Fort Ross Still In Bad Shape

Anthony Pignataro: Back in June Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a deal with the mysterious Russian Renova Group of Companies to take over control — and provide financing — for Fort Ross State Park. Because “Operating hours have been reduced at

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S. Mateo DA vs. TSA Gropers

John Seiler: In this video, San Mateo D.A. Steve Wagstaffe says he will prosecute TSA officials if they sexually abuse passengers: Nov. 18, 2010

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Nobody Wants Cal Bonds

John Seiler: Bonds. California bonds. Nobody wants them. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has extended his seven years of destruction by wiping out the market for bonds, not just for California, but other states and cities. The Wall St. Journal: America’s strapped

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Totalitarian L.A. Times

John Seiler: All of America is aghast that the TSA goons at airports are molesting passengers, even nuns and children; or forcing passengers to pass through irradiating porno machines that take, and store, nude pictures of the victims, while dosing

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Political Reform Task Force Meets!

Anthony Pignataro: The Political Reform Act Task Force meets again this afternoon(click here for the meeting agenda and location). Created by state Fair Political Practices Commission Chairman Dan Schnur, the group of campaign watchdogs, political attorneys, consultants, analysts and FPPC

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What Will Happen To Bacteria Bear?

Anthony Pignataro: So I was prowling the hallowed state capitol halls yesterday and stumbled on what might just be the greatest story in the state. All the legislative staffers are talking about it, and yet no one knows how it’s

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It's All Free!

John Seiler: California’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that illegal immigrants can get in-state tuition at state universities and colleges. But your legal relative who’s a citizen and lives in Parker, Ariz., just across the border, doesn’t get that goodie. It’s

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The Karen England Factor

Katy Grimes: Who knew that a write-in candidate could influence the outcome of some tight political races in California? Karen England, Executive Director of the  Capitol Resource Institute, ran as a write-in candidate against Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado. Using “Bag

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Retroactively Documenting Travel!

Anthony Pignataro: There is great irony in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times story on the state Fair Political Practices Commission’s recent investigation into alleged undocumented travel by various members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (click here to see the investigation

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Facebook Expanding – Elsewhere

Katy Grimes: The wildly popular social networking website Facebook is expanding, but not in California. With more than 500 million members, Facebook is adding a second data center, costing $450 million, but this time it is in North Carolina. The

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