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  • California audit finds state is broke: $55 billion more owed than available

    03/21/2024 9:11:12 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 62 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 20 March 2024 | By Kenneth Schrupp
    California just filed its 2021-2022 audited financial statement, 350 days past the filing deadline. In its filing, the state admits that COVID-era unemployment fraud cost the state $29 billion that must be paid back to the federal government, and that in 2022, the state had $256 billion more in liabilities than it had in unrestricted resources. After accounting for restricted resources, such as purpose-specific state trust funds and bonds, the state still owed $55 billion more than it had. With massive stock market gains and unprecedented job growth in the high-earning tech field amid a post-pandemic recovery, 2022 was a...
  • Earthquake in Southern California

    01/05/2024 11:09:21 AM PST · by Fiji Hill · 42 replies
    A light earthquake occurred at 10:55:54 AM (PST) on Friday, January 5, 2024. The magnitude 4.1 event occurred 1 km (1 miles) WNW of Lytle Creek, CA. The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 5 miles).
  • Pandemic Forever: L.A. County Reinstates Health Care Facility Mask Mandate

    12/31/2023 7:35:28 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 79 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/31/2023 | Joel B Pollack
    Los Angeles County has reinstated a mask mandate for all patients and staff at health care facilities heading into 2024, as a winter surge in coronavirus cases has reached key benchmarks. Local ABC affiliate KABC-7 reported Saturday: “Over the past week in Los Angeles County, there have been notable, yet not unexpected, increases in COVID-19 reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement. “While recent increases are significant, they remain considerably below last winter’s peak and common-sense protections are strongly recommended to help curb transmission and severe illness as the new...
  • FBI and CDC Slammed for “Dropping the Ball” on Illegal California Biolab Run by Chinese

    11/20/2023 5:36:16 PM PST · by bitt · 22 replies
    legalinsurrection.com ^ | 11/19/2023 | Leslie Eastman
    The lab was run by a Chinese man, Jesse Zhu, and was paid millions of dollars by China while experiments were being conducted at the Reedley facility. Legal Insurrection readers may recall that this summer, I reported on a warehouse in Reedley, California had been the site of a massive remediation project and investigation after it was discovered to be an illegal, unlicensed laboratory full of lab mice, infectious agent samples, medical waste, and hazardous materials. There were over 20 different infectious agents that this company was working with, ostensibly for the development of diagnostic kits. The pathogens included herpes,...
  • California could resort to using electric cars to charge its struggling power grid

    08/14/2023 9:11:43 AM PDT · by Signalman · 97 replies
    Just the News ^ | 8/13/2023 | Addison Smith
    The state of California, which has struggled to reconcile its aggressive "green energy" agenda against its unreliable and blackout-prone power grid, may have an admittedly "unconventional" solution thanks to a proposal from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E): Using electric cars to charge the power grid. PG&E, which provides power for around 16 million California residents, sees "great potential" for EVs to act as power grid backup generators. "The grid needs those electric vehicles. We need to make it available, and it can be a huge resource," he added, per The Orange County Register. Just the News contacted PG&E for...
  • U.S. senators ask for millions to prevent Mexican sewage from flowing into California

    08/31/2023 6:35:12 PM PDT · by Mariner · 28 replies
    KSEE via Yahoo ^ | August 31st, 2023 | Salvador Rivera
    SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The two U.S. senators from California are asking the federal government to provide emergency funding to try and stop constant sewage flows that originate south of the border but end up on the U.S. side and out into the Pacific Ocean contaminating beaches and the coastline.Earlier this week, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla asked the Appropriations Committee to include money in a multi-billion dollar emergency bill being drafted to provide disaster relief for the Tijuana River Valley.The White House is already asking for $40 billion in funding for Ukraine, Maui disaster assistance, and border...
  • Gavin Newsom embraces 'dirty' energy in bid to ease blackouts . ( California )

