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San Francisco Introduces Income-Based Traffic Fines; The More You Earn, The More You Pay

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on April 07, 2025 41 Comments

For those exceeding 100 miles per hour, the fines rise significantly: $500 for standard-income drivers, $250 for low-income individuals, and $100 for public assistance recipients....

Some Colleges in California Can’t Allow Professors to Show Images of Native American ‘Cultural Items’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2025 11 Comments

"the moratorium was implemented at the request of and out of respect for the district’s tribal partners"...

Fresno State Lecturer Under Fire for Social Media Posts Wishing for Death of Trump and Musk

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 05, 2025 2 Comments

“And take Musk and the rest of the Nazi (Republican) party members with you too!”...

CA Gov. Newsom Tries End-Run Around Trump Tariffs by Seeking Special Foreign Trade Deals for State

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 05, 2025 24 Comments

Elections have consequences, and equity-in-tariffs is something Trump robustly campaigned for....

UC-Davis Law School Suspends Student Govt. for Passing ‘Discriminatory’ BDS Resolution

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 05, 2025 0 Comments

“the people of Palestine have had their lives, livelihoods, and autonomy systematically targeted and dismantled by the settler-colonial state of Israel for over 75 years of ongoing occupation”...

Colorado Senator Blames California and New York for Democrats’ “Toxic” Brand

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2025 27 Comments

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) noted that Democratic Party is associated with coastal elites of California and New York, and “not anymore with working people in this country.”...

Lawsuit Against UC Berkeley Over Campus Antisemitism To Go Forward, Court Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on April 03, 2025 5 Comments

The lawsuit was the first of its kind to be filed against a university in the wake of the nationwide surge in campus antisemitism following Hamas’s massacre of Israelis on October 7. ...

Los Angeles Mayor Bass Begs Sacramento to Bailout City for $2 Billion

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 27, 2025 48 Comments

Anything slightly adjacent to LA wildfires and covid has been desperately coupled to the request. Meanwhile, concerns grow over wildfire recovery efforts, as only 4 rebuilding permits have been issued for Pacific Palisades....

UCLA Prof Wants ‘Violent Resistance’ by U.S. Military Against Trump

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2025 18 Comments

“Ultimately, we will get what we deserve by giving Trump a second chance to destroy our democracy.”...

Appeals Court Judge Disassembles Gun In Video Dissent From Anti-2A 9th Cir. Decision

Posted by James Nault on March 24, 2025 75 Comments

"I think anyone with a basic familiarity with firearms could show you that this attempted distinction is simply inconsistent with reality"...

Schools in North San Diego County Install Tampon Machines in 3rd and 5th Grade Boys’ Bathrooms

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2025 11 Comments

“This is mental warfare aimed at your kids, subsidized by your tax dollars.”...

Anti-Israel Activists Sue UCLA Alleging Civil Rights Violations

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2025 7 Comments

“life-altering injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder”...

CNN Video Research Destroys Newsom’s ‘Latinx’ Talking Point

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 21, 2025 10 Comments

“'I hope we can really paint a picture in terms of our consciousness of how impactful this has been on the Latinx community,' Newsom said at one Covid-19 briefing."...

Faculty and Students at UC-Berkeley Hold Anti-Trump Protest Over Mahmoud Khalil

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2025 5 Comments

"We reject efforts by government officials to harass, deport, and silence members of our community, as well as to dictate our curricula and policies"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0gww2yznI

Five Years Later, NY Times Op-Ed Demands “Pandemic Amnesty” for Scientists Who Attacked Covid Lab Leak Theory

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 16, 2025 41 Comments

Columnist Zeynep Tufekci blames those of us who endeavored to bring up the evidence related to the lab-leak origin, because she didn't like our tone....