When California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein in early October, I wrote in these pages that Butler’s appointment would likely set up a “messy” 2024 California Senate primary, and with less than two months before primary, all signs point to a fiercely competitive, potentially ‘messy’ race…
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California has a long and dark history when it comes to solitary confinement. I know because I am a part of that history. I was incarcerated for 19 ½ years, with 15 of those 19 ½ years in solitary confinement. During this period I experienced the hell of isolation, and still live with the scars…
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As Republican presidential candidates were slogging through Iowa and talking to voters prior to this week’s caucuses, California-bashing was common. Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta picked up on the phenomenon, writing that “the Golden State, its elected leaders and its policies were a constant target.” “Bashing California, one of the most liberal states in…
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The Disneyland resort has released the full festival menu lineup for the 2024 Lunar New Year event that will bring multicultural foods, live entertainment and Disney characters dressed in festive attire to the Anaheim theme park. Disney California Adventure will host the Lunar New Year event on Tuesday, Jan. 23 through Feb. 18 in celebration…
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Today marks the birthday of the great 19th-century American philosopher Lysander Spooner, who committed his life to advancing the cause of liberty. Born in Athol, Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 1808, Spooner was an American original. Consistent with his skepticism of government power, Spooner practiced law without a license, believing that licensing laws were unjustifiably discriminatory,…
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Chefs from more than 30 Orange County restaurants were joined by members of the Anaheim Ducks, who served up food instead of goals for the night. Players took on roles as sous chefs, of sorts, and mingled with the approximately 450 guests at the 23rd Dux in Tux event at Honda Center on Thursday, Jan.…
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Sting, Incubus and My Morning Jacket lead the lineup for the fifth edition of the BeachLife Festival, which celebrates beach culture, art, food and, of course, music in Redondo Beach. The lineup was announced on Friday Jan. 19 for the three-day fest, which returns to Seaside Lagoon on May 3-5. ALSO SEE: Coachella 2024: 5…
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Proposition 1 on the March 5 ballot is a costly bureaucratic power grab that robs counties of mental health services funding and saddles taxpayers with $6.38 billion in debt for what amounts to a bloated version of Project Roomkey and L.A.’s Measure HHH. Project Roomkey was the pandemic program of placing homeless individuals in hotel…
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More than 20 new gun safety laws were passed by California state legislators last year following mass shootings in Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and elsewhere. Those laws are designed to make it more difficult for potentially dangerous people to keep firearms, help trace perpetrators when one is used improperly and tax ammunition to fund…
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Q. Hello Mr. Honk Man: I just drove back from Santa Barbara and did an unofficial study on tinted windows. I thought it was illegal to have your front side windows tinted dark, so the driver cannot be seen. I would think the California Highway Patrol would hate that, given the times we’re in. My study…
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