Category: Northern California

Sing Tao Registers as Foreign Agent in U.S.

Sing Tao US, the U.S. branch of Sing Tao Daily, was required to register as a foreign agent operating in the United States in late August. Recent reports show several prominent elected officials in California sent Sing Tao US video greetings during its 83rd anniversary gala in early August. During the banquet, multiple prominent politicians…


California Community Colleges Flag 65,000 ‘Bot Students’ Applying for Financial Aid

California’s community college system is investigating what appears to be a large-scale fraud scheme, which involves more than 65,000 fraudulent financial aid applications filed by “students” who were likely bots. Patrick Perry, director of policy, research, and data with the California Student Aid Commission, told the Los Angeles Times that he became suspicious during a…


Experts Want Audit to Protect California Recall Against ‘Cyberattack’

Cybersecurity experts are urging California’s top elections official to conduct an audit of ballots cast in the recall election to ensure no problems occurred. The recent disclosure of binary images of the Dominion Voting Systems’ election management system boosts the risk of nefarious action against the state’s election system, the group of experts warned in…


Californians Will Pay Highest Gas Prices Ever for Labor Day Weekend

By Hugo Martín From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles–A Labor Day weekend road trip is going to put extra strain on your pocketbook this year. Heading into the holiday weekend, Californians are paying the highest price ever per gallon of gas for this time of year—$4.39 for regular, according to the Auto Club of Southern…


California School Board Faces Backlash Over ‘Far-Left’ Teacher

A school board in Northern California faced intense backlash from parents this week after a high school teacher apparently bragged on camera that he wanted to turn his students into revolutionaries, had a poster of Chinese communist tyrant and mass murderer Mao Zedong on his wall, and had an Antifa flag. The Natomas Unified School…


U.S. Census Data Reveal Changes in California Reapportionment and Diversity

Commentary The U.S. Census Bureau has been releasing interesting data from the 2020 count. Here are some numbers of interest to Californians. Loss of Congressional Seat The reason California is losing a seat in the U.S. Congress is because its population grew 6.1 percent from 2010 to 2020. However, the U.S. population grew by 10.1…


Two Days in Sunny Santa Barbara

Last week, a spur of the moment decision took my husband and I to Santa Barbara in sunny Southern California. This is not the way to find a budget hotel, but few exist there anyway. We stayed in two different hotels and the irony was, the second hotel—The Hampton Inn at Goleta—cost more than our…


California’s Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate Amended to Include Visitors

California officials have quietly released an amendment to an Aug. 5 order requiring all workers who provide services or are employed in health care facilities to be vaccinated. The mandate now includes visitors to indoor health care facilities. Released on Aug. 26, the amended public health order states that facilities must verify that visitors are…


Susanville Scores Small Win in Fight to Save California Correctional Center

A court has granted the city of Susanville, California, a preliminary injunction to pause current attempts at closing California Correctional Center (CCC), a prison in Susanville that the state wishes to shut down. Many people from Lassen County gathered in front of the California State Capitol on Aug. 27 to rally against closing CCC. The…


Governor Newsom’s ‘Sleight of Hand’

Commentary “Abracadabra!” “Alakazam!” “Presto-chango!” These common refrains are employed by magicians to signal the climax of their seemingly supernatural trick. As a child, I was fascinated by masters of deception. Among other magician’s tricks, the “sleight of hand” was my obsession. Equally stunning and perplexing, I was left puzzled time and again by the clever…