Category: Northern California

California Governor Speaks After the Half Moon Bay Shooting

California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a media conference at 6:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 after the shooting in Half Moon Bay, the second mass shooting in a row in the past three days in California. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


California Zero-Emission Vehicle Sales Increase by Over 100 Percent in Two Years, Accounts for 40 Percent of US Sales

The sale of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) in California has risen by more than 100 percent in two years, with the state making up 40 percent of U.S. sales of such vehicles in 2022 and roughly 19 percent of all cars sold in California. According to data from the California Energy Commission, 18.8 percent of all…


Shootout at Oakland Gas Station Kills 1, Wounds 8 People

OAKLAND, Calif.—A shootout at an Oakland gas station killed one person and wounded seven others in the second shooting involving several people on Monday night in the San Francisco Bay Area, police said. Officers were sent to the scene on Macarthur Boulevard just after 6 p.m. and learned there had been a shooting between several…


7 Dead After Shootings in Northern California Community

Seven people were killed following two shootings on Monday in separate locations at a coastal community in Northern California, according to police. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine said four people were killed at a mushroom farm, and three others were killed at a trucking business. State Sen. Josh Becker, who represents…


7 Dead After Shootings in Northern California Community, Suspect in Custody

Seven people were killed following two shootings on Monday in separate locations at a coastal community in Northern California, according to police. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine said four people were killed at a mushroom farm, and three others were killed at a trucking business. State Sen. Josh Becker, who represents…


7 Dead, 1 Injured After Shootings in Northern California Community, Suspect in Custody

Seven people were killed following two shootings on Monday in separate locations at a coastal community in Northern California, according to police. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine said four people were killed at a mushroom farm, and three others were killed at a trucking business. State Sen. Josh Becker, who represents…


California Bill Seeks to Identify Agencies Making Social Services Phone Calls

Californians applying for welfare would no longer receive blocked calls from social services under a new state bill. Assembly Bill 94, introduced earlier this month by Assemblywoman Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel), would require a county social services program, such as Calfresh or CalWORKs, to display a telephone number or name identifier, rather than a masked…


Flood-Damaged Cars From California Likely to Hit Used Market Soon

Recent storms that hammered California have dumped years’ worth of rain on the state, causing widespread flooding, and has prompted warnings that flood-damaged vehicles may hit the used car market soon. In California, 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow fell since Christmas. The water washed out roads, knocked out power, and created mudslides by…


President Biden Should Have Identified These Problems in California

Commentary President Biden visited California’s Central Coast areas devastated by the record rains on Jan. 19. The previous week, he declared California a disaster area and “ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on December 27, 2022, and…


Universities Operate Like Mafias

I’ve studied the Mafia for decades because my grandparents were Sicilian. Also, I was a college professor for 25 years, so I’ve had plenty of opportunity to observe the commonalities between mafias and universities. Let’s start with some familiar mafia clichés and then dig deeper. They Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse This line…