    08/31/2023 9:52:59 AM PDT · by george76 · 23 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | August 30, 2023 | Brady Knox
    Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has embraced "dirty" energy for California as he looks to stave off blackouts threatening the state's strained energy grid. While Newsom has pushed for a transition to renewable energy in California, the realities there have forced him to increasingly rely on nonrenewable energy sources to meet the state's energy demands. Fighting off heavy criticism from environmental activists, the California governor has countered by pointing out the practical necessity of using some nonrenewables while stressing his efforts to transition to renewable energy. ... "Gov. Newsom is committed to keeping the lights on while maintaining affordability for all...
  • At least 9 people shot, suspect down at Trabuco Canyon bar (Cooks Corner)

    08/23/2023 8:35:04 PM PDT · by dragnet2 · 50 replies
    https://abc7.com/mass-shooting-trabuco-canyon-orange-county-cooks-corner/13692340/ ^ | 8/23/2023 | https://abc7.com/mass-shooting-trabuco-canyon-orange-county-cooks-corner/13692340/
    Nine or more people were shot at a bar in Orange County and the suspect is wounded or possibly dead at the scene, sheriff's officials tell Eyewitness News. Full story: https://abc7.com/mass-shooting-trabuc
  • More Than 90% of Calif. Pot Farms Infected With ‘Severe’ Pathogen

    05/29/2023 9:25:08 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 67 replies
    KSBW ^ | May 26, 2023 | Lester Black
    An infectious pathogen inside California’s pot farms is attacking cannabis plants and growing invisibly for months only to spoil a crop just as a farmer is ready to harvest. Scientists believe that it’s in nearly every pot farm in the state and could be causing billions of dollars in damages to the national weed economy. Hop-latent viroid, or HLVd, shrivels pot plants and reduce how much weight they produce by as much as 30%. It also destroys the amount of THC, pot’s most common active compound, that a plant produces, greatly reducing the value of affected plants. Advertisement HLVd was...
  • BREAKING: Antifa smash windows, clash with police at UC Davis Charlie Kirk event

    03/14/2023 7:21:18 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 44 replies
    Riot police took down Antifa surrounding a UC Davis Charlie Kirk event sponsored by TPUSA on Tuesday evening. Antifa members were spotted smashing windows and doors on campus and vandalizing the campus. The militants also blocked students and members of the public from entering the university to attend the event.
  • California wine industry faces financial crisis - with majority of vineyards locked out of their accounts amid SVB collapse

    03/12/2023 8:08:10 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 64 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3-11-23 | JAMES GORDON
    California's wine industry is on the brink of a financial crisis following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The bank had been the main financial institution for bank for wineries in the Golden State for almost three decades. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed the bank on Friday following a run by venture capital customers. On Friday night, thousands of wineries found that they were completely locked out of their accounts with no clear timeline as to when they might be able to access their funds. Kendra Kawala, co-founder of Maker, a canned wine company located in...
  • California Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized in San Francisco

    03/02/2023 2:52:20 PM PST · by CFW · 88 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/2/23 | Sarah Rumpf
    California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is receiving treatment for shingles in a California hospital, Fox News Digital has confirmed. "I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles. I have been hospitalized and am receiving treatment in San Francisco." Feinstein's office shared. "I hope to return to the Senate later this month."
  • Oakland goes dark as fire rips through California power substation following a series of targeted attacks on across US: Flights are grounded and 50,000 residents are plunged into darkness as officials launch investigation

    02/19/2023 9:15:03 PM PST · by CFW · 129 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 2/19/23 | Hope Sloop
    A major power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation shut down the Oakland Airport in Northern California Sunday evening. More than 50,000 customers in the Bay Area were impacted and flights out of the area were halted after a fire broke out at a Pacific Gas and Electric substation around 1pm. Photos and videos posted on social media show stranded passengers at the airport waiting at their gates and to get through security which was shut down for hours.
  • What’s Behind California’s Skyrocketing Natural Gas Bills: Insiders

    01/21/2023 5:57:14 PM PST · by george76 · 40 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | January 20, 2023 | Jill McLaughlin
    Californians are expecting skyrocketing natural gas bills this month, but this can’t all be blamed on the weather, according to industry insiders. Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), which serves about 5.9 million households and businesses, warned customers to expect “shockingly high” January bills that could be 128 percent higher compared to December. Those who typically paid around $65 a month last winter are likely to pay about $160 this year, SoCalGas said in a statement Dec. 29. Those with bills around $130 a month could see charges jump to $315. Last December, wholesale natural gas prices already cost five times...
  • Own a 2010 or Older Big Rig or Bus In California? It’s Now Banned

