Commentary My 89-year-old father, who lives in mandate-free Arizona, recently explained he chooses to wear a mask when he goes to the store, “not for others, for me.” His comment epitomizes two opposing government approaches to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic: require all to comply with mandates for the good of the collective or allow individuals…
While California Issues New Mask Mandate, Colorado Says No More
December 28, 2021
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Holmes Jury Ends Fourth Inconclusive Day of Deliberations
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes conducted a fourth day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict. Holmes is facing 11 criminal charges alleging that she duped investors and patients by hailing her company’s blood-testing technology as a medical breakthrough when in fact it was prone to wild…
California Education ‘Equity’ Official Living in Texas Resigns
December 27, 2021
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A high-ranking California education official has resigned after it was revealed that she lives in Texas. Pamela Kadakia served as the equity project manager for the California Department of Education while residing in her Dallas-area home, reported Politico, citing public records it obtained and her LinkedIn profile. Under California law, state employees must live in-state…
California Doctor Says Valid Vaccine Medical Exemptions Are Desperately Needed
For months, Dr. Michael Huang, a private medical practitioner in Roseville, California, has been writing medical exemptions to help qualified front-line workers and others retain their jobs. His patients come from all over the country to be fully examined in order to see if they qualify for a medical exemption from the vaccine. “We’ve gotten…
Major Storm Dumps Snow, Closes Mountain Routes in California
COLFAX, Calif.—A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days. Authorities near Reno said three people were injured in a 20-car pileup on Interstate 395, where drivers…
Parts of California Get a White Christmas After Snowfall
December 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Parts of California are getting a White Christmas after all, with snowfall pounding mountains across the state. Other areas of California, however, saw a wet and rainy Christmas as storms continue to drench the state, causing flash flooding and evacuations in some areas over the holiday period. At Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada,…
Restaurant Chain Broken Into 5 Times in 2021, Police Give Safety Tips
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The left door of a restaurant is boarded up, contrasting the still-intact glass door beside it. A light green paper taped on the plywood reads: “We were burgled last [night]. No cash here! 11/24” Local Bay Area restaurant chain Noodle Talk has had its three stores broken into five times this year. Two…
Russian Court Fines Alphabet’s Google 7.2 Billion Roubles
December 24, 2021
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MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet’s Google 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia. Moscow has increased pressure on big tech this year in a campaign that critics characterize as…
Western Storms Bring Flood Threats, Snow for Christmas
December 24, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Two people died in a submerged car, evacuations were ordered for wildfire-scarred California, and Seattle and Portland faced the rare chance of snowy streets as a wave of storms rolled through the West. An atmospheric river—a sky-born plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean—was fueling the weather, which could dump rain and snow over…
Latino Shift to GOP Would Shake California, US Elections
December 23, 2021
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Commentary “Hispanics are Republican voters,” President Ronald Reagan once said. “They just don’t know it yet.” Well, it looks like they know it now. Numerous polls show Hispanic (or Latino) voters are shifting toward the GOP. After the recent vote for governor in Virginia, a state with significant Latino population growth, an exit survey by…
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