Author: Tori Richards, Washington Examiner

A maverick California congressman has one mission — stopping his state’s liberal policies from spreading to the rest of the country. Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley has been the biggest nemesis of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in the state Assembly, seemingly dogging the Democrat’s every move, from COVID-19 lockdowns to the gas tax to billions in…

California has been bearing the brunt of storms that are among the worst natural disasters the state has ever faced, the governor’s office said. With a death toll standing at 19, widespread power outages, and entire communities covered either with water or mud, it’s hard to see how the state can pull out of this…

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore has banned the public display of the pro-police “thin blue line” flag, saying it has been hijacked by racist extremists. The move has created a backlash from law enforcement, which sees Moore catering to special interests rather than defending more than 9,000 officers under his command, Fox News…

California’s deadly storms have destroyed piers, flooded communities, and have now sent millions of gallons of raw sewage into the San Francisco Bay. Dozens of incidents have occurred across Northern California where the wastewater plumbing system became overwhelmed, releasing harmful chemicals like pharmaceuticals along with human waste into rivers feeding the San Francisco Bay and…

Two states that are among the world’s biggest tourist destinations are also the priciest for renters, a new study has found. Hawaii and California top the list of states where renters spend the biggest chunk of their paychecks on housing, according to an analysis by Forbes Home. CALIFORNIA TOWN DIGGING OUT OF RECORD SNOW The…

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is on a mission. Two weeks have passed since one of his deputies, Isaiah Cordero, was gunned down by a gang member during a traffic stop 40 miles south of Los Angeles. It’s taken this long for Bianco to unravel the killer’s tangled past of repeated breaks given by Superior…

Bird flu wreaked havoc on the price of eggs in 2022, and it looks like the pain will continue well into 2023. The Department of Agriculture is reporting a lower-than-usual egg inventory at the end of the year along with increased demand due to the holidays causing a 210% price spike the week before Christmas…

A woman who was an informant to Louisiana law enforcement is alleging that she was allowed to be raped twice in order to secure drug buys for police, according to a lawsuit. Deputies with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office in central Louisiana convinced the unnamed woman to work in a “stash house” and wear a…

The Los Angeles Police Department said a hit-and-run suspect died at the hospital after trying to evade police and being tasered. Los Angeles police officers did everything possible to restrain the suspect safely before using a Taser leading up to his death, a spokesperson for the police officers’ union said. Keenan Anderson, a Washington, D.C.,…

Lawmakers in California are calling for UFC President Dana White to step down following a viral video that shows him slapping his wife during a New Year’s Eve party in Mexico. State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D) and Assemblywoman Cecilia Agular-Curry (D) of the California Women’s Caucus made the demand in a Jan. 9 letter to…