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Fire Storm After the Heat, Here Comes the Burn By Peachy Keenan Originally posted on 1.16.25. A little after 6 PM last Tuesday, January 7th, I sat outside the charming brick facade of Altadena Hardware on Mariposa Street waiting to pick up my teenage son, who worked after school as a stock clerk. Every day … Read more
Thank you to all our early supporters and readers! We’re so glad some of you are enjoying the headlines we curate for you. The idea is to post a daily dose of the best (and by best, we mean worst) California stories, from a right-wing perspective. But you don’t have to be on the right … Read more
The annual lighting of the “state tree” was as woke as you’d expect. Native American chanting? Check. Refusal to say the word “Christmas”? Check. The Magpie Flyer was today year’s old when it learned that Native American chants were part of a traditional Christmas tree lighting. It’s very nice that the decorations were handcrafted by … Read more
LAUSD expects $1.3B deficit; per-student budget up 229%, students down 29% In April 2025, LAUSD had 402,600 students, 81,300 staff and a budget of $18.4 billion, or $45,703 per student. But enrollment was down 29% “while per-student spending is up 229% and staffing rose 21% since the 2012-2013 school year.” We’re no good at math, … Read more
Thanks for reading The Magpie Flyer for the last month! More great stuff to come–hope you all got home safe and sound and enjoy a blessed Thanksgiving feast with your familes. –The Editors
I was born in Santa Monica, California. So were four of my children. When I was little, Santa Monica was still a sleepy backwater with mom-and-pop stores, a quiet local beach that was never crowded and virtually zero crime. A place where murder or mayhem or even robbery were unthinkable. Then, sometime in the 1990s, … Read more
