Northern California’s Yurok Tribe will work with the U.S. Marshals Service as a pilot location for the agency’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, according to a Feb. 21 press release by the U.S. Marshals Service. The Initiative is in accordance with the agency’s plans to “develop tribally-led collaborative partnerships to proactively examine public safety…
US Marshals Service Partners With Yurok Tribe for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative
Newsom’s Plan to Cap Oil Profits in California Faces Bipartisan Skepticism
February 27, 2023
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Californians might have to choose between higher gas prices or scaling back its climate agenda, state regulators told legislators last week at a special state Senate hearing on a proposed oil industry windfall profits penalty. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the special session of the Legislature Feb. 22 to consider imposing penalties on oil companies to…
California Could Face $7 Billion Higher Budget Deficit Than First Forecast
February 27, 2023
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As revenues continue to fall, California may face a $7 billion higher budget deficit than the governor forecast in January, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. “Although the Governor’s budget revenue estimates are reasonable, they are likely a bit too high,” according to Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek’s 2023–24 Multiyear Assessment report issued Feb. 15….
2nd Suspect in Goshen Family’s ‘Cartel-Style’ Massacre Pleads Not Guilty
February 27, 2023
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A second suspect pleaded not guilty last week to multiple murder and illegal gun charges in what the county sheriff called a “cartel-like” slaying of multiple family members Jan. 16 in the small central California area of Goshen. Angel “Nanu” Uriarte, of Goshen, and Noah Beard, 25, of Visalia were arrested Feb. 3. Beard pleaded…
New Bills to Afflict Californians
February 27, 2023
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Commentary The California Legislature seems determined to drive out even more residents by erecting “a multitude of New Offices” and sending “hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance,” to quote one of the Declaration of Independence’s charges against King George III, tyrant. Before the Feb. 17 deadline to submit…
Michigan Power Crews Work, California Recovers After Storms
Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day in the dark on Sunday as crews continued working to restore power to more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit metropolitan area following last week’s ice storm. Leah Thomas, whose home north of Detroit in the suburb of Beverly Hills lost power Wednesday night, was…
California Faces More Wind, Snow in Multistate Storm
February 25, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A powerful winter storm that lashed California with heavy rain and frigid temperatures shifted its focus Saturday to wind and heavy snow, although forecasters said the risk of life-threatening flash floods in the Los Angeles area has passed. The National Weather Service said blizzard conditions were expected at higher elevations, with wind gusts of…
Los Angeles Area Still Blanketed by Snow in Rare Heavy Storm
February 25, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said it was one of the strongest storms to ever hit southwest…
Watchdog Group Accuses California’s First Lady of Profiting by Showing ‘Gender Justice’ Films to Schoolchildren
February 25, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom, has been criticized for allegedly making a profit by screening her “gender justice” films to public school children. The scrutiny comes from a nonpartisan government watchdog group called Open the Books, which claimed that “Siebel Newsom spent years laying the ideological groundwork and political…
California Legislative Analyst Discovers ‘Seiler’s Law’ on Budget Spending Limit
February 24, 2023
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Commentary Back in 2003, I was perusing some state budget documents and found an interesting correlation. When state general-fund spending rose above 6.2 percent of the income of Californians, inevitably the state would run deficits, get into budget trouble, and end up having to make sharp budget cuts and tax increases. The data came from…
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