Tag: California

Amid California's epic drought, Palm Springs residents and the area's vast expanse of golf resorts are among the state's heaviest water users, sucking up more than 200 gallons per person each day.Â (Courtesy of Sunnylands Resort)

Obama expected to golf at water-guzzling Palm Springs links amid record drought

Susan Crabtree · June 19, 2015 2:37 am

Red Alert Politics

California has few concealed carry permit holders, but that could soon change

Ryan Girdusky · June 18, 2015 9:21 pm

Irrigation pipes sit along a dried irrigation canal in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Energy and Environment

The tragedy of California’s bureaucrat-made drought

David Williams · June 18, 2015 9:00 am

Calif. jury awards $4.5 million to plaintiff in case against hip implant maker

Jessica Karmasek · June 17, 2015 7:20 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, joins members of the City Council and community leaders in a photo after he signed into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, in at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The ordinance makes Los Angeles the largest city in the U.S. to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

LA’s new $15 minimum wage could cost county residents $30m annually

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

A large crowd of mostly public employee union members fill the plaza and street. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Pension tidal wave is about to crash down on taxpayers

Steven Malanga · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

LA mayor says no exceptions to minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 4:01 am

Red Alert Politics

California lawmakers pass bill requiring colleges to create resource centers for illegal immigrants

Ryan Girdusky · June 11, 2015 8:03 pm

Eavesdropping class action filed against Yahoo in Illinois after rejection of nationwide class in California

Record News · June 11, 2015 2:24 pm

Duf Sundheim speaks to delegates after being elected as the new party chairman during the Califorrnia Republican Party Convention in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)

National Security

Pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage Republican aims to compete in California

David M. Drucker · June 4, 2015 4:01 am

California state senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) speaks during a news conference on November 22, 2013 in Santa Rosa, Calif. Last year he sponsored a billÂ aiming to redefine consent as an "affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement," that is "ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time." It was signed into law by the California governor. (Getty Image)

Beltway Confidential

California’s sexual re-education camps are coming soon

Ashe Schow · June 2, 2015 8:38 pm

Red Alert Politics

California now has restraining orders for guns, but opponents worry about law’s unintended consequences

Ryan Girdusky · May 29, 2015 8:54 pm