Joel B. Pollak

The proverbial “good guy with gun” had not failed; he simply not had been present to stop the shooter, contrary to early reports.

Police on the scene during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday reportedly handcuffed a woman who wanted law enforcement to enter the building sooner, and used a Taser on a father who tried to pull his own son off a school bus.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) revealed Thursday that the gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde on Tuesday walked into the school through an unlocked door, and did not encounter any school police.

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano has published a column professing his shock that the mass shooter at a school in Uvalde, Texas, was Latino instead of a white supremacist, as he had presumed.

Former White House national security official Kash Patel said Thursday that the only tactic the defense had left in the Michael Sussmann trial was “jury nullification,” in which they would urge the jury to look past the evidence presented.

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has banned the word “chief” from job titles because of its connotations with Native American leadership and a fear of offending indigenous people.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) attacked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Republican-appointed federal judges on Wednesday, lashing out after Abbott said mental health is a factor in school shootings, and cited California’s failed gun laws.

Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is pumping money into advertisements to boost Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), the leading candidate of the Democratic establishment for mayor of Los Angeles, against an insurgency by businessman Rick Caruso.

Gasoline prices have reached $7 per gallon for some grades in some areas in San Francisco, as the Bay Area saw more record prices this week and the statewide average price — the nation’s highest — surpassed $6.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michael Moore ordered an internal review of the department’s SWAT team Tuesday after a member was caught on audio during a confrontation with an armed suspect wishing his colleagues “happy hunting.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) used the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday to attack Republicans over gun control, though violent crime and homicides have increased dramatically in the Golden State in recent years.

Nick Melvoin, a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board who is running for reelection, called for action against the “gun lobby” Tuesday after he voted to cut the L.A. School Police Department (LASPD) force in 2021.

Estimates by the State of California suggest that 32,000 automotive mechanics will lose their jobs by 2040 if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to eliminate gas-powered vehicles, and transition to an all-electric vehicle fleet, is implemented.

Teachers unions are the “biggest budget winner” in California’s projected $98 billion budget surplus, the Wall Street Journal reports, seeing funding for public schools rise even as enrollment has plummeted thanks to closures during the pandemic.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has branded his effort to expand abortion access in the state a “pro-life agenda,” even as he opposes the pro-life movement ahead of the imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in coming weeks.

The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, is to follow the lead of Cape Town and seek alternative power suppliers other than Eskom, the state-run electricity monopoly that has been gutted by overly aggressive affirmative action and mismanagement.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told the UK Guardian this week while in Europe that the U.S. backs a plan to rebuild war-torn Ukraine after Russia withdraws with a “Marshall Plan” that will involve billions of dollars in aid.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Michael Shellenberger told Breitbart News Sunday that an independent can unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in the November election by targeting bread-and-butter issues that Californians care about across parties.

California Democratic Party secretary Melahat Rafiei has resigned her state and national positions after being implicated in an ongoing probe of alleged bribery in negotiations between the city of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Angels over a stadium.

The State of California is about to begin removing the first of four dams on the Klamath River — despite an extreme drought and a looming electricity generation crisis — to improve habitat for migratory salmon and satisfy Native American groups.

Outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents are trying to rescue his nomination as U.S. ambassador to India, hiring a lobbying firm to convince Senators to confirm him, despite allegations he ignored sexual misconduct in his office.

As many as three donors to Hillary Clinton’s past presidential campaigns are members of the jury in the trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann in Washington, D.C., who faces the sole charge of lying to the FBI.

Hillary Clinton personally approved an effort to leak allegations that Donald Trump was colluding with Russia via Alfa Bank, later disproven.

President Joe Biden could have united the nation in grieving for the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo. Instead, he tried to exploit the occasion to divide us — again.

Author and broadcaster Bill O’Reilly told Breitbart News’ editor-in-chief Alex Marlow on Tuesday that President Joe Biden “cannot think” and “doesn’t know cause and effect.”

Former FBI general counsel James A. Baker testified Thursday that former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann told him that he was not working for a client when conveying claims Donald Trump was colluding with Russia.

Democratic Party mayors in Los Angeles and San Francisco who backed the “Defund the Police” movement during the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 are now scrambling to add more cops to the beat as their cities face major crime waves.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly approached the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, asking for transcripts of interviews that it can use in prosecutions, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Marc Elias, a key Democratic Party election attorney partly responsible for arranging the fraudulent “Russia dossier” in 2016, took the stand Wednesday in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann.

Rapper Snoop Dogg has broken with the Democratic Party establishment and endorsed billionaire businessman Rick Caruso for mayor in the June 7 race on Tuesday.

Left-wing challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner holds a commanding lead over incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) in the primary race for Oregon’s 5th congressional district, with over 60% of the vote as ballots continued to be tallied Wednesday.

Prosecutors alleged in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann on Tuesday that he fed a story to the FBI about alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia via Alfa Bank hoping to create an “October surprise.”

The man suspected of killing one congregant and wounding four others in a shooting Sunday at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Orange County, California, was a naturalized Chinese immigrant who allegedly acted out of hatred for Taiwan, officials said.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gloated Monday as the prosecution in his corruption trial asked the court for permission to amend its indictment against him when a key witness backtracked on his earlier testimony against him.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, facing an aggressive recall election petition drive, has backtracked on his policy of eliminating cash bail for defendants, announcing that he will allow prosecutors to request bail in some cases.

Saturday, May 14 marks the 74th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel on the secular calendar — and the fourth anniversary of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, which President Donald Trump recognized as Israel’s undivided capital.

Liberal, Democratic Party-aligned strategists, pollsters, and think tank experts spent six months coming up with the “ultra MAGA” label that President Joe Biden has begun to deploy against Republicans ahead of a difficult midterm election.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said goodbye on Friday, May 13, closing a curious run as the main voice of the Biden administration. She left Biden at a low point, suffering in the polls amidst inflation and shortages at home, and chaos abroad.

President Joe Biden’s administration has protested to the Israeli government over the alleged conduct of Israeli police during the funeral Friday of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot covering clashes earlier this week.

Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police during the funeral procession for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday in Jerusalem, causing police to react by rushing the procession. The casket nearly fell over during the resulting melée.