NEW: The L.A. Story: Picture worth far more than a thousand words 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm

Can’t really beat this for succintness, can you? New Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti may think his slight standing up to the L.A. Department of Water and Power shows he’s independent. But the Aug. 22...

NEW: SB 25: A ‘surgical strike’ against CA agriculture 27 Aug 2013 | 02:23 am

California’s vital farm sector could see costs rise sharply if SB 25 becomes law. Backed by state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, it would allow the United Farm Workers labor union to forc...

NEW: CA teachers sue union over political use of dues 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am

Monday marks the start of a new school year for Rebecca Friedrichs, a kindergarten teacher at Holder School in Buena Park, a Southern California city of 82,000. The 25-year veteran of the Savannah Sc...

NEW: CA Lifeline program cost could triple under AB 1407 27 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am

It’s been trendy for a couple of years now for people to dump their phone landlines and go only with their mobile phones, saving money and hassles. The government is going in the opposite directio...

NEW: Will California become Detroit on the Pacific? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm

Editor’s Note: CalWatchdog.com has been following Detroit’s economic situation for several years, and in light of its recent filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, we are re-releasing a series of articles d...

NEW: Avoiding Filners 26 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm

Not just women should avoid future Bob Filners, but everybody. Filner just resigned as mayor of San Diego, America’s Finest City, after multiple accusations of assaulting women arose. Our friend Stev...

NEW: Morain auditions to be Skelton successor, part 2 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Last week, I wrote about Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Morain’s bizarre decision to focus on an alleged tactical error by a California House Republican in his efforts to fight the state’s bullet-train ...

NEW: Fire season 26 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm

NEW: LAT’s Steve Lopez finally figures out life in California 25 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm

For years, I’ve written about the muddled thinking of liberal California pundits when it comes to government spending. I find it amazing how little comprehension there is that every dollar that is spe...

NEW: Monterey Co. pays $2.6 million in wrongful death by cops 25 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm

This is from William Norman Grigg, America’s best reporter on police brutality: Rodney King beating 1991 After eluding the police for more than a week, Alejandro Gonzalez surrendered in San Jose ...