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Dozens of migrants were caught on camera jumping off a speed boat that came ashore a California beach over the weekend and running into the nearby city in what locals are saying is becoming a regular occurrence. Video posted online shows the speedboat racing towards the shore in Carlsbad on Saturday, narrowly missing a nearby surfer. Almost as soon as it landed, a group of adult migrants were seen jumping off the boat and sprinting towards a row of oceanfront houses.

Senate Bill 2, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank), was signed by Governor Newsom. The law implements significant improvements to strengthen California’s concealed gun permit law, commonly called CCWs. SB 2 is sponsored by Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta. Both worked collaboratively with the Senator to craft California’s response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that made it easier for citizens to acquire CCW permits. “I am grateful for Governor Newsom’s bold leadership on gun safety and thank him for signing SB 2,” stated Senator Portantino. “I was proud to partner with the Governor, Attorney General...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency before a bomb cyclone packing heavy rains and hurricane-force winds barreled ashore Wednesday night. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph were expected to shake much of central California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Fox Weather reported. More than 200,000 homes and businesses were without power early Thursday, according to poweroutage.us. The extreme weather is expected to continue into the morning, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for areas such as Santa Cruz, where flooding is a major concern. Coastal areas could see between 5 and 8 inches or rain,...

Fewer than 4 in 10 California voters support removing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) from office in this month’s recall election, according to a new poll of likely voters released just over a week before ballots are due to be returned. Just 39 percent of likely voters told pollsters at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) they would vote to recall Newsom, while 58 percent said they would vote against the recall. Those figures are in line with earlier PPIC polls in March and May, which showed Newsom surviving by roughly the same margin. About 4 in 5 Republicans will...

The State of California has officially reached “zero” percent in its intensive care unit (ICU) capacity as the state battles the nation’s worst coronavirus surge. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that the “0%” figure does not necessarily mean there are no beds available. Rather, it means that according to an algorithm used by the state, the maximum number of licensed ICU beds has been reached, and many hospitals are now using their “surge” capacity to accommodate additional patients.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A Santa Maria man was arrested Sunday after driving his vehicle into a Trump parade, causing a rollover crash and two injuries. Santa Maria police said the Trump rally was traveling westbound down Stowell Road around 2:10 p.m. At the same time, a 20-year-old Santa Maria man was driving eastbound on Stowell when he made a U-turn and caught up with the rally, gesturing and shouting aggressively at participating vehicles. Officers said the man even threw bottles and other objects at drivers as he passed. While the Trump rally continued west, the man suddenly turned from...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank signaled on Friday it may be getting ready to join international peers in incorporating climate change risk into its assessments of financial stability, and may even take it into account when setting monetary policy. "To fulfill our core responsibilities, it will be important for the Federal Reserve to study the implications of climate change for the economy and the financial system and to adapt our work accordingly," Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in remarks released at the start of the Fed's first-ever conference on climate change and economics. The Fed, she said,...

Is the latimes getting worried that a Republican or 2 might win in Calfornia?

At least 21 people were hurt, two of them seriously, on Saturday when a Los Angeles commuter train struck a car that was crossing the tracks and derailed into a street near the University of Southern California campus. A silver Hyundai Sonata was left crumpled and unrecognizable following the collision, according to a Reuters witness. The lead train car jumped the tracks, crashing through a metal fence and across a grass-covered median before coming to rest in the middle of Exposition Boulevard. One person on the Metrolink train suffered serious injuries, the Los Angeles Fire Department said, and a person...

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One of the three independent expenditure groups that recently popped up to target GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Meg Whitman is going on the air with its first radio spot. The spot, produced by Level The Playing Field , criticizes Whitman for trying to "crown" herself governor by pledging to spend hundreds of millions on the race and siding with corporate interests with her support of repealing California's landmark greenhouse gas reduction law, AB32.

Prospects for quickly ending the stalemate over the state's budget dimmed Wednesday as the Senate failed to pass the $145 billion spending plan, now 6 1/2 weeks overdue. The budget bill failed 26-14, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed for it to pass. Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, placed the responsibility on the chamber's minority Republicans, who have a long list of conditions they say need to be met. "This is a Republican problem," he said after the failed vote. "It is going to have to be solved by Republicans." Wednesday's vote came as the Senate...

Stars keep lining up for Proposition 87, a ballot measure that seeks to tax California's oil production to help finance alternative fuel development. The Yes on Prop. 87 campaign started airing a television commercial Monday featuring Bill Clinton that's cobbled together from a speech he gave at a rally in support of the initiative last week at UCLA. Clinton, a popular figure in heavily Democratic California, now joins a list of other big names who have come out in support of the measure. Actress Geena Davis appeared with Clinton at Friday's rally, and Julia Roberts stumped for the initiative at...

For the last decade, University of California leaders systematically failed to disclose to UC's governing board the details of pay packages and perquisites granted to senior executives, despite policies requiring such disclosure, according to an audit released Monday. .... At UCLA on Monday, Dynes noted that the situation was especially troubling in light of a similar controversy more than a decade ago, when UC was criticized for excessive compensation to departing executives. .... The report noted about $23,000 in undisclosed expenses for Dynes [the current UC president .... The report also noted that some compensation for a number of employees,...

ONTARIO - A boy who committed suicide over what relatives alleged were threats of jail made by a school official for protesting an immigration bill never participated in any protests, the superintendent said Thursday. Anthony Soltero, 14, of Ontario told his mother the day he shot himself March 30 that he was pulled into the De Anza Middle School vice principal's office and was threatened with harsh discipline for protesting off campus during school. But Ontario-Montclair School District Superintendent Sharon McGehee said the investigation into the incident so far has not turned up any evidence that Soltero was threatened the...

Dear friends , The fact is that Cruz Bustamante refuses to renounce the college club organization MECHA , a club in which he was an active member of during his school days . For those who do not know of this organization , it is a Statewide club on community colleges and campuses all over the state of California which literally promotes the segregation and separation of Peoples of Mexican descent from the rest of the community . It is well documented that they promote a plan they cal ' Reqonquista ' , a plan in which they promote for...

<p>The fine print in Gov. Gray Davis' budget for next year contains unexpected and substantial funding cuts for some of the Bay Area's wealthiest - - and highest-performing -- school districts.</p> <p>In addition to across-the-board spending cuts facing school districts statewide, 59 affluent districts would lose a prized portion of their property tax revenue and be forced to slash spending up to 36 percent, school administrators said Tuesday.</p>

<p>In a report that offers California hope for an extra $1 billion in refunds for electricity market abuses, federal regulators Tuesday said the natural gas prices used to calculate the refunds may have been manipulated.</p> <p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also launched formal investigations of five energy companies suspected of manipulating electricity prices and indicated it may target their corporate profits for repayments. And it again asked Congress for more authority to punish abusers.</p>

IT'S OVER !The article in Sunday Aug . 4 th 's newspaper named after the function of a clock and a big city stated as it's headline that companies that usuaally give to Republicans have gone over to contribute campaign money to Davis.The main reason for it : That Davis has threatened corporations , telling them through his strategist ' Pay or else you will pay for it if you don't. Contribute to Republicans , and I'll legislate against you .' Corporations are going to Davis out of this fear "A lot of people have told me they'll be ccruccified...