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Karen Bass has said she is not available to testify before a powerful House panel over alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” involving more than $1 billion in federal homelessness funding. The Post obtained a copy of the letter the mayor’s team sent to the DOGE subcommittee where she shot down their efforts to grill her on cash handed to Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). Her legal counsel David Michaelson said “unfortunately the mayor is not available on that date,” in reference to her planned September 15 appearance. It is not clear what Bass has planned for that date and...

California is paying tens of millions of dollars for illegal immigrants to attend college — infuriating Golden State natives struggling to pay their tuition. California provides illegal migrant students with state-funded grants and other financial aid, while thousands can also benefit from in-state tuition rates, waivers for community college fees and subsidized loans. Approximately 102,000 illegal migrants were attending California colleges and universities as of 2023, the largest share of any state in the US. The staggering benefits come as many middle-class California families struggle to qualify for substantial financial aid while facing college costs that can easily run above...

On Sunday, Aug. 30, two former Israel Defense Forces soldiers — Ariel Saat, of the IDF’s Givati Brigade, and Eliyahu Green, a former captain in the IDF’s Duvdevan Unit — addressed students in a classroom in Cal Poly’s Baker Science building. The event was organized by the campus group Mustangs United for Israel in conjunction with an off-campus Hillel organization. They were entirely within their rights to organize the event (as were the students who protested it).

A machete-wielding MS-13 executioner known as “the witch” has been cut loose by an “activist” federal judge in California despite facing an aggravated murder warrant in El Salvador. David Antonio Aviles Perez, 35, was captured by ICE agents in San Diego in April on an international warrant accusing him of aggravated murder. He had been held in federal custody pending his removal from the US. But before authorities could arrange for his extradition, Aviles Perez was released last Wednesday by federal Judge Jinsook Ohta, who ordered his release from a southern California ICE detention facility by 5 p.m. the following...

Being blacklisted by CAIR a ‘badge of honor,’ Republican Jewish Coalition says. Sam Markstein, national political director and spokesman for the Republican Jewish Coalition, told JNS on Thursday that being blacklisted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations is a “badge of honor.” CAIR, which blamed Israel for being attacked shortly after Oct. 7 and which the Biden administration initially listed as part of its national strategy on fighting Jew-hatred but later evicted it, designated the coalition and Jewish American Summit as “anti-Muslim extremist organizations.” The antisemitic group announced the designations on Thursday, accusing both Jewish groups of platforming speakers who...

A depraved illegal alien who was previously deported and later slipped back into the United States is now wanted for allegedly sexually abusing and impregnating his own teenage daughter. Sergio Galvez-Perez, a 38-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is wanted in Monterey County after authorities say he fathered a child with his own 14-year-old daughter. Investigators say the girl was only 13 when she became pregnant. The newborn, named Baby Angelita by detectives, was found dead on the side of Struve Road near Moss Landing on August 1, umbilical cord still attached, with signs of traumatic injury.

How surprised were you to learn that the person behind the wheel of that 80,000-pound tractor-trailer towering over you at a high rate of speed on the highway might be an illegal alien who neither reads nor speaks nor understands English, including rules of the road and street signs? You probably figured that someone operating that enormous, powerful, potentially dangerous, and important segment of the transportation industry has been trained in accordance with standards set by a government agency, and that a government official has verified that to be the case. Only after social media began featuring videos of the...

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have finally endorsed Nithya Raman for mayor. And notably, she embraced them in return. Raman thanked the DSA for “joining our broad coalition of Angelenos,” and put a DSA logo on her website in the “endorsements” section. In the past, the DSA was reluctant to back Raman, because she pointed out — correctly — that the so-called “mansion tax” was making it hard to build housing in general in LA. But all that is water under the bridge. And though Raman said her supporters “may not agree on every issue,” she didn’t point out...

The judge dismissed the lawsuit because the government did not give the California Department of Education (CDE) enough notice about losing federal funds over its policy. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against California for its policy allowing males in female sports. California alleges two things: California discriminated against female student-athletes by allowing males in their sports and violated its Title IX contractual assurances, which means no federal funds. Valenzuela did not address the fairness or whether California violated Title IX. Instead, Valenzuela dismissed the lawsuit because the government did not give the California Department...

