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Jack in the Box is expected to shutter several restaurants in the coming days, as it works to meet the closure target outlined in its “JACK on Track” strategy earlier this year. Early this year, the fast-food chain said it would be shutting between 150 and 200 locations under a block closure program, including 80 to 120 by December 31. According to Fox Business, Jack in the Box has closed 72 stores since the April announcement.

Open carry is unquestionably part of our Nation’s history and tradition of ‘the right to keep and bear arms California lawmakers and governor Newsom were once again smacked down, this time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the state’s open-carry ban violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” This isn’t the first time California has received such a constitutional smack down. “Judge Lee, joined by Judge VanDyke, write a concurring opinion ‘to highlight how California has apparently resorted to subterfuge to deny its citizens their Second Amendment rights,” the Firearms Policy Coalition reported....

An estimated 325,000 people from other countries who hold California REAL IDs will have to brave the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) again and replace them because of a software error. The redo effects about 1.5 percent of REAL ID holders in the state, the department explained. The DMV will notify those recipients, all of whom apparently are in the state with legal immigration or visitation status. The Sacramento Bee reported: The agency said the issue related to the software that applies expiration dates to the identification cards. A legacy system from 2006 automatically applied standard expiration dates to people...

Instead of giving these workers additional employment benefits, the result is that they are less likely to be hired at all. The California SAC heard testimony from workers from a diverse array of industries offering their experiences with AB5, including court reporters, translators, cosmetology workers, and exotic dancers. Many of these workers were women, immigrants, people of color, and from other politically disadvantaged groups. Esther Hermida, a representative of the American Alliance of Professional Translators and Interpreters (AAPTI) testified about AB5’s impact on thousands of citizens in her industry comprised of 75 percent women. One professional translator, Ildiko Santana, reported...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A bakery in San Jose is calling on the public to help the owners identify the person who caused chaos in the shop over the weekend. It happened at Peters' Bakery, which has been around for 90 years on Alum Rock Avenue. Surveillance footage shared on social media shows a man swiping items off a countertop, then tackling a customer to the ground outside the bakery. Video shows the man damaging equipment, yelling at staff and assaulting a customer.

An Alameda man accused of killing a wild turkey this month is facing felony animal cruelty charges, prosecutors said. The 38-year-old was arrested on Dec. 17 after the illegal hunting was reported to police and animal control by a witness, the East Bay Times reported. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is now seeking justice for the wild bird, which are seen around some Bay Area neighborhoods, though they are not native to California. Police told the East Bay Times that the man, who hasn't been publicly named, shot the turkey with a 177 caliber BB gun near the 400...

The plan imposes an unsustainable financial burden on taxpayers today and in the future After last week’s near unanimous approval by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors (our 11-member City Council) to establish a “fund” to accept and distribute so-called Reparations to qualified city recipients, will Mayor Daniel Lurie veto it? In July 2023, San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee unveiled a sweeping reparations plan aimed at “addressing historical injustices against Black residents.” Make no mistake, this scheme goes far beyond a mere 7-figure payout. The 100-point Reparations proposal includes the highly publicized $5 million lump-sum payments to eligible Black...

This is because California’s state and local politicians have completely broken LA and the state in general. It is increasingly untenable to do business: - Too many permits - Too many laws - Too much overreach - Too many delays - Too many taxes It’s killed Hollywood and it’s coming for Silicon Valley next. The difference is that Silicon Valley can move. Hollywood just sat by while the government and party they blindly supported gutted their industry. We won’t.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Morgan Hill, California The chart below shows the number of PG&E reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Morgan Hill and surrounding areas December 25: Problems at PG&E PG&E is having issues since 09:20 AM EST.

California’s richest residents could be slapped with a one-time 5% tax on their net worth if a new law makes it onto the ballot next year. The measure – called the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act” – seeks to counter $30 billion in potential federal funding cuts to California’s Medicaid program. Cash from the new tax could also pay for the Golden State’s struggling public education system, according to supporters of the act, which include the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). If passed and signed off by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California’s tech bosses like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO...

The world's largest producer of mozzarella is closing one of its dairy plants in California due to the state's sky high operating costs. Leprino Foods, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, supplies cheese for fast-food pizza restaurants, including Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's. For the last 115 years, the plant has operated in Lemoore, a small town deep within California's rural Central Valley. But now more than a century of history is coming to a close, with an estimated 300 people set to lose their jobs when the plan shutters early next year. To give people time to find new employment,...

In 2014, California passed a bill mandating that all gasoline storage tanks in the state of California be upgraded from single wall tanks to double wall tanks. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2026. As a result of this law, across the state 473 gas stations will close. The law was passed because the single wall tanks during an earthquake would crumble, and then the gasoline would seep into the groundwater or the soil contaminating it. While the law sounds reasonable, the average cost to upgrade a gas station from a single wall tank to a double...

Crazy California mom on the freeway............ VIDEO at link........................ JUST REMEMBER, THESE PEOPLE VOTE!.....................

New York isn’t the only state with an inexplicable own-recognizance story today. Fox News reports that two fentanyl traffickers captured by California failed to show up for their court date yesterday. Police found 150,000 tablets of the dangerous narcotic in their possession during the arrest, and it looked like law enforcement had hobbled an important distribution node for the lethal drug on June 24.Despite holding $750,000 in street value of fentanyl, the California court considered the pair “low risk” and withdrew the requirement for a bond on bail. And no one should be surprised by what happened next:Two accused drug...

SANTA CRUZ – Much was discussed but no decision was made on Thursday by Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Syda Cogliati regarding restitution for the vandalized Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Santa Cruz. Members of the public were hard-pressed to find an open seat in the courtroom where attorney arguments continued for the two men accused of defacing the Center Street mural last summer. Brandon Bochat, 21, and Hagan Warner, 20, were arrested last July on suspicion of felony vandalism and were later charged with an additional hate crime enhancement and misdemeanor reckless driving.