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Supreme Court allows California voting map that benefits Democrats

Written on 4 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way on Wednesday for California to use a new voting map that benefits Democrats, a party in line to gain up to five congressional seats this year. The order was unsigned... (Continue reading)

Korsgaden polling in first place for California insurance commissioner

Written on 28 Jan, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN California’s insurance system is at a breaking point and the stakes in this election could not be higher. If I lose this race, California could be turning its insurance market over to extreme, government run experiments... (Continue reading)

Federal judge dismisses DOJ’s attempt to get California’s voter data

Written on 16 Jan, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Trump administration lost a round on Thursday when a federal judge dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that sought an unredacted voter registration list from California. In its lawsuit filed in September, the DOJ cited laws... (Continue reading)

Feds withhold $160 million over immigrant truckers’ licenses

Written on 8 Jan, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE After California delayed cancelling immigrant truckers’ licenses, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday it will withhold $160 million in funding to the Golden State. California had planned to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses by Jan. 5 that... (Continue reading)

California judge pleads guilty to fraud

Written on 7 Jan, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Federal prosecutors charged a 50-year-old Orange County Superior Court judge today with defrauding California’s workers’ compensation program. Israel Claustro has agreed to resign from his position as a judge, according to U. S. Department of Justice. Facing... (Continue reading)

Court rules California’s ban on open carry of firearms is unconstitutional

Written on 3 Jan, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s ban on the open carry of firearms in most public places is unconstitutional. A panel of judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a gun... (Continue reading)

The affordability crisis, California style

Written on 13 Dec, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I have to laugh at New Yorkers, among others, whose concern over the affordability crisis, prompted them to elect a socialist. The point here is that government is nearly entirely responsible for the affordability crises, and... (Continue reading)

New California employment laws you need to know in 2026

Written on 4 Dec, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Laws impacting tips, paid family leave and non-binary genders are some of the more than one dozen laws set to impact Californians employers and employees in 2026. These are also laws to increase employer reporting requirements and... (Continue reading)

Massive fire at California refinery extinguished, anticipate a spike in gas prices

Written on 3 Oct, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE Firefighters extinguished a massive fire at an oil refinery in California on Friday afternoon. Because of the fire, gas prices are expected to rise 15 to 30 cents a gallon throughout the state. The fire broke out... (Continue reading)

California woman registers dog to vote, gets ballots after death

Written on 6 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

By KAREN VELIE A California woman registered her dog to vote, cast a vote-by-mail ballot in her pet’s name, and continued getting ballots for her dog after its death. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office recently charged Laura Lee Yourex,... (Continue reading)