Federal agents in Los Angeles have arrested a gay Christian podcaster for allegedly threatening to kill President Trump and stalking his personal lawyer and the lawyer’s family. Azariah Southworth, 40, who formerly hosted a Christian reality show called The Remix, was detained at his home in Westlake by FBI agents who surrounded the residence and demanded he come out. The self-described advocate for gay rights and wannabe social media star screamed insults as he was taken away by agents. “Donald Trump is a pedophile,” he yelled. “The country has fallen!” According to court documents, Southworth used his media presence to...

California’s largest utility is putting billions of dollars in planned investments on ice as its CEO lashes out at Sacramento over the state’s wildfire liability rules — warning that the company can no longer afford to move forward at its current pace. PG&E announced Wednesday it plans to defer approximately $2 billion in planned investments for 2027, reducing the amount it expects to borrow while continuing to spend billions on its California operations. The CEO Patti Poppe said the utility is being squeezed by California’s system for assigning wildfire costs, making it increasingly difficult and expensive to raise the money...

The onetime city manager of a wealthy San Francisco suburb has resigned from her role less than two months after she was arrested following a bizarre incident aboard a yacht at the city’s marina. Ex-Sausalito city manager Elaine Forbes, 53, remains in treatment and her condition is improving, family spokesperson Sam Singer told The California Post on Wednesday. “Resigning was important so she could focus on her mental wellbeing,” Singer said. Forbes’ departure brings an abrupt end to her short tenure running the Marin County city. She was arrested in July after authorities said she boarded multiple vessels at Sausalito...

Police officers responded to the area at around 3:30 p.m. on Friday. According to a report by mynewsla.com, a witness saw the man “hunkered down” and approaching people to smell them. . . Police were also dispatched to a nearby clothing store near South Brand Boulevard and East Broadway regarding a similar report. At that location, police reviewed surveillance video and identified Crowder as the suspect in the incident after it showed him allegedly engaged in similar offensive “sniffing” behavior. . . According to the officers, Crowder was observed and captured on video as he crouched behind the female customer...

A 38-year-old man accused of sexually abusing and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter is wanted after her newborn baby was found dead beside a Monterey County road.

A Marina Del Rey woman earned a slap on the wrist after she pled guilty to bombshell charges that she paid homeless people on Skid Row to register to vote in a 20-year scheme tied to illegal petition signature collection.Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, also known as “Anika,” even let homeless people use her own address to register to vote — meaning mail-in ballots could be sent to her home, a plea agreement obtained by the California Post states. Armstrong in May took a plea deal for one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a...

Law enforcement officials announced Monday that the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is seeking to charge a 17-year-old arrested in Salinas as an adult in connection with the July 25 pop-up party shooting. The teen faces one count of murder and six counts of attempted murder. The suspect was arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting at a pop-up birthday party in unincorporated Morgan Hill that left one person dead and six others injured, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Investigative and tactical teams served a “high-risk search warrant” at a home in Salinas, where the suspect...

Fremont, Calif., has been crowned the happiest city in the country, according to a new WalletHub study ranking 182 of the largest US cities***Bismarck, ND, took the No. 2 spot, followed by Scottsdale, Ariz.; South Burlington, Vt.; and Fargo, ND — putting two cities in frigid North Dakota among the five happiest places in America.

A multi-agency operation in Arizona’s Yuma Sector led to the arrest of 95 illegal alien truck drivers earlier this month, striking at the heart of human and drug smuggling operations at the U.S. southern border. All 95 drivers had acquired state-issued commercial driver’s licenses; 76 from California, six from New York and the rest from a handful of other states, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The apprehensions continue to demonstrate the high volume of narcotics and human trafficking smuggling operations that are alive and well at the border — even as immigration numbers have plummeted in recent months.

Why would anybody vote for a person tied in with Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi and that whole tradition of Bay Area politicians who've taken control of the state from the LA center of power of the 1970s and '80s, when they gave us a huge government fraud program, devastating wildfires, the highest electricity rates and income tax?

A growing body of evidence reveals that Xavier Becerra, the current frontrunner for California governor, has deep ties to a network of militant activists and foreign agents who have a history of meddling in U.S. elections, mobilizing pro-immigration activism, and undermining American sovereignty.Throughout his career, Becerra has framed himself as an advocate for migrants. What is less apparent is his longtime alliance with radical activist NGOs whose political activity is deeply integrated and carefully coordinated with America’s southern neighbor: Mexico. Mexico has been building political power within the U.S. through its vast network of more than 50 consulates, which collectively...