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Gov. Brown announces re-election bid under rain

Last Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown officially launched his re-election campaign. Of course, filing the paperwork was a formality for a man who already has raised more than $17 million towards that end. But Brown’s campaign announcement coincided with what the National

Cracked dam shows vulnerability of CA green power grid

Wayne Lusvardi March 2, 2014

California power grid operators learned Friday that Grant County in the state of Washington had implemented an emergency response plan due to a crack in the Wanapum Dam along the Columbia River. Divers detected a 65-foot long crack at the base of one of

Lawsuit: Assemblyman forced staffers to work for his law firm

John February 27, 2014

A former employee of Assemblyman Steve Fox alleges that the Democrat lawmaker forced employees in his taxpayer-funded state office to work for his private law practice. The allegations are contained in a lengthy complaint filed last Friday in Los Angeles

Feinstein/Boxer drought-relief proposal already carried out

Wayne Lusvardi February 26, 2014

On Feb. 11, 25 days after Gov. Jerry Brown declared an official drought, California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer introduced a drought-relief bill. Senate Bill 216, ” The California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014,” was introduced concurrently with

Feds give CA breathing room on bullet-train matching funds

Kathy Hamilton February 26, 2014

There’s been another funding twist for the California bullet-train project. The Federal Railroad Administration has agreed to delay the due date for $180 million in state matching funds for the project from April 1 to July 1, according to a

Democrats mostly silent on UC strike amid declining union approval

John February 25, 2014

As public opinion in California turns against labor unions, few Democrat politicians — most of whom rely on union support to win elections — have publicly embraced workers at the University of California. 21,000 members of AFSCME 3299 are planning a five-day

L.A. Times’ undermining of ‘climate change’ claims could affect court fights

Wayne Lusvardi February 24, 2014

It wasn’t the intention of the Los Angeles Times, but the newspaper has provided historical drought data with implications for a U.S. Supreme Court case that was heard Monday, Feb. 24 — “U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. U.S. EPA.”

Steinberg calls for carbon tax on gasoline

Wayne Lusvardi February 24, 2014

Last week, state Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, proposed a “carbon tax” on gasoline and other fuels. This tax is separate from the taxes imposed by the state’s cap-and-trade program. Steinberg has opposed a cap-and-trade emissions tax on gasoline

Calderons indicted in massive bribery, fraud case

Tori Richards February 22, 2014

State Sen. Ron Calderon and his brother Thomas, a former assemblyman, were indicted late Thursday in a massive bribery and insurance fraud case that could send them to prison for the rest of their lives. A 24-count criminal complaint

$Schwab the latest CA company seeking greener pastures$

Schwab the latest CA company seeking greener pastures

Joseph Perkins February 21, 2014

Charles Schwab is shorting California. The online brokerage, a Fortune 500 corporation, announced recently it is relocating 1,000 jobs from its San Francisco headquarters to out-of-state locations. “The decision to reduce our concentration in San Francisco is based on