Category: Southern California

How to Reverse Course in California

Commentary It’s common knowledge that more people are waving goodbye to California than folks who are arriving in the once Golden State. For some, California is peachy keen just as it is. It has pleasant weather, many sights to see, and an array of career opportunities. However, it also has droughts, earthquakes, and fires to…


Orange County Jobs Increasing, Home Prices Declining: Cal State Fullerton Study

Jobs are on the rise in Orange County, California, while home prices are headed in the other direction, according to the recent Spring Economics Forecast released by the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting at California State University–Fullerton. “In some cases, the actual data itself seem to spew a mixture of confusing narratives,” the…


Orange County Sheriff’s Department Increase Patrol to Highlight Motorcycle Safety

A higher number of Orange County Sheriff deputies were scheduled to be on patrol June 6 to catch traffic violations made by motorcyclists and cars which could lead to more motorcycle-related crashes in the Southern California county. A June 4 press release from the county sheriff’s office reported the increase in patrols would occur in…


Orange County Sheriff’s Department Increases Patrol to Highlight Motorcycle Safety

A higher number of Orange County Sheriff deputies were scheduled to be on patrol June 6 to catch traffic violations made by motorcyclists and cars which could lead to more motorcycle-related crashes in the Southern California county. A June 4 press release from the county sheriff’s office reported the increase in patrols would occur in…


DHS Faces Backlash Over App Used to Grant Would-Be Illegal Immigrants Entry to US

Critics have accused the Biden administration of downplaying the number of potential illegal immigrants that could enter the United States under two separate programs used to grant “humanitarian parole” to applicants who use a mobile phone app to book appointments at U.S. ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the direction of…


California Spending Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on K–12 Education Without Getting Results: Experts

In recent years, California has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on K–12 education, and the governor’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year maintains such numbers—but despite the state’s high education spending, reports show that its children are still struggling academically. The state’s funding reached a record-high $110.6 billion for the 2021–22 fiscal year and…


California Spends Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on K–12 Education Without Getting Results: Experts

California’s public school children continue to struggle academically, reports show, even as the state has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on K–12 education in recent years, and the governor’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year maintains such numbers. State funding reached a record-high $110.6 billion for the 2021–22 fiscal year and $110.4 billion for the…


When Do Political Campaign Donations Between Politicians Become Controversial?

Commentary An Orange County Register article recently reported that House of Representatives member Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) donated $275,000 to the GOP campaign organization, as well as $2,000 each to 18 fellow Republicans. One of the beneficiaries of that $2,000 was Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), who represents the 45th Congressional District here in Southern California. The…


Santa Monica Residents Push Backs Against Outdoor Needle Distribution Site

Some residents in Santa Monica, an idyllic beach town in Southern California, are pushing for an outdoor county-operated program, which distributes clean syringes weekly to homeless drug users near the city’s parks, to be moved indoors to a county-owned facility. The “overdose prevention program”—which is overseen by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s…


Santa Monica Residents Push Back Against Outdoor Needle Distribution Site for Homeless

Some residents in Santa Monica, an idyllic beach town in Southern California, are pushing for an outdoor county-operated program, which distributes clean syringes weekly to homeless drug users near the city’s parks, to be moved indoors to a county-owned facility. The “overdose prevention program”—which is overseen by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s…