This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect 100 state legislators and 52 members of Congress and weigh an array of knotty ballot measures.
A few years ago, I hired a young man who lived nearby to chainsaw some trees on my property. He used the money I paid him to buy drugs —
By Travis Gillmore Contributing Writer Thousands of Iranian Americans rallied in support of recent military operations following strikes targeting the country’s ruling authorities, with pre-revolutionary Iranian and American flags seen waving
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer The U.S. State Department has issued travel warnings to American citizens around the world as the Iran conflict continues. The U.S. and Israeli militaries conducted their most significant
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday suggested there could be Iranian “sleeper cells” in the state. His comments came after a man opened fire over the
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he told Iran’s new leadership that it’s “too late” to have negotiations amid U.S. and Israeli strikes targeting the country since
By Troy Myers Contributing Writer The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a California policy that prohibited school personnel from notifying parents when students requested changes to their documented gender identity at school, without
By Allan Stein Contributing Writer SHOW LOW, Ariz. — Beverly Graham spent years analyzing data in California’s prison system, and at 67 and retired, she isn’t yet done with law enforcement. These days, as a
Owning a home has never been more expensive – the median age of a first-time homebuyer in the U.S. has reached a record high of 40 years old. Families making
Andrew Taban’s column “Love, Dysfunction, and the Pursuit of Justice for Victims” (Feb. 17) was a treatise in stunning hypocrisy. He bemoans the slow release of the Epstein files by
The news that an immigration judge terminated the deportation case against an undocumented father of three U.S. Marines should be a moment of reflection on how our nation deals with
The column (Dec. 12) by Christine Flowers left me wondering who would win a vanity contest if it was between me and her. I think it would be a photo
Looking for a good movie the other evening, I came across one that I’d missed when it was out in theaters about a decade ago: “The Mighty Macs.” This was
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer The joint attack by the United States and Israel against Iran has continued and widened on Monday, the third day of the conflict, with U.S. Secretary
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Packaged food will look different in the future, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a new interview. Health authorities envision unveiling a definition of
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet this month on influenza vaccines, the agency said on Feb. 25. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related
By David Hegg Long before Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion walked the yellow-brick road, society has understood the absolute necessity of courage. This essential virtue speaks to the willingness to
I have often wondered if we should amend the Constitution to require intelligence tests for elected and appointed personnel sucking off the taxpayers’ teat. I believe it would also be
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran early Saturday after a third round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks ended without a breakthrough. President Donald
I watched the State of the Union and my predominant emotion was shock. Regardless of who sits in the Oval Office, you show up to work. You stand for the