Democrat U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff bested Republican and former baseball star Steve Garvey in the race for California’s U.S. Senate seat, according to The Associated Press, which called the race at 11 p.m. ET, even before the results were in. The coveted senate seat, held for decades by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died at age […]

COACHELLA, Calif.—Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told The Epoch Times on Oct. 14 that a previous statement he had made—that a suspect arrested on Saturday outside a rally by former President Donald Trump had said he was “going to kill the president”—was in fact incorrect and based on “bad info.” “He never said it. It […]

Unease over rampant illegal immigration and crime are contributing to a spike in local guns and ammunition sales in border towns, according to a gun store owner in Southern California and a national firearms industry spokesman. Cory Gautereaux, owner of Firearms Unlimited California in El Cajon—about 15 miles northwest of San Diego and 25 miles […]

Democrats bested Republicans in California’s senatorial primary and most of the state’s 52 congressional contests on Super Tuesday. Republicans, though outnumbered two-to-one in registered voters, managed to hold their ground by winning several congressional primaries that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had targeted to flip in 2024. In California’s open or “jungle” primary system, the […]

PALM DESERT, Calif.—Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Republican Steve Garvey placed first and second, respectively, in California’s jungle primary on Super Tuesday. The pair will face off in November to fill the seat held by the late Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) for both the one year left in her term and the six-year term that […]

Super Tuesday is much more than the headline contest between President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary. On March 5, voters in California, Texas, North Carolina, and Alabama will also be casting a vote to determine the outcome of crucial primary races for the Senate and House. […]

YUMA, Ariz.—More than 2,500 protesters outraged over lax border security and an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration under the Biden administration gathered in prayer and protest in three border states over the weekend. More than 300 gathered in San Diego County Feb. 3 before joining the Take Our Border Back convoy to Yuma, while another […]

More than 20 illegal immigrants were caught on video arriving by sea at a San Diego beach early Thursday morning, vanishing into the streets of La Jolla before authorities could apprehend them. The Joint Harbor Operations Center notified CBP law enforcement personnel of “two suspicious vessels” carrying suspected illegal migrants towards Ocean Beach at about […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to repeal a portion of the state’s COVID-19 “misinformation” and “disinformation” law intended to punish doctors who refused to comply with the government’s narrative on masks, vaccines, and treatments during the pandemic. On Sept. 30, the governor signed Senate Bill 815 repealing provisions in the law—under Assembly Bill […]

RENO, Nev.—Tens of thousands of people bogged down in mud from heavy rains all weekend at the Burning Man festival began their mass exodus out of the Black Rock Desert this week, after one confirmed death last Friday still under investigation. On Labor Day, the “burners,” as the festival goers call themselves, jammed the main […]

CALIFORNIA—A secret Chinese-owned biolab with thousands of vials of bacterial and viral agents, including chlamydia, E. Coli, streptococcus pneumonia, HIV, hepatitis, herpes, rubella, and malaria uncovered in California has raised serious concerns about biosecurity. Investigations involving the city, county, state, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and FBI have alarmed residents in this […]

SANTA ANA, Calif.—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy threatened to use the congressional spending bill to block funding of a visa waiver program for Chile that has been blamed for a sharp rise in organized crime including home burglaries and robberies in the United States. The rise in residential and business crimes is linked to a Chilean […]

Critics have accused the Biden administration of downplaying the number of potential illegal immigrants that could enter the United States under two separate programs used to grant “humanitarian parole” to applicants who use a mobile phone app to book appointments at U.S. ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the direction of […]

Republican conservative radio host Larry Elder announced he will run for President of the United States. “I’m announcing that I’m running for the presidency of the United States,” he broke the news on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News on April 20. “I have a moral, religious, and patriotic duty to get back to a […]

LOS ANGELES—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on April 5, in a rejection of saber-rattling by the Chinese communist regime. McCarthy (R-Calif.) and a bipartisan congressional delegation welcomed Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. At the start of a meeting, McCarthy called Tsai “a great […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Feb. 13 intended to protect the state’s water supplies from climate change and the risk of prolonged drought, despite the state’s wettest three-week period on record in late December and early January. The state has seen an unseasonably dry February and could see a return to warm and dry […]

Several California lawmakers have introduced a series of bills intended to combat the state’s fentanyl crisis, but some critics question whether the proposed laws would actually do anything substantial. The legislation was introduced in the wake of two drug busts last month in which the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Costa Mesa police seized 45,000 rainbow-colored […]

California Democrats appear to be using the Jan. 6 hearings in Washington D.C. as a catalyst to push legislation aimed at targeting the tax-exempt status of patriot groups in the state. The legislation suggests these groups might pose a threat of “insurrection.” Senate Bill 834 would authorize state Attorney General Rob Bonta to review non-profit […]

Voters have ousted Chesa Boudin (D) as San Francisco’s district attorney. Unlike California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent recall election, Boudin didn’t face any opponents. On June 7, San Francisco voters were simply asked to answer yes or no to the question, “Shall Chesa Boudin be recalled (removed) from the Office of District Attorney?” With more […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) won the June 7 state primary election securing himself a spot on the Nov. 8 ballot, as expected. Newsom won 52.5 percent percent of the vote in the nonpartisan primary followed by State Sen. Brian Dahle (R) with approximately 16.5 percent. In California’s jungle primary system only the top-two candidates, […]