In December 2021, 20-year-old Kade Webb died in a Safeway bathroom after ordering Percocet on Snapchat. What he got instead was spiked with a lethal
The Huntington Beach City Council’s new conservative majority has moved quickly to implement their shared program of back-to-basics good government policies emphasizing greater liberty and
Jessie Lopez, the young Santa Ana councilwoman, wants to impose a special tax on vacant commercial properties, stemming from the myopic belief that the way
While the new California legislative session won’t start until January, legislators met very briefly in response to Gov. Newsom’s call to convene a special session
There was an officer-involved shooting in Santa Ana last week. According to the Santa Ana Police Department, two officers conducted a mid-afternoon traffic stop on
I’m trying to figure out how to contextualize a billion dollars. For example, a million dollars in $100 bills would fit inside a medium-sized briefcase.
Every election has lessons to offer, and from the election of Jose Trinidad Castaneda to the Buena Park City Council and we can conclude the
Be warned, (conservative) churches of Orange County: not only is Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva watching you, she’s egging on her followers to report you to the
Two months ago we published a guest column by former La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw regarding the financial dangers facing the city of La Habra.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and elected lawmakers frequently tout the state’s contracting with minority-owned, veteran-owned small businesses. California’s dominance in many economic areas is based,
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