
Wednesday, the pair are likely to test the warmness of their relationship at the Congressional picnic, where Obama will be forced to personally address his relationship with Congress during his remarks.
by Charlie Spiering15 Jun 2015, 8:37 AM PST0

California Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) is facing a piranha-like feeding frenzy of criticism over comments she made at a pro-life banquet relating to drought and abortion policy, which were picked up by pro-abortion website RH Reality Check.
by Michelle Moons14 Jun 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

Border Patrol agents twice this week tracked down the illegal aliens that human smugglers on jet skis dropped on the shores of California beaches.
by Michelle Moons13 Jun 2015, 11:27 AM PST0

California election officials Wednesday released plans for new legislation with the stated aim of “provid[ing] greater flexibility and convenience” for voters, including voting by mail, in the hope that the changes will boost voter turnout.
by Michelle Moons12 Jun 2015, 3:45 AM PST0

Epic levels of sinking lands across California could hit new 50-year lows come summer without any concrete plans to stem the tide brought on by record drought and government regulatory strangleholds preventing free flow of above ground options.
by Michelle Moons6 Jun 2015, 4:14 PM PST0

A bipartisan coalition of former and current elected officials, together with fiscal accountability groups, revealed much-anticipated plans Thursday for the newest installment in statewide ballot initiative efforts to combat the crushing burden of public employee pensions in California. The measure is slated to face California voters in November 2016.
by Michelle Moons5 Jun 2015, 4:20 AM PST0

Amplifying AB 32, the Schwarzenegger-era cap-and-trade law, Democrat legislators in California are set to impose even more aggressive greenhouse gas reductions that would lower greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to 80% below 1990 levels by the year 2050.
by Michelle Moons4 Jun 2015, 5:45 AM PST0

California State Senators voted Tuesday to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21, by a vote of 26-8.
by Michelle Moons2 Jun 2015, 4:23 PM PST0

A teenage boy stole nearly $500 from two war veterans this Memorial Day weekend. Harvey Krasner, 90, and Gerry Geisler, 79, were raising money for veterans’ organizations in front of a Rancho Mirage, California, grocery store, when the incident occurred.
by Michael Lucchese28 May 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

In what observers of the U.S. Supreme Court are calling a surprise move, the court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that will have the justices deciding whether the Constitution requires only the counting of eligible voters when
by Jon Fleischman28 May 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

California is enjoying another year of budget surplus–and the state’s Democrats cannot wait to spend the spoils. Though Gov. Jerry Brown’s new plans call for spending an additional $7.5 billion more than originally budgeted–an increase that is larger than the entire budgets of some states–Democrats in the state legislature are predicting a $2.5 billion surplus in the year to come, and bickering over which of the state’s generous social welfare programs will benefit from the new cash.
by Joel B. Pollak27 May 2015, 5:53 AM PST0

It must be rainbows, butterflies and unicorns for Sacramento liberals, as California successfully defended its crown as America’s CEOs again named California the worst state to do business–for the eleventh straight year.
by Chriss W. Street27 May 2015, 4:30 AM PST0

California Democrats and Republicans may agree to raise the state’s gas tax in order to address the $59 billion the state needs for roadway maintenance.
by William Bigelow26 May 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

Early Friday morning, Border Patrol agents arrested a man as he attempted to illegally force his way into the United States over the southern border near the Calexico Port of Entry. Upon a records search, it was discovered that he was convicted of sex offenses in Utah and is a citizen of Mexico.
by Michelle Moons23 May 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

NBC News reports that the FBI has arrested two men in Southern California on terrorism-related charges, specifically a plan to hook up with ISIS in Syria.
by John Hayward22 May 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

In response to an anticipated ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona State Legislature vs. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which could very well strike down the creation of independent redistricting commissions in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, New Jersey and Washington State, two members of Congress from California, Repupblican Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa and Democrat Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach, yesterday introduced H.R. 2501, the Citizens’ Districts Preservation Act.
by Jon Fleischman22 May 2015, 4:57 AM PST0

Unsurprisingly, a new Field Poll survey in the heavily Democratic state indicates a majority of Californians still support President Barack Obama.
by William Bigelow21 May 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council passed a minimum wage law by a 14-to-1 vote margin that continually cranks-up wages for the next five years to $15 an hour. Meanwhile, employers are responding by investing in machines over people.
by Chriss W. Street19 May 2015, 2:15 PM PST0

In our society, the act of dying is treated respectfully as a private affair. This is because it is an emotionally difficult process for the living and often a painful one for the dying. As all of us can or will attest, dealing with death is difficult and in my own case the loss of my brother to a terminal illness brought these issues home.
by Doug Haaland19 May 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

CORONADO — When Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina called California’s drought “man-made” earlier this year, blaming mismanagement by the state’s liberal politicians, Democrats mocked her. The Washington Post’s fact-checker even gave her two “Pinocchios” for the claim. However, on Sunday the New York Times appeared to agree that the drought is man-made, at least in its impacts–and blamed former Gov. Pat Brown, father of current Gov. Jerry Brown.
by Joel B. Pollak17 May 2015, 5:47 AM PST0

Parents and kids showed up in droves at the California Democratic Convention Saturday for a protest against SB 277 and other legislation.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 7:09 PM PST0

ANAHEIM, California—Mention of 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been noticeably absent from California’s 2015 Democrat convention as the party faithful flocked to the Saturday speech from Senator Elizabeth Warren, considered by many a Clinton alternative.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

“Dam [thumbs up]… Train [thumbs down]… Governor, put our water before your train,” reads a billboard message erected by Fresno City Councilman Steve Brandau, revealed this week in California’s Central Valley.
by Michelle Moons14 May 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is adding two key campaign hires, in California and Michigan.
by Alex Swoyer11 May 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

In an internal memo dated April 29, 2015, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced the California Department of Education (CDE) was dropping the “Common Core” name, but keeping the Common Core system.
by Merrill Hope8 May 2015, 6:15 AM PST0