Blue State Blues: California’s Insurance Debacle and Gavin Newsom’s Future
California should be heaven on earth, but is en route to becoming the proverbial hell on a road paved with good intentions.

California should be heaven on earth, but is en route to becoming the proverbial hell on a road paved with good intentions.
In a dramatic standoff between tech giants and the news industry, Mark Zuckerberg hasthreatened to block all news articles in California from Facebook and Instagram if a proposed bill, known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, is passed.
The beachfront community of La Jolla, one of the wealthiest and most spectacular areas of San Diego, wants to secede from the city as a whole, citing incompatible spending priorities and a desire for greater self-governance.
The California State Legislature will soon honor the anti-Catholic drag queen group “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” amid backlash.
Hundreds of Oakland, California, residents demanded the city take action on the rising crime rates during a Tuesday community safety meeting with local officials at Oakland Technical High School, with one resident saying they are the “victims of a failed progressive utopia.”
A Maltese mix with just three teeth warded off two coyotes that attacked his fur brother Harley.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)’s tour of the state cost taxpayers five times more than a traditional “State of the State,” according to a new report by public affairs blog CalMatters.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is pushing back against reports of a retail “collapse” in the city’s downtown, saying that the departure of many high-end stores is the result of “changes to retail” in the economy in general.
A California man’s compassionate heart saved the day when he found himself in a desperate situation on May 22.
Former President Donald Trump has taken a double-digit lead among California Republicans in the 2024 GOP primary race, a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey found.
Experts are wrestling with the difficult question of what to do with vacant skyscrapers and commercial real estate in downtown San Francisco, with one suggesting empty buildings could be converted to “waterslides.”
California Democrats, ostensibly “pro-choice,” want to restrict the choices provided by anti-abortion pregnancy crisis centers but have not succeeded in regulating them out of existence, despite many efforts to do so.
A trio of furry raccoons were spotted living their best life Friday in Huntington Beach, California.
California residents can no longer submit applications for home and business insurance to State Farm.
Citizens protesting transgender athletes in girls’ sports were reportedly ushered out of a state high school event on Saturday in California.
A newly released cache of FBI files has revealed a potential plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California.
Five family generations and 96 years later, an overdue library book is finally returned to a California public library.
A group of parents in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, is planning to keep their children home from school on June 2 because of a planned school assembly to observe LGBTQ+ Pride month.
California faces a $32 billion deficit, but at least it may regulate Skittles. The state is losing to Florida, but Newsom has his priorities.
Newsom accused the CEO of Target of “selling out the LGBTQ+ community” by removing certain “pride” themed items associated with the satanist designer.
The California Assembly passed a bill last week which would ban five allegedly toxic chemicals commonly found in candies like PEZ, Skittles, and Hot Tamales.
In a shocking incident, a Tesla Model Y spontaneously caught fire on a California highway, leaving the owner, Bishal Malla, scrambling for answers from a largely unresponsive customer service team. Incredibly, Elon Musk’s Tesla asked him to bring the charred ruin left after a battery fire into a company service center. The owner responded, “How in the world am I going to do that?”
Lake Tulare, a lake that dried up in the last century due to water diversion projects, has returned due to heavy winter rain and snow, and now exceeds 160 square miles in area, making it almost as large as Lake Tahoe.
Another biological boy has claimed a spot in California’s high school track and field championships, according to reports.
A man was killed Thursday evening when he was hit by a car after helping ducks cross a street in Rocklin, California, and witnesses are in disbelief.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who is a leading candidate to replace ailing Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California, called Sunday to pack the Supreme Court by adding new seats and filling them with liberal justices.
A female high school runner let her frustrations be known on Saturday, as she gave a big thumbs down following her loss to a trans athlete. A loss that resulted in her exclusion from the state championships. In a video
An educator once dubbed “Teacher of the Year” is accused of having sex with a teenage student in Yucaipa, California.
Celebrity entrepeneur Jay-Z and his superstar wife Beyoncé — known for their support of left-wing politicians like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden — are taking possession of the most expensive home in California history with their purchase of a new Malibu palace.
A Florida man speaking during a Tampa City Council meeting on Thursday demanded reparations at $3 million per citizen.
At just 12 years-old, Clovis Hung has earned five associate degrees from Fullerton College in California.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed legislation Friday containing a red flag law and universal background checks, both of which are already in place in California and are failing to stop mass shootings.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) praised The Walt Disney Co.’s decision to abandon a $1 billion complex to be constructed in Florida, calling the move a “victory” for California.
Former Twitter employees are suing Elon Musk and his new holding company for Twitter, X. Corp, over allegations including fraud and breach of contract related to claims of unpaid severance. But some of the most interesting revelations from the lawsuit are the exposure of Musk’s attitude towards paying rent for the company’s buildings. Musk reportedly said in one conversation that he would pay rent “over his dead body.” His lawyer later claimed that charging rent in “derelict zombie apocalypse” San Francisco is unreasonable.
California officials have agreed to pay $1.4 million to a handful of churches that challenged the state’s mandate for health insurance plans to include coverage for abortions.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who recently returned to work after a months-long absence, reportedly had “several complications,” many of which have not been publicly disclosed, after she returned home from being hospitalized for shingles.
Activists are demanding reparations for land in the Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles that currently sits under Dodger Stadium, part of a broader movement across California that has focused thus far on African Americans.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) reacted to California facing a budget deficit by criticizing the “mistake” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made of “handing out checks well past COVID” and noted
Strippers at the Star Garden topless bar in North Hollywood, California, have formed a union after more than a year of wrangling with management.
The California state legislature is considering a bill that would grant unemployed workers who are illegally in the country access to unemployment benefits — even though the state is running a massive budget deficit.