    01/02/2023 3:39:27 PM PST · by Alas Babylon! · 79 replies
    Motor Biscuit ^ | 2 Jan 2023 | Thom Taylor
    Almost 15 years ago, California’s Air Resources Board, known as “CARB”, passed a set of clean air regulations with assigned dates for implementation. Of those emissions rulings, the last to go into effect hits the trucking and bus industry the hardest, going into effect on January 1, 2023. It bans large trucks and buses built before 2010 from California roads. At the end of December 2022, CARB estimated that there are 200,000 trucks and busses that it applies to. These are 14,000 lb and heavier vehicles that can no longer be driven in California. It estimates that number represents 10%...
  • Happy New Year: California Now Allows Private Residents to Sue Gunmakers

    01/02/2023 7:24:53 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/02/2023 | Awr Hawkins
    California’s SB 1327 went into effect on January 1, 2023, allowing private residents in the state to file suits against gun manufacturers who violate the state’s “assault weapons” ban or ban on gun sales to anyone under 21. The Los Angeles Times reported that supporters of the new law view the lawsuit option as a way of “enlisting an army of grass-roots enforcers” to safeguard the state’s “assault weapons” ban and minimum age requirement.
  • Massive 6.4 earthquake rocks California leaving tens of thousands without power: Epicentre is seven miles south west of Ferndale and comes days after 3.6 quake shook San Francisco

    12/20/2022 5:31:45 AM PST · by Morgana · 31 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 20, 2022 | Jessica Warren
    A massive 6.4 earthquake rocked California early Tuesday morning leaving tens of thousands of people without power, with its epicenter just about 200 miles north of San Francisco, three days after 3.6 quake shook the Bay Area. No injuries were immediately reported following the strong earthquake left at least 70,000 people facing power outages in Humboldt County, after it struck 7.5 miles southwest of Ferndale, a small community about 210 miles northwest of San Francisco and close to the Pacific coast. Gas leaks are being reported across the region, while residents are being told to call 911 if there is...
  • California hospitals using overflow tents for rising number of flu patients

    11/12/2022 5:52:52 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 34 replies
    Fox news ^ | 11/12/2022 | Sarah Rumpf
    Several Southern California hospitals have begun using overflow tents outside emergency rooms to cope with a rising number of patients with flu and other respiratory illnesses. The San Diego-Union Tribune reported Friday that overflow tents were put up at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla and Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa to handle an increase in respiratory illness. Scripps hospitals and doctor's offices reported 1,695 positive flu tests since Sept. 1, up from 471 during the same time period one year ago.
  • Strong Earthquakes in California Came After Magnetic Field Changes, Study Shows

    10/10/2022 2:22:02 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 35 replies
    Researchers who have been studying medium-sized to large strong earthquakes in California have found that the local magnetic field changes 2-3 days before an earthquake. The researchers accessed magnetic field data from a collection of magnetometers at 125 sensor stations along significant faults in California in cooperation with the Google Accelerated Science team. They gathered information between 2005 and 2019, a period in which 19 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.5 or higher struck the faults. Their multi-station analysis took into account other types of processes, such as rush hour traffic, that might have an impact on the magnetometers but...
  • California Plans to Outlaw Natural Gas by 2030

    09/27/2022 10:47:23 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 48 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 09/27/2022 | Lincoln Brown
    As if residents of the Golden State did not have enough to make them miserable with wildfires, mudslides, mounting crime, high prices, energy shortages, and homeless people leaving various substances on city streets. Now the California Air Resources Board, or CARB (good grief, even the acronyms are ridiculous), is gearing up to rid the state of natural gas heaters and furnaces. According to The Hill, last week, the board passed a proposal that will lay the groundwork to phase out space heaters and water appliances by 2030. The Hill notes that the move is part of an effort to meet...