Category: Northern California

California Population Drops Below 39 Million as Residents Continue to Flee Paradise

Commentary The pace slowed, but people overall still are exiting California, according to the latest population report by the California Department of Finance. The decline of 138,400 people from 2021 to 2022 dropped the state’s population to 38,940,231, or -0.35 percent. Which put it below 39 million for the first time since 2015. The report…


Former California College Student Arrested in 3 Stabbings

DAVIS, Calif.—A 21-year-old who had been a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested for allegedly stabbing three people, including two fatally, and sending fear through the quiet college community, city police said. Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Thursday that Carlos Dominguez was taken into custody May 3 after…


Reparations Task Force Again Actually Hurts Black Californians

Commentary If America is going to survive—and, yes, its existence is not certain—we’re going to have to start uniting our people instead of dividing them. As I have written in previous Epoch Times articles, the California Reparations Task Force is doing the opposite. My articles are here, here, here, and here. That deleterious pattern was…


Latest LA Times ‘China Watch’ Propaganda Promotes PRC Economic Recovery

Commentary The Los Angeles Times continues to profit from slipping in an unedited Chinese propaganda sheet, “China Watch,” into its Sunday newspaper, as I reported last September in The Epoch Times. The L.A. Times China Watch “advertising supplement” is part of China Daily, which Wikipedia identifies as “an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese…


California’s Cannabis Market Crashes, Northern Counties Brace for Impact

California’s cannabis industry is in a free-fall, with some municipalities in the northern part of the state making plans for significantly reduced tax revenues as a result of a collapse in wholesale prices. Once selling for more than $4,000 per pound, bulk buyers are now shopping in the $300 to $500 range for fresh harvests,…


California Bill Creating Information Campaign for Pregnancy Clinics Moves Forward

The California State Assembly Health Committee approved a bill  11–4 on April 25  that would create a public awareness campaign about the services provided by pregnancy centers. According to the bill’s author Pilar Schiavo (D-Santa Clarita), it intends to expose “fake” crisis pregnancy centers by informing the public about the services they provide. Schiavo claims…


San Francisco Prosecutors Will Not Pursue Charges Against Walgreens Security Guard in Fatal Shooting

The San Francisco District Attorney has announced that murder charges will not be filed against a Walgreens security guard in a fatal shooting that happened at a downtown San Francisco Walgreens. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Twitter on the evening of May 1: “The killing of Banko Brown was a tragedy & my heart…


California Legislators Advance Bill to Raise Teacher, School Staff Pay by 50 Percent

California legislators advanced a bill May 1 that would give teachers and other school staff a 50 percent pay raise by 2030 amid the state’s ongoing teacher shortage. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) said he introduced the bill—AB 938—to not only retain current teachers but to also attract more young people to the profession, which has…


California State Senator, Congressional Candidate Arrested for Drunk Driving

California State Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat from Irvine, was arrested for driving under the influence in Sacramento on May 2 and released the next morning. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) confirmed Min’s arrest to The Epoch Times. According to the CHP’s report, officers stopped Min’s Toyota Camry at 10:51 p.m. for not having headlights…


7 California Cities on List of Top 10 for Priciest Real Estate

California is home to seven of the top 10 most expensive ZIP codes in the United States, according to a list compiled by Home Bay real estate company. “What the most expensive ZIP codes highlight is just how dire the cost of purchasing a home can become,” the company said in a statement. “They also…