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The mayor of a wealthy Southern California city has resigned after admitting she secretly acted as an agent for the Chinese government, according to a federal plea agreement unsealed on Monday. Former Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang, 58, agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of acting as an illegal foreign agent for the People’s …
California gas prices average $6.165 per gallon, highest in the US. California’s average gas price reached $6.165 per gallon this morning, the highest in the country. The spike is driven by refinery maintenance and lower supply from the Gulf. Some stations in the Bay Area and Los Angeles are charging over $6.50. Drivers are reporting …
Rep Kevin Kiley blows the lid off the Pacific Palisades aid cash vanishing into grift pockets. California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits “What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a …
Newsom got the 87-page report on dying patients getting looted. Weak oversight let crooks prey on the sick and Gavin did nothing. Four years later the same governor still shrugs while billions vanish. Gavin Newsom is a straight-up ghoul. Well yeah, that’s California democrats cashing in on grandma’s deathbed. “We have unearthed an explosive report.” …
by Michael Would you pay 8 dollars for a gallon of gasoline? I know that may sound crazy to many of you, but that is what some residents of Los Angeles are paying right now. Sadly, the west coast is more dependent on oil from the Persian Gulf than anywhere else in the continental United …
Doomsday for California as last barrel of oil from the Middle East arrives in Long Beach. Hong Kong’s ship New Corolla, which loaded up on oil in February, will soon depart, and the state will have to figure out how to make up for 200,000 barrels of oil a day it got from the Middle …
Newsom is drawing a line in the sand on this one. On Monday, April 27, the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act” officially cleared the signature hurdle to land on the November ballot, and the Governor isn’t hiding his frustration. He’s calling the proposal “really damaging” and “makes no sense” for a state that already leans on …
4 weeks ago in Phoenix pic.twitter.com/1SfSfnU0E3 — Libertarian Trucking LLC (@PrintedRiffs) May 1, 2026
Former fitness model Loni Willison is now living her life as a homeless citizen in Venice Beach, California 💔 pic.twitter.com/nJ1chYQ7Sa — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) May 1, 2026 Married to a Hollywood star and a regular face on the covers of fitness magazines, to the outside world it looked like Loni Willison had the perfect life. …
by Michael You have probably noticed that gasoline is starting to become extremely expensive. That is really bad news for all of us, because our entire way of life depends on cheap energy. We can’t make stuff without energy. We can’t move stuff without energy. That is why the cost of energy directly affects the cost …
This just like the Detroit auto plants that kept shedding shifts until the whole industry ghosted the city. Quixote Studios Lays Off 70, Winds Down L.A. Locations Amid Production Slump. Hudson Pacific Properties bought the company in 2022 for $360 million, but has since had to write down the entire value of its Quixote unit …
1.5 million Californians just signed a petition to tax the state's 200 billionaires 5%.. one time.. to fund hospitals, schools and food programs.. they needed 875,000 signatures.. they got nearly double.. and California's own governor is fighting against it.. the billionaires… https://t.co/feNGqbxb7x pic.twitter.com/CK657jI9b3 — Tuki (@TukiFromKL) April 27, 2026 Just like France’s wealth tax that …
All of these socialist Democrats' plans will backfire just like it did in Norway.They predicted $146 million in new money from the rich, but once the rich Norwegians left, the government had lost $594 million.Guess who gets to pick up the slack?The average Norwegian. pic.twitter.com/S7JJjisqpF — Kildzr 🇺🇲 (@kildzr) April 27, 2026 The 2026 Billionaire …
Will the children of America go Brick-In-The-Wall on California? Millions of Americans set to be completely banned from social media by this summer under rapidly moving plan MILLIONS of Americans are bracing to be kicked off of their favorite social media platforms as state officials push for a massive ban. Strict regulations could be coming …
The big question following the debate: Did it help any of the six leading candidates stand out in the chaotic race for governor? Read more: https://abc7.com/18947611/
Gavin Newsom just added $324,000 to every new house in California. Page 137 of a bill nobody read. Your $600K starter home is now $924K. Your $2,500 rent just hit $3,850. They called it “housing reform.” It’s the biggest housing tax in state history.🧵 Thread 👇 pic.twitter.com/ghDrwviTxu — Ramin Ekhtiar (@raminrealtalk) April 22, 2026 Even …
A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. Swalwell did not respond to any of the former staffer’s specific …
A California resident says the SEIU "in-home care" union locked her in a room and coerced her into paying union dues. Experts say the taxpayer-funded program is rife with fraud—and the unions are collecting nearly $150 million each year from membership dues. pic.twitter.com/feJzn4O1dx — Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) April 8, 2026
🚨 JUST IN: An absolutely TERRIFYING fire has erupted at a California warehouse in Ontario Firefighters are actively responding right now to the six-alarm fire "It is all hands on deck as they try to contain the blaze." pic.twitter.com/GtoUDUa3vd — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 7, 2026 WATCH: Another video shows the 6 alarm fire at …
Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger… We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP. We ALL work way too hard and pay too …
replacing human workers is going greathttps://t.co/eFzgAyVwFb — Fam (@fammetaX) March 17, 2026
by David Haggith Something wicked this way comes. Rumors are flying that Iran successfully targeted and killed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in his own home, but there is nothing in the mainstream media. Some barely-known alternative sites (like my own, so no offense intended for being barely known) are reporting it. However, there has been no …
BREAKING: President Trump is preparing to invoke Cold War-era powers to renew oil production off the southern California coast, per Bloomberg. Trump is set to invoke the Defense Production Act to preempt state laws and allow Sable Offshore Crop to restart oil production in… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 11, 2026 The legal basis …
"According to the report, Iran believes the conflict cannot end unless Trump is shown that the economic, political, and military costs are high enough to make repeating such actions not worthwhile.. Instead, Iran is reportedly insisting on a permanent agreement that would… pic.twitter.com/dYdAxdwpbv — • forallbirdsongs • (@forallbirdsongs) March 11, 2026 *IRAN SAYS TRUCE DEPENDS ON …
Worry about the billions of dollars y’all are wasting on lavish dinners and Kash Patel’s drunken nights in sporting team locker rooms. K, bye. https://t.co/qoaqBZtuxl — The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 (@BlackMajikMan90) March 11, 2026 The FBI warned police departments in California in recent days that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at …
Yamaha pulling out of California after half a century: HQ headed to Georgia https://t.co/4K0heOFWaA pic.twitter.com/8V81XKXsNz — New York Post (@nypost) March 10, 2026 After nearly 50 years in Orange County, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA is packing up its headquarters — trading Cypress, California for Kennesaw, Georgia in a sweeping corporate shift that will impact about …
Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) has announced he is ditching the GOP, instead becoming an independent, effective immediately. “Today, I’m asking the clerk of the US House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster,” Axios congressional correspondent Kate Santaliz reported on Monday. Kiley will still caucus with the GOP, meaning the House majority …
🚨 GAS JUST HIT NEARLY $8 A GALLON — AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING HOW THIS IS EVEN REAL A driver in Los Angeles filmed a station showing $7.81 for regular and almost $8 for premium. People watching are asking the same thing: How is this normalized? Some are calling it a complete… pic.twitter.com/YfM8bSKIh3 — HustleBitch …
JUST IN: The United States quietly put its nuclear command aircraft in the air over the Gulf this week. Most people do not know what that means. They should. The E-6B Mercury is not a combat aircraft. It carries no weapons. It exists for one purpose and one purpose only: to ensure that if everything …
