Category: Northern California

California’s Business Climate the Most Difficult to Navigate: Chipotle CEO

Running a business in California is more difficult than in others due to the high cost of living, labor relations, and stricter regulations, according to Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol. “Unfortunately, it’s getting harder versus being easier,” he told Bloomberg on May 4. “We have tremendous business in California. I wish it wasn’t as hard as…


Concentration of Power in California Committee Chairs is Anti-Democratic: Lawmakers

Rule changes made in 2019 giving the chair of California Assembly committees power to vet bills and prevent them from being heard by the legislature is a danger to the legislative process, according to state lawmakers. “It’s anti-democratic,” Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) told The Epoch Times. “If not all the bills are really getting…


Protesters Confront Doctors for Using Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones on Minors

A crowd of more than 50 people protested outside the annual conference of the Pediatric Endocrine Society in San Diego this weekend over the organization’s “gender-affirming” policies and use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children. The demonstrators marched peacefully on the sidewalks bordering the Sheraton Hotel & Marina, carrying signs and shouting “biology…


Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Parade in San Francisco to Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

SAN FRANCISCO—Approximately 400 Falun Dafa practitioners participated in a grand parade in San Francisco on May 6, celebrating the upcoming World Falun Dafa Day on May 13. May 13 is the anniversary of the day the Chinese spiritual practice Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was introduced to the public in 1992. It is…


Girl, 17, Killed in California Party Shooting That Wounds 5

CHICO, Calif.—A 17-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a party near a college campus in Northern California, police said. Officers responding around 3:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire found six people shot at an apartment building in Chico, police Chief Billy Aldridge said. All the…


Former College Student Pleads Not Guilty to California Murder Charges

DAVIS, Calif.—A 21-year-old former university student on Friday pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one of attempted murder in connection with a series of stabbings in the college community of Davis. Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel Wolk also denied bail to Carlos Dominguez, citing the risk to public safety and the…


With a Secure Border, No One Would Worry About the End of Title 42

Commentary In a recent op-ed for the Orange County Register, Congressional Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) praised the fact that President Joe Biden is going to overturn Title 42, which was reactivated in 2020 by President Donald Trump during the pandemic. Trump reinforced the mandate in an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19 into the…


With a Secure Border, We Wouldn’t Have to Worry About the End of Title 42

Commentary In a recent op-ed for the Orange County Register, Congressional Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) praised the fact that President Joe Biden is going to overturn Title 42, which was reactivated in 2020 by President Donald Trump during the pandemic. Trump reinforced the mandate in an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19 into the…


UC Berkeley Professor Apologizes for False Indigenous Identity

SAN FRANCISCO—An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years apologized this week for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person” who lived an identity based on family lore. Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor of environmental science, policy and management, said in an…


California Defaults on $18.6 Billion Debt, Now Businesses Have to Pay

California borrowed approximately $20 billion from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits during the pandemic, and with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent decision to not pay it back, employers are now saddled with the expense, according to experts. “The state should have taken care of the loans with the COVID money it received from the…