state’s top election official Wednesday to explore “every legal option” to remove former President Donald Trump from the Golden State’s primary ballot. The request comes a day after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump doesn’t qualify for its primary ballot. The court argued Trump participated in an insurrection […]
For nearly five years, California reigned supreme in the U.S. House of Representatives, with the speaker’s gavel passing uninterrupted across party lines from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield). The nation’s most populous state enjoyed years of strength in Washington, where long-serving Californians held plum committee assignments, wielded vast influence and […]