SF DA’s Race Foreshadows Coming LA DA’s Fight and Continuing Battle Over the Criminal Justice System
Today’s vote in San Francisco will not merely fill the District Attorney position but provide insight on where California stands in the national movement to change the criminal justice system. That effort, spurred on by progressives, will extend to Los Angeles next year when the county’s voters will likely decide between two candidates who will […]
Can The Russians Take Palmdale?
Never surrender the high ground to your enemies. Which means we ought to be wary of what the Russians might want with the high desert city of Palmdale. U.S. Rep. Katie Hill’s implosion and resignation have attracted a motley collection of potential candidates into the race. Among them is George Papadopoulos, who served the Russia-aided […]
Can We Stop The Santa Anas?
As the devastating Santa Anas roared through Southern California last week, everyone was talking about the wind but nobody could do anything to stop it. But once, well over a century ago, a Los Angeles editor revealed a plan to block those already dreaded Santa Ana winds from decimating the region. What went wrong? The […]