Tag Archives: California

How California bluffed its way into a redistricting war with Trump  Politico Thwarting Trump and Texas? Polling shows Californians are warming up to temporary redistricting  Los Angeles Times Newsom faces GOP backlash over $230M redistricting special election after calling his recall a ‘waste’  Fox News California voters will decide whether to adopt a new Democratic-drawn congressional map  NBC News Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan …

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 22). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in coastal California today at 1:04 p.m. EDT (1704 GMT; 10:04 a.m. local time). The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later, touching down in the …

Lyle Menendez was denied parole for his role in the 1989 killings of his parents on Friday, just a day after the California parole board denied the release of his brother Erik. California governor Gavin Newsom will have the final say in whether or not the 57-year-old will be released. Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent nearly 30 years behind …

Independent redistricting champion spends millions against California gerrymander  Politico Newsom runs against Trump in California map campaign. It’s risky.  The Washington Post Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the …

As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics. The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over Democrats in last year’s elections almost perfectly aligns with the share of the vote the two parties received in districts across the U.S., according to …

The parents of a Southern California baby, reported missing by his mother, have been arrested and accused of murder, authorities said Friday. San Bernardino County sheriff’s homicide detectives “arrested Jake and Rebecca Haro at their residence in Cabazon” and booked them on suspicion of murder, according to a department statement. “Investigators will continue their search for seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro,” the …

The plague — aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence — is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected a South Lake Tahoe resident. But before you put on your 17th century “air-purifying” beaked mask, let’s find out from the experts why this disease is still around and how dangerous it is now. Most people associate the term “plague” …

The major parties’ redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country’s two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. At President Trump’s urging, Republican legislators in Texas were set to give final approval on Friday to lines that they hope will move five U.S. House seats …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday by a California board that said his continued misbehavior during decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989 showed he is still a risk to public safety. A panel of two California commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible …

Fox News has never been bothered by the Trumpian approach to social media, with its all-caps posts and multiple exclamation points. Its self-aggrandizing hyperbole. Its mean-girl name-calling. But this week, the MAGA network’s hosts were triggered. “You have to stop it with the Twitter thing,” said host Dana Perino. Sean Hannity bemoaned the “performative confrontational style” that only “wins you …