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ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars But a drive through the charred neighborhoods around Altadena shows that the fires also burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Dr. Drew Pinsky about the catastrophic wildfires raging through Los Angeles and Gavin Newsom's resurfaced boasting about the Klamath dam removal to protect certain fish species at the expense of California's water supply as LA's fire hydrants run out of water.Resurfaced Clip of Gavin Newsom Boasting About Removing Water Supplies Goes Viral | 5:18The Rubin Report | 2.7M subscribers | 1,397,385 views | January 9, 2025

Southern California officials are investigating whether the raging wildfires in Los Angeles County were ignited by power lines, a tossed cigarette or any other of the myriad ways that people or infrastructure ignite blazes. Nowhere on the list: diversity and inclusion policies. But that hasn’t stopped the conservative media echo chamber from politicizing — and dehumanizing — the loss of human life, homes and business by attributing the tragedy to DEI policies.

Friday sermons have often served to highlight issues the regime considers central or of importance. By Yuval Barnea. Ayatollah Loftollah Dezhkam...

Dear diary, I’m totally going to jail today! A Minnesota delivery driver was busted for auto theft because she wrote in her diary that she, “Totally stole a car today!” according to police. Vanessa Guerra, 30, of Mankato, penned the brain-dead confessional on Aug. 12 — the same day a van was swiped and resold for parts nearby, according to a criminal complaint filed Nov. 22. During the investigation, an officer allegedly found Guerra’s journal, which blabs about the vehicle heist in a tone fit for a ladies’ brunch. “Totally stole a car today! Something I never thought of...

Mike Pence has revealed what he and Donald Trump discussed during their brief encounter at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. In an interview with Christianity Today, the former vice president said he congratulated the president-elect on his landslide victory against Kamala Harris. “He greeted me when he came down the aisle,” Pence explained. “I stood up, extended my hand. He shook my hand.” ”I said, ‘Congratulations, Mr. President,’ and he said, ‘Thanks, Mike.’”

She wanted to score some dope — not report one! A tech-challenged Florida woman accidentally texted a cop instead of her drug dealer to buy fentanyl — unwittingly narcing on herself, according to police who arrested her. Octavia Wells, 41, had been headed to rehab on New Years Eve when she texted a man she’d previously entered in her phone as “PJ,” allegedly offering to pay $45 for the opioid, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. The dimwitted druggie then arranged to meet the guy on the other line at a Tom Thumb convenience store in Panama City,...

A dopey burglar was caught after leaving a dog poop footprint behind at a crime scene. Brian Harold, 20, was foiled after the distinctive marked muck was left at a home he was trying to burgle. The dozy crook has now avoided jail after he admitted a spree of crimes including attempted burglary, two thefts from motor vehicles, another theft, and three counts of vehicle interference, at Carlisle Crown Court. When police caught up with the then-19-year-old he was wearing the same shoes he had been wearing when he left the dog poo footprint. Prosecutor Gerald Rogerson said the thief,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced an executive order centered around rebuilding in the wake of the recent Los Angeles-area wildfires on Sunday. “I’m worried about issues of rebuilding as it relates to scarcity, as it relates to property taxes, meaning scarcity of resources, materials, personnel. I’m worried about time to getting these projects done,” Newsom said in an interview with NBC News’s Jacob Soboroff on “Meet the Press.” Included in the executive order are actions halting environmental regulation in relation “to projects to repair, restore, demolish, or replace property or facilities substantially damaged or destroyed as a result of...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) reportedly awarded government workers with major wage increases before making cuts to the city’s fire department budget. “Mayor Karen Bass’s budget cuts to the city’s fire department, enacted just months ago amid warnings about the city’s deteriorating finances, stand out as a striking example of misplaced priorities,” The City Journal reported on Friday: The cuts stemmed from a budget crisis triggered by her administration’s decision to reward city employees with rich contracts and benefits—even as it dismissed worries that the reductions would hurt services. “Predictions that city services will be impossible to deliver,” deputy...

There's been a cloudy forecast for "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin as her husband has been accused in a lawsuit of committing insurance fraud, which has become a "big thing" at ABC News, according to sources. "Doctors suffer because of big corporations as well, doctors that want to do good like my husband," Hostin told her colleagues. "[He] operates on someone even though they don't have insurance and then has to sue health insurance companies to get paid for the work that he's been trained his whole life to do."

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that an independent commission should investigate the local and state response to the wildfires in Southern California. Schiff said, “The governor’s called for an independent review of why we didn’t have enough water in places like the Palisades, there were also water pressure issues in Altadena. I support that independent review. I think we should go further and, frankly, do an independent commission review of all of this. What went right in our response? What went wrong in it.”

Jauan Jennings was ejected from the 49ers’ Week 18 game before he could reach the 1,000-yard receiving mark. Jennings was called for back-to-back penalties for unnecessary roughness which led to his disqualification midway through the first half. The league determined Thomas and Murphy-Bunting were the instigators.

The walls are closing in on Ukraine’s President Zelensky. In a meeting with allies in Germany this week, the embattled leader requested NATO troops on the ground in Ukraine. “Our goal is to find as many instruments as possible to force Russia into peace. I believe that such deployment of partners’ contingents is one of the best instruments. Let’s be more practical in making it possible.” Nothing about this proposal is “practical”. Even if Zelensky is speaking about peacekeeping troops as part of a settlement, which isn’t clear, it’s still a fundamentally crazy idea. Simply put, it would bring us...

In a stunning reversal, the tech industry—once the unstoppable engine of modern innovation—has laid off over 124,000 workers in 2024 alone. What’s driving this wave of layoffs, and what does it mean for the future of work in one of the world’s most dynamic sectors? The Layoff Landscape In August 2024, Intel sent shockwaves through the market by announcing a 15% reduction in its global workforce—roughly 15,000 jobs. Just days later, Cisco Systems announced plans to lay off 7% of its employees, marking its second round of job cuts this year as the company shifts focus to rapidly growing areas...

ROME — President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honor the pontiff shares with George Soros and former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards. “Today, President Biden spoke with His Holiness Pope Francis and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction,” states the White House in its Jan. 11 announcement. “The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,”...

In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s anticipated return to the presidency, a rift has emerged within his supporter base regarding the US H-1B visa program, which facilitates the employment of skilled foreign workers in the United States. This discord intensified following the appointment of Sriram Krishnan, a venture capitalist from Chennai, as Trump’s chief adviser on artificial intelligence. Current analysis indicates that Trump appears to align himself with the DOGE faction, which includes prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, in the ongoing debate surrounding the US H-1B visa program. Notably, Trump has publicly expressed his...

“I hated white people,” says King Randall, founder of the X for Boys in Albany, Georgia. Now, Randall has totally changed his mind and is rejecting victimhood and the mainstream narratives surrounding race in America. After the 2016 election, it seemed to him like the “world was about to end,” but this election season, Randall made waves after Elon Musk shared Randall’s viral video detailing the hate he received from Democrats after posting a video claiming he is voting for Trump. “You may not be worried about politics,” Randall says. “But politics is worried about you.” That is why Randall...

VIDEOHere is news anchorman Ralph Renick presenting a special report about a "crime wave" in Miami during the 1950s. Apparently the crimes involved were considered so dire that the State Attorney even issued a stern warning about the dangers such crimes posed.

The invitation marked a slight change in tone in the political battle between Newsom and Trump, with Newsom imploring Trump not to politicize the tragedy.