
After more than a week of protests by local residents in Murrieta against transfers of illegal aliens caught in Texas to a local U.S. Border Patrol facility, the federal government has called off future transfers to the area–for now. Late Wednesday,
by Joel B. Pollak10 Jul 2014, 5:41 AM PST0

The terrorist group Hamas claimed late Wednesday that it attempted to target Israel’s nuclear reactor in the desert town of Dimona by firing three long-range M-75 rockets at the facility. One of the rockets was destroyed in mid-flight by Israel’s
by Joel B. Pollak10 Jul 2014, 4:25 AM PST0

Operation Protective Edge may look like its predecessors–Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012–in that it is a response to Palestinian terrorism launched from Gaza against Israeli civilians. The previous two rounds of the conflict
by Joel B. Pollak9 Jul 2014, 5:43 AM PST0

PORT HUENEME — Over 100 pro-amnesty activists from Southern California traveled to Naval Base Ventura County on Tuesday to stage a demonstration outside the gates to demand “humane treatment” for illegal aliens who have been transferred there from Texas by
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jul 2014, 1:07 PM PST0

Steve Roberts, a resident of suburban Santee, CA in San Diego County, says that the owners of his apartment complex are preventing him from displaying the American flag inside his home. The flag, which is hung in his front window,
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jul 2014, 11:48 AM PST0

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted a photograph of Hamas firing a rocket at Israel from within a civilian area of the Gaza Strip, accusing the terror group of using “human shields,” as it has done in previous conflicts. #EXPOSED:
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jul 2014, 6:18 AM PST0

As Israel undertakes Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, questions linger about the strategic objective. Is it just to stop and deter Hamas rocket fire against Israeli civilians? Or is it to invade and reoccupy the Gaza Strip, with the aim
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jul 2014, 6:02 AM PST0

Barely a week after San Diego’s Sea World amusement ride lost power, trapping four dozen people in midair for hours, another Southern California amusement park has suffered a harrowing midair accident. The Ninja roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain
by Joel B. Pollak7 Jul 2014, 10:12 PM PST0

The “Tequila Party,” a Latino group formed in opposition to the Tea Party, wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director James Comey on Monday to request that the Tea Party and several officials be investigated for their role
by Joel B. Pollak7 Jul 2014, 11:33 AM PST0

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook southern California on Saturday morning, striking near the mountain community of Big Bear. There were no reports of major damage or injuries, though the quake did trigger a small rockslide, KTLA
by Joel B. Pollak6 Jul 2014, 5:21 AM PST0

President Barack Obama is fond of describing the deep inequality afflicting American society. And then he goes off to play golf. He’s getting near the 200-round mark for his entire presidency, a sporting feat perhaps worthy of Teddy Roosevelt for
by Joel B. Pollak4 Jul 2014, 8:31 AM PST0

Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee, published an article Thursday in which he pointed out state Democrats’ habit of blocking Republican bills in Sacramento–only to introduce the same bills under their own sponsorship and claiming credit for the ideas.
by Joel B. Pollak4 Jul 2014, 6:13 AM PST0

The Sacramento family of the Palestinian boy allegedly killed in revenge for the killing of three Israeli teens by Palestinians is mourning their lost cousin–and staging protests against the Israeli government. Earlier in the week, the Los Angeles-based aunt of one
by Joel B. Pollak4 Jul 2014, 6:08 AM PST0

On Thursday morning’s edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, NBC News White House Correspondent Chuck Todd predicted that California Gov. Jerry Brown would be the “most likely” to challenge frontrunner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 presidential
by Joel B. Pollak3 Jul 2014, 9:15 AM PST0

A town hall in Murrieta, CA on Wednesday evening erupted into anger at the federal government over its failure to enforce immigration laws, as counter-demonstrators outside showed support for the illegal aliens–many of them women and children–being transported to the
by Joel B. Pollak3 Jul 2014, 6:04 AM PST0

NBC News’ Miguel Almaguer reported Wednesday evening that the protests in Murrieta, CA that turned back three Border Patrol buses filled with illegal aliens who were being transferred from Texas were filled with “hatred,” at least in the eyes of
by Joel B. Pollak3 Jul 2014, 5:53 AM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak2 Jul 2014, 10:38 AM PST0

The kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach has put an end to Palestinian statehood as a viable diplomatic option in the foreseeable future, regardless of the insistence by the Obama administration that negotiations will
by Joel B. Pollak2 Jul 2014, 7:31 AM PST0

A Stockton, CA charity booth selling Fourth of July fireworks to benefit the blind was targeted by fraudsters who passed it hundreds of dollars in counterfeit bills on Sunday. They handed the workers fake $100 and $50 bills and pocketed
by Joel B. Pollak2 Jul 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

Demonstrators in Murrieta, CA have confronted and turned away three busloads of about 100 illegal aliens, many of whom are woman and unaccompanied minors rounded up by U.S. Border Patrol in Texas and flown to California, according to KPBS, wire services
by Joel B. Pollak1 Jul 2014, 10:25 PM PST0

Though the far-left has long believed that Israel pushed the U.S. into war in Iraq, the fact is that Israel has kept a safe (albeit supportive) distance from American policy there–until now. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly endorsed Kurdish
by Joel B. Pollak1 Jul 2014, 7:03 AM PST0

In addition to handing down landmark decisions on religious freedom and public sector unions, the Supreme Court announced cases that it will not be hearing. Only a small percentage of appeals to the Supreme Court are ever taken up, and this
by Joel B. Pollak1 Jul 2014, 6:39 AM PST0

Planned Parenthood, the women’s reproductive heath organization that also provides abortions, has reassured Californians that the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling Monday in the Hobby Lobby case does not apply to the Golden State. Beth Parker, chief counsel for the organization, told
by Joel B. Pollak1 Jul 2014, 6:08 AM PST0

Thousands of rabbis and well-wishers flooded Brooklyn Monday and Tuesday to observe the 20th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Lubaivch Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, which is ubiquitous on college campuses and far-flung
by Joel B. Pollak1 Jul 2014, 5:54 AM PST0

Sandra Fluke, whose campaign for free contraception elevated her to national prominence while she was still a law student at Georgetown University, denounced to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case: “A woman’s boss should
by Joel B. Pollak30 Jun 2014, 11:20 AM PST0