California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned this week a long-expected flood of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into the United States could “break” the state. He visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 12, nine days before the anticipated end of Title 42, which is set to expire on Dec. 21. The policy, created as part…
California Braces for Unprecedented Wave of Migrants at the Border
December 15, 2022
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Los Angeles Times Distorts Newsom’s New Gas Tax
December 14, 2022
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Commentary Now and then the Los Angeles Times comes out against a tax increase, as with Proposition 30 this year, the added income tax on millionaires. But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed new gas tax isn’t one of those times. Unfortunately, the L.A. Times is one of the most influential powers in the state. Fortunately, we now…
San Francisco’s Elections Director Likely to Be Reinstated After Termination for Being White
The top elections official in San Francisco was removed from his position in November to give a non-white person a shot at that same position, according to the city’s Elections Commission. However, nearly a month later, the commission changed course after pushback by public officials. John Arntz, who has served as elections director of the…
UC Postdocs, Researchers Return to Work After Labor Contract Ratified
December 13, 2022
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University of California (UC) postdoctoral scholars and researchers resumed work this week after ratifying a labor contract over the weekend, but 36,000 graduate student workers continue to strike. Last month, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10 UC campuses launched a strike, demanding, in part, pay raises due to cost-of-living increases. UC officials struck…
California Students Lose 5 Months Progress in Math Over Pandemic: Study
December 13, 2022
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California students lost nearly half a year’s worth of math progress from 2019 to 2022, according to a recent study measuring pandemic learning loss by researchers at Stanford and Harvard universities. The “Education Recovery Scorecard” study, published in October, used previous compared pre-pandemic academic progress to that made over the pandemic. The study found that…
Fentanyl Overdose Antidote Required at California K-12 Schools Under New Bill
December 12, 2022
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After several cases of student overdoses due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl, California lawmakers introduced a bill requiring naloxone—a nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose—on K–12 school campuses. While schools are permitted to carry naloxone on campus, Assembly Bill 19—introduced Dec. 5 by newly-elected Assemblyman Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin)—would require schools to always have at…
Heavy Rain, Wind, Snow Blows Through California Into Sierra
RENO, Nev.—A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada shut down mountain highways, toppled trees and triggered flood watches and avalanche warnings on Saturday from the coast of Northern California to Lake Tahoe. More than 250 miles of the Sierra remained under a winter storm…
Student Holds Hunger Strike at Apple Headquarters to Protest AirDrop Restriction in China
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Graduate student Han Wang started a seven-day hunger strike at Apple headquarters on Dec. 5. He is urging the tech giant to revoke its AirDrop restrictions in mainland China, where “A4 protesters” are counting on the Bluetooth-based technique to evade the communist regime’s censorship. Axios reported that a Nov. 9 Apple iOS update restricted…
Largest Dam Removal in US to Begin in 2023
HORNBROOK, Calif.—Tribal, state, and federal officials on Thursday cheered a plan for the largest dam removal in U.S. history along the Klamath River near the California–Oregon line as a major step toward restoring a once-thriving watershed that tribal communities have long relied on. “Clean water, healthy forests, and fertile land made the Klamath River Basin…
Feds Lease First Offshore Wind Sites on California Coast
December 9, 2022
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The U.S. government held its first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy development rights off the coast of California Dec. 7, drawing more than $757 million in high bids from five companies. In all, 43 companies bid for the chance to build massive floating wind turbines in two regions: Morro Bay in central California and Humboldt…
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