SACRAMENTO–State Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) has introduced Senate Bill 878 to ease licensing burdens for employees under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). “California has an overregulated licensing scheme that does not work efficiently. SB 878 makes the process to get licensed under DCA a little bit easier.” SB 878 will require all boards and […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Political News Editor Bernie Sanders’s 2020 slogan is “Not me. Us.” The sentiment is uplifting, and it’s good politics—the kind of phrase that makes voters feel as if they’re part of a movement rather than a cult of personality. It’s also probably wrong. Sanders’s narrow win Tuesday night in the New Hampshire […]

Sacramento–State Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) has introduced Senate Bill 1003, a measure to extend the immunity from liability that local governments receive when operating skate parks. Skate parks are a reserved area (often in a community park) that is set aside and built for use by skateboarders and extreme sport riders who use all-wheeled, non-motorized […]

Palm Springs, CA–Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors, the Justice Department said Tuesday. […]

Eureka, CA–The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a plane crash in North Humboldt Bay, Thursday morning. At approximately 7:10 a.m., the Eureka Police Department relayed a distress call to Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders from a commercial pilot after his plane crashed. Watchstanders dispatched a Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay 29-foot […]

El Paso, TX–A federal grand jury in Texas Thursday indicted a 21-year-old man on hate crimes and firearm charges in connection with the murder of 22 people and attempted murder of 23 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of […]

SACRAMENTO–California State Treasurer Fiona Ma endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg Tuesday, lauding his track record of getting things done as Mayor of New York City and his unmatched record on climate change. Ma is the first California statewide-elected official to endorse him.  “California is leading the way to a carbon neutral economy. We need […]

CALIFORNIA–Bernie 2020 this week will launch its first TV ads in California, which will run in both Spanish and English.  The ads are part of a 2.5 million TV ad campaign in California and Texas. “Across the country, millions of Americans have chipped in $10, $18, $27, to our campaign because they trust that Bernie […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Political News Editor  SAN DIEGO–As a novel coronavirus known as 2019-nCoV continues to spread throughout China and to countries across the world, the big question is: How long will the outbreak last—and how bad will it get? While some doctors have made predictions and outbreaks of similar coronaviruses like severe acute respiratory […]

SACRAMENTO–With excitement and expectations running high for the Super Bowl on February 2, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reminds everyone their game plan for the day should include getting home safely.     Whether people are attending parties or hanging out in a bar, planning for a safe ride home will be their best defensive move. Option […]