Category: Northern California

New Wealth Tax Could Be California’s Nuttiest Idea Yet

Commentary It’s getting more dangerous to make money and create jobs in California. Under Assembly Bill 259, by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-San Jose) the state would “impose an annual tax at a rate of 1.5 percent of a resident of this state’s worldwide net worth” in excess of $1 billion starting in 2024. Starting in…


California’s Crime Wave: EpochTV Documentary on Alarming Trend

As the ocean breeze passes through tidy streets, groups of the well-dressed wait for a tram to take them across the city. This was San Francisco in the 1950s shown in The Epoch Times’s new documentary “California’s Crime Wave.” Fast forward and such a view seems to have left the once beautiful city as trash…


San Francisco, Los Angeles Top Cities Homebuyers Looked to Leave in 2022: Report

San Francisco and Los Angeles were the two top cities people were looking to leave at the end of 2022, according to Redfin, a national real estate company. About 50,000 people on the company’s website searched to leave those two cities in the last three months of the year, it reported Jan. 23. San Diego…


San Francisco, Los Angeles Top List of Cities Homebuyers Looked to Leave in 2022: Report

San Francisco and Los Angeles were the two top cities people were looking to leave at the end of 2022, according to Redfin, a national real estate company. About 50,000 people on the company’s website searched to leave those two cities in the last three months of the year, it reported Jan. 23. San Diego…


California Bill Would Seal Name, Gender Change Records of Minors

A California Assemblyman has proposed legislation to allow children who have filed petitions to change their legal names and gender identities to have these records sealed. Assembly Bill 223 (AB 223), the Transgender Youth Privacy Act, would amend the state’s health and safety code to require the petitions of anyone under 18 for name and…


No, Mr. Governor, California’s Rainstorms Are Not Proof of a ‘Climate Crisis’

Since Dec. 26, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken no ownership for the $1 billion in damages caused by the nine consecutive rainstorms that pummeled the state. No blame for the 21 lives lost. No accountability for countless power outages, levee breaks, landslides, flooding, or washouts. Instead, the governor has chosen to eclipse any…


California Firefighters Use 6,000 Gallons of Water to Put Out Tesla Fire on Highway 50

A Tesla Model S burst into flames on Saturday afternoon in California while driving on Highway 50, causing two eastbound lanes to close, officials said. The electric vehicle was traveling at “freeway speeds” when its battery compartment “spontaneously” caught fire, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said on Twitter. The incident happened around 3:41 p.m. Firefighters…


Prosecutor: $100 Repair Bill Sparked Half Moon Bay Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO—A farmworker charged with killing seven people at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms reportedly told investigators he was spurred to carry out the shootings after his supervisor demanded he pay $100 to repair a forklift damaged at work. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe confirmed to the Bay Area News Group Friday…


California County to Change How It Counts COVID-19 Deaths, Reducing Overcount

California is poised to change the way it counts COVID-19 deaths based on a new algorithm that is being developed in conjunction with federal health authorities, according to a senior Los Angeles County official, who estimated that the current framework is overcounting COVID-19 fatalities by as much as 20 percent in the county. Dr. Barbara…


California to Change How It Counts COVID-19 Deaths, Reducing Overcount

California is poised to change the way it counts COVID-19 deaths based on a new algorithm that is being developed in conjunction with federal health authorities, according to a senior Los Angeles County official, who estimated that the county’s current framework is overcounting COVID-19 fatalities by as much as 20 percent. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director…