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Why are costly BART perks ‘little-known’? Media
The Bay Area Rapid Transit System is central to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and has been for decades. That’s why so many are concerned about the chance that the BART strike resumes Monday. So all you
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Bogus ‘science’ study claims climate increasing violence
Here’s the abstract from “Science” magazine on a new study: “A rapidly growing body of research examines whether human conflict can be affected by climatic changes. Drawing from archaeology, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, and psychology, we assemble and
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TX anti-drought plan is SWIFT; CA’s is SLOW
In Texas they call their emergency drought alleviation plan SWIFT, short for State Water Improvement Fund for Texas. In California, they might as well call our bundle of water projects SLOW, for the “State that Left Out Water” from
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Investigating the CA Delta
Before attending an event for the Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchdog.com’s parent think tank, earlier this month I drove around two areas of California I had not been to: the Delta and Silicon Valley. California is such a vast state that
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‘Progressives’ advancing California monopolies
Modern California politics was forged from the Progressive Movement’s “purification” of the political machines and bosses to bring about the reform of monopolistic railroad, insurance and banking trusts that dominated the state. The Progressives reached their apogee a century ago
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NRDC claim of ‘no government-made drought’ doesn’t hold water
Water moves in one direction, memory in another for the National Resources Defense Council. The NRDC seems to be suffering from a case of voluntary amnesia in its running dispute with the Wall Street Journal over whether California is currently suffering
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As you can see, we have redesigned CalWatchDog.com. In the comments area below, please tell us what you think of it, and if you see any flaws we can fix. Thank you! — John Seiler, Managing Editor P.S. I’m
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L.A. Times continues to keep pro-fracking news from public
The Los Angeles Times has somehow managed to write dozens of stories about hydraulic fracturing — the newly efficient methof of underground energy exploration — without noting the Obama administration says it is safe. This is diametrically opposed to the
Read MoreDoes obstacle to one bullet train project apply to other, too?
The Obama administration continues to push California to build its $68 billion bullet train, a measly 5 percent of which ($3.5 billion) comes from the federal government. After the first segment is built in the Central Valley, however, there is
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